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
Vermont Technical College

Randolph Center, VT

50%
University of Missouri St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

51%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, NY

51%
Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, NY

53%
Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

53%
Purdue University Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

53%
Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, LA

54%
University of Michigan Dearborn

Dearborn, MI

54%
California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Pomona, CA

55%
University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

55%
Delaware State University

Dover, DE

55%
Augusta State University

Augusta, Georgia

55%
CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

55%
CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY

55%
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

55%
Texas A & M University Galveston

Galveston, Texas

55%
Clayton  State University

Morrow, GA

56%
North Georgia College & State University

Dahlonega, Georgia

56%