United States Private Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 1198 private colleges in the United States with the highest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Amridge University leads the list by accepting 100% of high school students that applied.

Acceptance rate is a measure of the competitiveness of a school. Lower acceptance rates are more competitive and may require a higher GPA, SAT/ACT score, and other factors to be considered for admission.

List of United States Private Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate
College	Acceptance Rate
Thomas More College of Liberal Arts Merrimack, New Hampshire	100%
Felician University Lodi, New Jersey	100%
University of the Southwest Hobbs, New Mexico	100%
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Flushing, New York	100%
Boricua College New York, New York	100%
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary Ossining, New York	100%
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College Brooklyn, New York	100%
Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary Peekskill, New York	100%
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Brooklyn, New York	100%
Rabbinical College of Long Island Long Beach, New York	100%
St. Francis College Brooklyn, New York	100%
The College of Saint Rose Albany, New York	100%
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College Lawrence, New York	100%
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York Rochester, New York	100%
Excelsior University Albany, New York	100%
United Talmudical Seminary Brooklyn, New York	100%
Yeshiva Karlin Stolin Brooklyn, New York	100%
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College Chester, New York	100%

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This list is updated annually based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Last updated: March 15, 2026

Data source: IPEDS 2025 survey for academic year 2024/2025 - National Center for Education Statistics.