The Best Colleges with High Acceptance Rates in the Southeast
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 in the Southeast.
North Carolina Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Rocky Mount, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
North Carolina Wesleyan is a small private university known for undergraduate business, education, and criminal justice. The residential campus is located in Rocky Mount in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 860-1120
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $18,472
Coker University
- Private 4 Year
- Hartsville, SC
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- 94% acceptance rate
Coker is a private university known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and round-table classroom teaching. The historic campus sits in the small town of Hartsville.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $19,823
Bluefield State University
- Public 4 Year
- Bluefield, WV
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- 97% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Bluefield State is a public HBCU known for undergraduate nursing, engineering technology, and education. The campus is in Bluefield, a small city in the Appalachian mountains of southern West Virginia.
- SAT Range 870-1080
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $15,814
Western Kentucky University
- Public 4 Year
- Bowling Green, KY
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- 94% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
WKU is a public university known for undergraduate journalism, photojournalism, and broadcasting. The hilltop campus overlooks Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky.
- SAT Range 840-1050
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $12,548
Fairmont State University
- Public 4 Year
- Fairmont, WV
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 99% acceptance rate
Fairmont State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The hilltop campus overlooks the small city of Fairmont in north-central West Virginia.
- SAT Range 810-1070
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $11,328
Concord University
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, WV
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- 93% acceptance rate
Concord is a small public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The residential campus sits in the college town of Athens in southern West Virginia.
- SAT Range 830-1090
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $11,379
Southeastern Louisiana University
- Public 4 Year
- Hammond, LA
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Southeastern Louisiana is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus is in Hammond, a smaller city between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $13,116
Georgia Southwestern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Americus, GA
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- 75% acceptance rate
- Jul 21 application deadline
Georgia Southwestern is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus sits in the small city of Americus in southwest Georgia.
- SAT Range 890-1110
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Net Price $11,769
Louisiana State University Alexandria
- Public 4 Year
- Alexandria, LA
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- 92% acceptance rate
LSUA is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in Alexandria in central Louisiana.
- SAT Range 970-1220
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Net Price $8,296
Newberry College
- Private 4 Year
- Newberry, SC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Newberry is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. The residential campus sits in the small town of Newberry and has long ties to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $21,943
Norfolk State University
- Public 4 Year
- Norfolk, VA
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- 88% acceptance rate
- May 31 application deadline
Norfolk State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing, social work, and communications. The urban campus sits in Norfolk near downtown and the Elizabeth River.
- SAT Range 823-1030
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Net Price $9,124
University of the Cumberlands
- Private 4 Year
- Williamsburg, KY
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
University of the Cumberlands is a private Christian university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small Appalachian town of Williamsburg.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Net Price $14,743
North Carolina Central University
- Public 4 Year
- Durham, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
NCCU is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and criminal justice. The campus sits in Durham within North Carolina's Research Triangle.
- SAT Range 980-1100
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $14,475
Fayetteville State University
- Public 4 Year
- Fayetteville, NC
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4.3 | 3 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Fayetteville State is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. It is a historically Black university in the University of North Carolina system.
- SAT Range 890-1090
- Avg GPA 3.11
- Net Price $7,811
Truett McConnell University
- Private 4 Year
- Cleveland, GA
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Truett McConnell is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate Christian studies and education. The campus is in the North Georgia mountains near Cleveland.
- SAT Range 1000-1190
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $22,179
Jackson State University
- Public 4 Year
- Jackson, MS
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- 93% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Jackson State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate business, education, and public health. The urban campus sits in Mississippi's capital city.
- SAT Range 820-1070
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $23,450
Lander University
- Public 4 Year
- Greenwood, SC
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- 81% acceptance rate
Lander is a public university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The campus is in the small city of Greenwood in South Carolina's Upstate.
- SAT Range 950-1178
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $15,520
Mississippi Valley State University
- Public 4 Year
- Itta Bena, MS
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- 92% acceptance rate
Mississippi Valley State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate education and business. The rural campus sits in the Mississippi Delta near Greenwood.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Net Price $10,232