List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 3586 colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Hampshire College leads the list by accepting 2% of high school students that applied.
School | Acceptance Rate | |
---|---|---|
H |
Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA |
2% |
S |
Stanford UniversityStanford, CA |
4% |
H |
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA |
5% |
C |
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
5% |
C |
California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA |
6% |
Y |
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT |
6% |
C |
University of ChicagoChicago, IL |
6% |
P |
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ |
6% |
P |
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA |
7% |
M |
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA |
7% |
J |
The Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY |
7% |
B |
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI |
7% |
N |
United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland |
8% |
D |
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH |
8% |
D |
Duke UniversityDurham, NC |
8% |
P |
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA |
8% |
N |
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
9% |
B |
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, ME |
9% |
S |
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA |
9% |
V |
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN |
9% |