United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 656 public colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of California Los Angeles leads the list by accepting 9% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Georgia Gwinnett College

Lawrenceville, GA

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96%
California State University Stanislaus

Turlock, CA

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97%
California State University East Bay

Hayward, CA

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97%
University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, CO

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97%
Western State Colorado University

Gunnison, CO

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97%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, IL

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97%
Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

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97%
University of Maine at Presque Isle

Presque Isle, ME

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97%
Missouri Southern State University

Joplin, MO

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97%
Penn State Altoona

Altoona, PA

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97%
Penn State Berks

Reading, PA

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97%
West Texas A & M University

Canyon, TX

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97%
The Evergreen State College

Olympia, WA

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97%
University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

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97%
California State University San Bernardino

San Bernardino, CA

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98%
Emporia State University

Emporia, KS

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98%
University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, ME

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98%
University of Mississippi

University, MS

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98%