United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 656 public colleges in the United States with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of California Los Angeles leads the list by accepting 9% of high school students that applied.

List of United States Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

30%
Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, MS

30%
The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

31%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, NC

32%
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee, FL

33%
College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

33%
The University of Montana Western

Dillon, MT

36%
University of California Davis

Davis, CA

37%
San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

39%
California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, CA

40%
University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

41%
Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

42%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

42%
Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA

43%
University of Georgia

Athens, GA

43%
Clemson University

Clemson, SC

43%
Auburn University

Auburn University, AL

44%
University of South Florida Main Campus

Tampa, FL

44%