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
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Champaign, IL

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44%
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus

Calexico, California

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44%
University of Maryland College Park

College Park, MD

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45%
North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NC

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46%
Central State University

Wilberforce, OH

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46%
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

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46%
Texas A&M International University

Laredo, TX

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46%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

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47%
Macon State College

Macon, Georgia

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47%
University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

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49%
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

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49%
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

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50%
Purdue University North Central Campus

Westville, IN

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50%
Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, LA

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50%
Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

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50%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

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50%
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

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50%
Purdue University Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

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50%