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
Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

35%
Trinity College

Hartford, CT

36%
College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

36%
Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland, OH

36%
Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

36%
Baker College of Flint

Flint, MI

37%
Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

37%
The New England Conservatory of Music

Boston, MA

38%
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

39%
Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

39%
Laboure College

Boston, MA

39%
University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

39%
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%