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
Alabama A & M University

Normal, AL

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66%
East Central University

Ada, OK

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66%
Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Alva, OK

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66%
University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, AK

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67%
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Magnolia, AR

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67%
University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

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67%
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

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67%
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

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68%
McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

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68%
Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, MI

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68%
Lander University

Greenwood, SC

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68%
Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

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68%
Oregon State University Cascades Campus

Bend, OR

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68%
University of Michigan Flint

Flint, MI

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69%
Southwest Minnesota State University

Marshall, MN

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69%
Winona State University

Winona, MN

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69%
University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, MO

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69%
CUNY Queens College

Flushing, NY

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69%