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
University of Houston

Houston, TX

66%
California State University Fullerton

Fullerton, CA

67%
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, GA

67%
Georgia State University

Atlanta, GA

67%
CUNY City College

New York, NY

67%
Lander University

Greenwood, SC

67%
Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

67%
Alabama A & M University

Normal, AL

68%
Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

68%
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

68%
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

68%
SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport, NY

68%
The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

68%
Kennesaw State University

Kennesaw, GA

68%
University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL

69%
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Pine Bluff, AR

69%
University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

69%
Ball State University

Muncie, IN

69%