United States Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 1337 private 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

17%
Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA

17%
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

18%
University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

19%
Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

19%
Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

19%
Visible Music College

Memphis, TN

20%
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale, Michigan

21%
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%
Smith College

Northampton, MA

23%
Villanova University

Villanova, PA

23%
Point University

East Point, GA

24%