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.
Pacific University
- Private 4 Year
- Forest Grove, OR
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- 90% acceptance rate
- Aug 25 application deadline
Pacific is a private university known for undergraduate health sciences, education, and psychology. The residential campus is in the small college town of Forest Grove west of Portland.
- SAT Range 900-1240
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Net Price $35,235
Champlain College
- Private 4 Year
- Burlington, VT
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Champlain is a private college known for undergraduate game design, digital forensics, and media production. The hilltop campus overlooks Lake Champlain in downtown Burlington.
- SAT Range 1220-1380
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Net Price $38,173
University of Cincinnati Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Cincinnati, OH
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
University of Cincinnati is a large public university known for undergraduate architecture, design, and music. The urban campus occupies a hillside site in Cincinnati's Uptown area.
- SAT Range 1160-1370
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Net Price $24,696
Andrews University
- Private 4 Year
- Berrien Springs, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
Andrews is a private Seventh-day Adventist university known for undergraduate theology, architecture, and aviation. The campus sits in the small college town of Berrien Springs in southwest Michigan.
- SAT Range 990-1290
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $24,728
Houghton University
- Private 4 Year
- Houghton, NY
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Houghton is a private Christian liberal arts university known for undergraduate music and the liberal arts. The rural residential campus sits in a small village in western New York.
- SAT Range 1170-1375
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Net Price $21,274
St Catherine University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Paul, MN
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3.7 | 3 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
St. Catherine is a private Catholic women's university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. Most bachelor's programs enroll women on the urban Saint Paul campus.
- SAT Range 850-1140
- Avg GPA 3.62
- Net Price $20,918
Oklahoma State University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Stillwater, OK
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
Oklahoma State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and business. Stillwater is a classic college town built around the campus.
- SAT Range 1040-1250
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $19,561
Simpson College
- Private 4 Year
- Indianola, IA
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2.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Simpson is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music, business, and education. The residential campus is in the small college town of Indianola near Des Moines.
- SAT Range 890-1280
- Avg GPA 3.62
- Net Price $23,282
University of Kentucky
- Public 4 Year
- Lexington, KY
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Kentucky is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and business. Lexington is a midsize city in the state's Bluegrass horse country.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $21,958
University of Massachusetts Boston
- Public 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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- 84% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
UMass Boston is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and environmental science. The urban waterfront campus sits on Columbia Point along Boston Harbor.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Net Price $17,768
State University of New York at Oswego
- Public 4 Year
- Oswego, NY
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- 81% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
SUNY Oswego is a public university known for undergraduate meteorology, broadcasting, and education. The campus sits on the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
- SAT Range 1070-1270
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $15,853
Saint Ambrose University
- Private 4 Year
- Davenport, IA
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- 77% acceptance rate
Saint Ambrose is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The residential campus sits in the Quad Cities along the Mississippi River.
- SAT Range 930-1170
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $25,345
Concordia University Wisconsin
- Private 4 Year
- Mequon, WI
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- 78% acceptance rate
Concordia Wisconsin is a private Lutheran university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The suburban campus sits on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Mequon.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $31,916
University of North Carolina Asheville
- Public 4 Year
- Asheville, NC
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- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UNC Asheville is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate environmental studies and the arts. The campus sits in the mountain city of Asheville in the Blue Ridge.
- SAT Range 1170-1360
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $13,798
The University of Findlay
- Private 4 Year
- Findlay, OH
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- 83% acceptance rate
Findlay is a private university known for undergraduate equestrian studies, pharmacy, and animal science. The campus is located in the small city of Findlay in northwest Ohio.
- SAT Range 1010-1213
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $27,297
Iona University
- Private 4 Year
- New Rochelle, NY
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Iona is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate business and communications. The suburban New Rochelle campus sits a short distance north of New York City.
- SAT Range 1110-1300
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $29,978
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Private 4 Year
- Chicago, IL
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Nov 15 application deadline
SAIC is a private art and design college known for undergraduate fine arts, design, and contemporary art practice. The urban downtown campus is connected to the Art Institute of Chicago museum.
- SAT Range 1048-1260
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $55,631
Saint Norbert College
- Private 4 Year
- De Pere, WI
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- 86% acceptance rate
Saint Norbert is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate business, education, and communication. It is the only Norbertine college in the United States, with a residential campus along the Fox River.
- SAT Range 1033-1290
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $27,880