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
Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY

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69%
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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69%
Winston Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

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69%
Valley City State University

Valley City, ND

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69%
University of South Carolina Beaufort

Bluffton, SC

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69%
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, GA

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69%
Arkansas State University Main Campus

Jonesboro, AR

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70%
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI

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70%
Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, IL

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70%
Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago, IL

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70%
Northern Michigan University

Marquette, MI

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70%
Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

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70%
University of Minnesota Morris

Morris, MN

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70%
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

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70%
SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

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70%
Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City, NC

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70%
University of South Carolina Upstate

Spartanburg, SC

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70%
University of Houston

Houston, TX

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70%