Highest Acceptance Rate U.S. Colleges
CollegeSimply lists 1151 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate from highest to lowest. These are strong safety school candidates if your GPA and test scores meet their typical ranges.
355 colleges accept 100% of applicants. Examples include Amridge University, Athens State University, Miles College and Selma University.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates, or the most selective colleges.
University of Mississippi
- Public 4 Year
- University, MS
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Ole Miss is a large public university known for undergraduate accountancy and business. Oxford is a classic college town built around the campus.
- SAT Range 1000-1200
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $15,045
Missouri Southern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Joplin, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Missouri Southern is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and health sciences. The campus is in Joplin in southwest Missouri.
- SAT Range 1150-1420
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $11,626
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
- Public 4 Year
- Santa Fe, NM
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
- Aug 4 application deadline
IAIA is a tribal college known for undergraduate studio arts, creative writing, and museum studies. The Santa Fe campus is devoted to contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts and culture.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $15,381
Hilbert College
- Private 4 Year
- Hamburg, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Hilbert is a small private Franciscan college known for undergraduate criminal justice and forensic science. The campus is in suburban Hamburg near Buffalo.
- SAT Range 980-1180
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $22,157
Trocaire College
- Private 4 Year
- Buffalo, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Trocaire is a private college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. The urban Buffalo campus has a Catholic identity tied to the Sisters of Mercy.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $16,953
Oklahoma Christian University
- Private 4 Year
- Edmond, OK
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Oklahoma Christian is a private university affiliated with the Churches of Christ and known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and business. The campus is in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond.
- SAT Range 1010-1270
- Avg GPA 3.62
- Net Price $22,391
La Salle University
- Private 4 Year
- Philadelphia, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
La Salle is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate business and nursing. The urban campus sits in northwest Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1050-1268
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $18,069
Penn State Erie Behrend College
- Public 4 Year
- Erie, PA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Penn State Wilkes Barre
- Public 4 Year
- Dallas, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate surveying engineering and engineering technology. The wooded campus sits in the Back Mountain region near Dallas.
- SAT Range 1090-1330
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $16,621
Penn State Lehigh Valley
- Public 4 Year
- Center Valley, PA
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2.0 | 1 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Lehigh Valley is a small public commonwealth campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business and information sciences and technology. The suburban campus is set in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
- SAT Range 1130-1320
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,066
Penn State DuBois
- Public 4 Year
- DuBois, PA
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State DuBois is a small public Penn State campus known for undergraduate engineering technology, business, and wildlife technology. The compact campus is located in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 990-1210
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $17,880
Penn State Abington
- Public 4 Year
- Abington, PA
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Abington is a public regional campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, nursing, and information sciences. The suburban campus sits just north of Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1070-1265
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,232
Penn State Schuylkill
- Public 4 Year
- Schuylkill Haven, PA
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Schuylkill is a small public Penn State campus known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The campus is set in the small town of Schuylkill Haven in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $19,039
Penn State York
- Public 4 Year
- York, PA
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State York is a regional public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, information sciences and technology, and engineering technology. The suburban campus in York offers a smaller setting with pathways to complete degrees at University Park.
- SAT Range 1050-1245
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,887
Point Park University
- Private 4 Year
- Pittsburgh, PA
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Point Park is a private university known for undergraduate dance, theater, and cinema. The urban campus sits in downtown Pittsburgh near the city's Cultural District.
- SAT Range 1035-1240
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Net Price $26,502
Limestone University
- Private 4 Year
- Gaffney, SC
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Limestone is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus is in the small town of Gaffney in upstate South Carolina.
- SAT Range 980-1160
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,369
Texas Southern University
- Public 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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3.0 | 3 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Texas Southern is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and criminal justice. The urban campus is located in Houston's Third Ward.
- SAT Range 800-1000
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $13,584
Bluefield State University
- Public 4 Year
- Bluefield, WV
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| 0 reviews
- 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