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
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

41%
William Jewell College

Liberty, MO

41%
Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences

Memphis, TN

41%
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

42%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

42%
Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington, IL

42%
AIB College of Business

Des Moines, IA

42%
Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

42%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

42%
Saint Gregorys University

Shawnee, OK

42%
Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

43%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

43%
Emerson College

Boston, MA

43%
Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

43%
Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College

Moore, OK

43%
Allen University

Columbia, SC

43%
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

43%
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

44%