Below is a ranking of the 2335 colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. California Institute of Technology leads the list by accepting 3% of high school students that applied.
School | Acceptance Rate | |
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California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA |
3% |
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Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA |
3% |
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Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ |
4% |
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Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
4% |
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Stanford UniversityStanford, CA |
4% |
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Minerva UniversitySan Francisco, California |
4% |
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Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT |
5% |
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University of ChicagoChicago, IL |
5% |
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Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA |
5% |
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Brown UniversityProvidence, RI |
5% |
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Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA |
6% |
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Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH |
6% |
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University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA |
6% |
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Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN |
6% |
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Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA |
7% |
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Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL |
7% |
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Colby CollegeWaterville, ME |
7% |
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Duke UniversityDurham, NC |
7% |