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
Northeastern University

Boston, MA

7%
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

7%
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

7%
Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

7%
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

7%
Colby College

Waterville, ME

8%
Williams College

Williamstown, MA

8%
University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

9%
Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

9%
Barnard College

New York, NY

9%
Rice University

Houston, TX

9%
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

10%
Tufts University

Medford, MA

10%
Curtis Institute of Music

Philadelphia, PA

10%
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

11%
Emory University

Atlanta, GA

11%
Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

11%
Tulane University

New Orleans, LA

11%