United States Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 2357 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
College of the Ozarks

Point Lookout, MO

21%
Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY

21%
Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

21%
Babson College

Wellesley, MA

22%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY

22%
Denison University

Granville, OH

22%
City College Gainesville

Gainesville, FL

22%
University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

23%
Smith College

Northampton, MA

23%
Villanova University

Villanova, PA

23%
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

24%
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, Connecticut

24%
Point University

East Point, GA

24%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

24%
Piedmont International University

Winston Salem, NC

24%
University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

24%
Trine University Regional/Non Traditional Campuses

Fort Wayne, IN

24%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

25%