The Best Colleges in America with High Acceptance Rates
Getting into a good college doesn't need to be difficult. There are many colleges that are highly rated yet accept most students who apply. These four-year colleges all have acceptance rates over 75%. You will have an easy time getting accepted if your GPA, SAT and ACT scores meet their admission criteria. These are colleges ranked by using the methodology for the CollegeSimply.com Best Colleges rankings.
See also, popular colleges with high acceptance rates and the highest acceptance rate colleges.
Cornell College
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Vernon, IA
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- 80% acceptance rate
Cornell College is a private liberal arts college known for its One Course At A Time calendar of intensive undergraduate courses. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Mount Vernon.
- SAT Range 1120-1285
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $25,220
St. Mary's University
- Private 4 Year
- San Antonio, TX
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- 98% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
St. Mary's is a private Marianist Catholic university known for undergraduate business and criminal justice. The urban campus sits on San Antonio's near West Side.
- SAT Range 900-1310
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Net Price $20,412
Mississippi State University
- Public 4 Year
- Mississippi State, MS
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Mississippi State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and architecture. Starkville is a college town centered on the campus.
- SAT Range 1100-1350
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $18,478
University of Connecticut Stamford
- Public 4 Year
- Stamford, CT
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- 83% acceptance rate
UConn Stamford is a public regional campus known for undergraduate business and digital media. The urban campus sits in downtown Stamford.
- SAT Range 930-1260
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $15,566
Penn State Erie Behrend College
- Public 4 Year
- Erie, PA
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- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Behrend is a public college campus of Penn State known for undergraduate engineering, plastics engineering, and business. The wooded campus sits on a former estate outside downtown Erie.
- SAT Range 1120-1310
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $23,764
Marietta College
- Private 4 Year
- Marietta, OH
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- 79% acceptance rate
Marietta is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate petroleum engineering and environmental science. The campus sits in a historic town along the Ohio River.
- SAT Range 1040-1200
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $22,007
Bay Path University
- Private 4 Year
- Longmeadow, MA
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- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Bay Path is a private university known for educating undergraduate women in business, health sciences, and cybersecurity. The residential campus sits in suburban Longmeadow near Springfield.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $15,463
King's College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
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- 93% acceptance rate
King's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and physician assistant studies. The urban campus occupies several blocks in downtown Wilkes-Barre.
- SAT Range 1070-1270
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $23,689
Curry College
- Private 4 Year
- Milton, MA
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1.8 | 4 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Apr 1 application deadline
Curry is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, criminal justice, and communication. The suburban campus sits in Milton just south of Boston.
- SAT Range 1050-1230
- Avg GPA 3.01
- Net Price $29,917
Utah State University
- Public 4 Year
- Logan, UT
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
Utah State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, natural resources, and engineering. Logan is a college town in northern Utah's Cache Valley.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $15,788
Tennessee Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Cookeville, TN
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- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Tennessee Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and technology. The campus sits in the college town of Cookeville on the Cumberland Plateau.
- SAT Range 1048-1310
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $15,336
Dominican University
- Private 4 Year
- River Forest, IL
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- 90% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
Dominican is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The suburban River Forest campus sits just west of Chicago.
- SAT Range 880-1100
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Net Price $13,402
Illinois State University
- Public 4 Year
- Normal, IL
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Apr 1 application deadline
Illinois State is a large public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The residential campus sits in the college town of Normal, next to Bloomington.
- SAT Range 990-1210
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $21,369
Saint Francis University
- Private 4 Year
- Loretto, PA
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- 77% acceptance rate
Saint Francis is a private Franciscan university known for undergraduate physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and health sciences. The rural campus sits in the Allegheny Mountains town of Loretto.
- SAT Range 1050-1230
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Net Price $28,326
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- West Chester, PA
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- 78% acceptance rate
West Chester is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, music, and nursing. The campus sits in the historic borough of West Chester near Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1100-1270
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Net Price $22,546
Central College
- Private 4 Year
- Pella, IA
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- 86% acceptance rate
Central is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences, education, and study abroad. Most undergrads live on a residential campus in the small college town of Pella.
- SAT Range 1056-1120
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $23,848
Radford University
- Public 4 Year
- Radford, VA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Radford is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in a small college town in southwestern Virginia's New River Valley.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $16,749
Randolph Macon College
- Private 4 Year
- Ashland, VA
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Randolph-Macon is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, psychology, and business. Most undergrads live on a historic campus in the small college town of Ashland.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $28,912