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.

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Western Carolina University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Cullowhee, NC
  • 4.6 | 10 reviews
  • 82% acceptance rate
  • Mar 1 application deadline

Western Carolina is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and criminal justice. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Cullowhee.

#10 Best Public Universities in North Carolina 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1080-1270
  • Avg GPA 3.44
  • Net Price $13,767
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Franklin Pierce University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Rindge, NH
  • | 0 reviews
  • 93% acceptance rate

Franklin Pierce is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and sports management. The rural campus sits near Mount Monadnock and Pearly Pond in southwestern New Hampshire.

#3 Best Private Colleges in New Hampshire 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1057-1282
  • Avg GPA 2.97
  • Net Price $26,152
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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Shippensburg, PA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 87% acceptance rate

Shippensburg is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and criminal justice. The residential campus sits in a small college town in south-central Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley.

#11 Best Public Universities in Pennsylvania 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 990-1210
  • Avg GPA 3.23
  • Net Price $23,772
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Methodist University Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 75% acceptance rate

Methodist University is a private university known for undergraduate PGA golf management and business. The campus sits in Fayetteville near Fort Liberty.

#11 Best Private Colleges in North Carolina 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1080-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.58
  • Net Price $26,334
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Portland State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Portland, OR
  • | 0 reviews
  • 91% acceptance rate

Portland State is a large public university known for undergraduate urban planning, sustainability, and business. The compact urban campus sits in downtown Portland.

#4 Best Public Universities in Oregon 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1000-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.36
  • Net Price $10,195
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Penn State Berks Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Reading, PA
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 99% acceptance rate

Penn State Berks is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, engineering, and information sciences. The suburban campus is located just outside Reading.

#12 Best Public Universities in Pennsylvania 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1090-1275
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.39
  • Net Price $23,721
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Saint Cloud State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Saint Cloud, MN
  • | 0 reviews
  • 95% acceptance rate
  • Aug 15 application deadline

Saint Cloud State is a public university known for undergraduate aviation, business, and education. The campus sits along the Mississippi River in central Minnesota.

#5 Best Public Universities in Minnesota 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1025-1260
  • Avg GPA 3.4
  • Net Price $14,735
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Baker University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Baldwin City, KS
  • | 0 reviews
  • 94% acceptance rate

Baker is a private Methodist-related university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The historic campus sits in the small college town of Baldwin City.

#5 Best Private Colleges in Kansas 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1130
  • Avg GPA 3.45
  • Net Price $26,211
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Greenville University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Greenville, IL
  • | 0 reviews
  • 97% acceptance rate

Greenville University is a private Free Methodist university known for undergraduate teacher education and music. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Greenville.

#25 Best Private Colleges in Illinois 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 771-1230
  • Avg GPA 3.23
  • Net Price $20,799
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • | 0 reviews
  • 97% acceptance rate

UCCS is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The campus faces the Front Range foothills with views of Pikes Peak.

#6 Best Public Universities in Colorado 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1010-1220
  • Avg GPA 3.36
  • Net Price $16,942
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Murray State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Murray, KY
  • | 0 reviews
  • 86% acceptance rate

Murray State is a public university known for undergraduate education, agriculture, and nursing. Murray is a small college town in western Kentucky built around the campus.

#3 Best Public Universities in Kentucky 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 940-1170
  • Avg GPA 3.57
  • Net Price $10,182
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Georgia College & State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Milledgeville, GA
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • 78% acceptance rate
  • Apr 1 application deadline

Georgia College is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the arts and sciences. The residential campus occupies historic grounds in downtown Milledgeville, Georgia's former capital.

#3 Best Public Universities in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1070-1230
  • Avg GPA 3.53
  • Net Price $21,632
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SUNY Old Westbury Campus
 

  • Public 4 Year
  • Old Westbury, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • 84% acceptance rate

SUNY Old Westbury is a public university known for undergraduate business, teacher education, and the biological sciences. The suburban Long Island campus occupies wooded grounds of a former estate in Nassau County.

#29 Best Public Universities in New York 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1010-1206
  • Avg GPA 3.1
  • Net Price $10,944
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Life University Campus

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Marietta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 93% acceptance rate

Life University is a private university known for chiropractic education and undergraduate exercise science and biology. The suburban campus is in Marietta near Atlanta.

#10 Best Private Colleges in Georgia 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 920-1130
  • Avg GPA 3.11
  • Net Price $29,111
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Dakota State University Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Madison, SD
  • 4.3 | 7 reviews
  • 88% acceptance rate

Dakota State is a public university known for undergraduate cybersecurity, computer science, and information systems. Most students live on a residential campus in the small college town of Madison.

#4 Best Public Universities in South Dakota 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1440
  • Avg GPA 3.33
  • Net Price $20,438
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Benedictine College Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Atchison, KS
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 98% acceptance rate

Benedictine College is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate theology, philosophy, and business. The campus sits on bluffs overlooking the Missouri River in Atchison.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Kansas 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1140-1380
  • Avg GPA 3.57
  • Net Price $28,629
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University of Louisiana at Monroe Campus

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Monroe, LA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 85% acceptance rate

ULM is a public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, nursing, and health sciences. The campus borders Bayou DeSiard in Monroe.

#4 Best Public Universities in Louisiana 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1360
  • Avg GPA 3.53
  • Net Price $13,648
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Trine University Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Angola, IN
  • 4.0 | 2 reviews
  • 85% acceptance rate
  • Aug 1 application deadline

Trine is a private university known for undergraduate engineering and business. Most students live on a residential campus in the small town of Angola.

#15 Best Private Colleges in Indiana 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1030-1240
  • Avg GPA 3.51
  • Net Price $25,355
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