District of Columbia Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 8 private colleges in District of Columbia with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Georgetown University leads the list by accepting 16% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| G |
Georgetown University |
16% |
| A |
American University |
29% |
| C |
Corcoran College of Art and Design |
31% |
| G |
George Washington University |
41% |
| H |
Howard University |
41% |
| G |
Gallaudet University |
59% |
| C |
Catholic University of America |
83% |
| T |
Trinity Washington University |
92% |
