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.
Dominican University of California
- Private 4 Year
- San Rafael, CA
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2.5 | 2 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
A private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The San Rafael campus sits in Marin County north of San Francisco.
- SAT Range 1210-1300
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $37,456
Belmont University
- Private 4 Year
- Nashville, TN
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4.0 | 4 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- Jul 1 application deadline
Belmont is a private university known for undergraduate music business, commercial music, and entertainment programs. The urban Nashville campus has long ties to the city's recording and music industry.
- SAT Range 1160-1350
- Avg GPA 3.83
- Net Price $38,578
Valparaiso University
- Private 4 Year
- Valparaiso, IN
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Valparaiso is a private Lutheran university known for undergraduate engineering, meteorology, and nursing. The residential campus sits in a college town in northwest Indiana.
- SAT Range 1060-1280
- Avg GPA 3.76
- Net Price $21,766
Goucher College
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Goucher is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate creative writing, dance, and international studies. Every undergraduate completes a required study abroad experience.
- SAT Range 1090-1325
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Net Price $26,913
University of California Riverside
- Public 4 Year
- Riverside, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- Nov 30 application deadline
UC Riverside is a large public university known for undergraduate entomology, plant sciences, and business. The suburban campus lies in California's Inland Empire east of Los Angeles.
- SAT Range 1080-1280
- Avg GPA 3.84
- Net Price $14,562
Rider University
- Private 4 Year
- Lawrenceville, NJ
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- 79% acceptance rate
Rider is a private university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and music through Westminster Choir College. The suburban campus is in Lawrenceville near Princeton.
- SAT Range 1100-1320
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $26,506
College of Saint Benedict
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Joseph, MN
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- 92% acceptance rate
College of Saint Benedict is a private Catholic women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing. Students share classes and many programs with men from nearby Saint John's University under a coordinate college system.
- SAT Range 1048-1233
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Net Price $28,400
Saint Johns University
- Private 4 Year
- Collegeville, MN
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Saint John's is a private Benedictine men's college known for undergraduate liberal arts. The wooded Collegeville campus centers on a historic abbey and shares academics with the nearby College of Saint Benedict.
- SAT Range 941-1228
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $28,504
Roger Williams University
- Private 4 Year
- Bristol, RI
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4.3 | 3 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Roger Williams is a private university known for undergraduate architecture and marine biology. The waterfront campus sits on Mount Hope Bay in Bristol.
- SAT Range 1140-1310
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Net Price $38,779
John Brown University
- Private 4 Year
- Siloam Springs, AR
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
John Brown is a private Christian university known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and business. The residential campus is in the small college town of Siloam Springs in northwest Arkansas.
- SAT Range 1070-1340
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $21,537
University of Kansas
- Public 4 Year
- Lawrence, KS
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3.5 | 6 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
KU is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism, pharmacy, and business. The hillside campus sits in the college town of Lawrence.
- SAT Range 1070-1300
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $19,205
Juniata College
- Private 4 Year
- Huntingdon, PA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
- Mar 15 application deadline
Juniata is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate natural sciences and its Program of Emphasis, which lets students design individualized majors. The residential campus sits in the small town of Huntingdon along the Juniata River.
- SAT Range 1130-1320
- Avg GPA 3.81
- Net Price $24,580
DeSales University
- Private 4 Year
- Center Valley, PA
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
DeSales is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate theatre, nursing, and business. The suburban campus is in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
- SAT Range 1090-1260
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $31,732
The College of Saint Scholastica
- Private 4 Year
- Duluth, MN
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| 0 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
St. Scholastica is a private Benedictine college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The wooded campus overlooks Lake Superior in Duluth.
- SAT Range 1110-1310
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $26,083
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- Public 4 Year
- Utica, NY
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- 81% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
SUNY Poly is a public polytechnic institute known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and cybersecurity. The Utica-area campus sits in Central New York.
- SAT Range 1025-1370
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $14,782
Hamline University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Paul, MN
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Hamline is a private university known for undergraduate education, business, and the liberal arts. The residential campus sits in a neighborhood setting in Saint Paul within the Twin Cities.
- SAT Range 1133-1391
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Net Price $22,390
Whitworth University
- Private 4 Year
- Spokane, WA
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- 90% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Whitworth is a private Presbyterian university known for undergraduate education, business, and the sciences. The wooded residential campus sits in north Spokane.
- SAT Range 1090-1330
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Net Price $27,605
Lebanon Valley College
- Private 4 Year
- Annville, PA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Lebanon Valley is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and physical therapy. The residential campus sits in the small town of Annville.
- SAT Range 1140-1302
- Avg GPA 3.79
- Net Price $27,995