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
Clayton  State University

Morrow, GA

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71%
Indiana University East

Richmond, IN

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71%
Bemidji State University

Bemidji, MN

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71%
SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport, NY

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71%
University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, OH

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71%
Oklahoma State University Main Campus

Stillwater, OK

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71%
Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

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71%
Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana

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71%
University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

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72%
Ball State University

Muncie, IN

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72%
Minot State University

Minot, ND

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72%
College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

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72%
University of North Texas

Denton, TX

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72%
West Liberty University

West Liberty, WV

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72%
University of Minnesota Rochester

Rochester, MN

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72%
University of North Georgia

Dahlonega, GA

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72%
Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

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73%
Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA

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73%