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 California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

9%
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

11%
United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Maryland

11%
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

12%
United States Air Force Academy

USAFA, Colorado

16%
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

17%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

17%
University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

18%
University of Virginia Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

19%
University of California Irvine

Irvine, CA

21%
University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

23%
University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

24%
United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, Connecticut

24%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

24%
Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

25%
University of California Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA

26%
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

27%
Eastern New Mexico University Main Campus

Portales, NM

28%