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
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

39%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

39%
Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

39%
Laboure College

Boston, MA

39%
University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

39%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

40%
Casa Loma College Los Angeles

Sherman Oaks, CA

40%
Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

40%
Connecticut College

New London, CT

40%
Mount Holyoke College

South Hadley, MA

40%
Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

40%
Brevard College

Brevard, NC

40%
Aquinas College

Nashville, TN

40%
Hampden Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney, VA

40%
Centra College

Lynchburg, VA

40%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland

Suffern, NY

40%
Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

41%
American University

Washington, DC

41%