United States Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 2355 colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Fairfax University of America leads the list by accepting 1% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO

16%
United States Air Force Academy

USAFA, Colorado

16%
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

17%
Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

17%
Carleton College

Northfield, MN

17%
Davidson College

Davidson, NC

17%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

17%
Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

17%
Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

17%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

18%
University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

18%
University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

19%
Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

19%
University of Virginia Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

19%
Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

19%
Visible Music College

Memphis, TN

20%
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

21%
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan

21%