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
United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Maryland

11%
The Juilliard School

New York, NY

11%
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

11%
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

12%
Georgetown University

Washington, DC

12%
Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

12%
Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

12%
Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

12%
New York University

New York, NY

12%
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

12%
Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA

13%
University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

13%
Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

13%
Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

14%
Bates College

Lewiston, ME

14%
Boston University

Boston, MA

14%
Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA

14%
Haverford College

Haverford, PA

14%