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.
College for Creative Studies
- Private 4 Year
- Detroit, MI
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- 92% acceptance rate
College for Creative Studies is a private art and design college known for undergraduate industrial design, transportation design, and animation. The urban campus in Detroit sits near the city's cultural center and auto industry.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.19
- Net Price $36,055
Michigan Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Houghton, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
Michigan Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and forestry. Students attend campus in the Upper Peninsula town of Houghton near Lake Superior.
- SAT Range 1130-1350
- Avg GPA 3.78
- Net Price $16,879
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
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
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
New England College
- Private 4 Year
- Henniker, NH
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- 92% acceptance rate
New England College is a small private liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in business, education, and criminal justice. The rural campus sits in the small New Hampshire town of Henniker along the Contoocook River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.81
- Net Price $27,398
Eastern New Mexico University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Portales, NM
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 24 application deadline
ENMU is a public university known for undergraduate aviation and teacher education. The campus is in the small college town of Portales on New Mexico's eastern plains.
- SAT Range 830-1060
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Net Price $6,416
College of Staten Island CUNY
- Public 4 Year
- Staten Island, NY
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- 92% acceptance rate
College of Staten Island is a public CUNY college known for undergraduate nursing, teacher education, and business. Its large Staten Island campus is one of New York City's most spacious college grounds.
- SAT Range 890-1250
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $6,525
Rabbinical College Beth Shraga
- Private 4 Year
- Monsey, NY
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- 92% acceptance rate
Beth Shraga is a private Orthodox Jewish rabbinical college known for undergraduate Talmudic studies and rabbinical training. The school is based in Monsey, a Rockland County community with a large Orthodox Jewish population.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,459
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
- Public 4 Year
- Canton, NY
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- 92% acceptance rate
SUNY Canton is a public college of technology known for undergraduate nursing, engineering technology, and veterinary science technology. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Canton in northern New York.
- SAT Range 1000-1160
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $14,754
SUNY Morrisville
- Public 4 Year
- Morrisville, NY
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- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
SUNY Morrisville is a public college known for undergraduate agriculture, equine studies, and applied technology. The rural campus is set in the village of Morrisville in central New York.
- SAT Range 990-1230
- Avg GPA 2.7
- Net Price $15,960
Utica University
- Private 4 Year
- Utica, NY
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3.9 | 9 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
Utica is a private university known for undergraduate cybersecurity, economic crime investigation, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small city of Utica in central New York.
- SAT Range 990-1250
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $20,295
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
University of Toledo
- Public 4 Year
- Toledo, OH
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- 92% acceptance rate
University of Toledo is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and pharmacy. The main campus sits in a residential section of Toledo.
- SAT Range 1100-1300
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $17,844
Wilmington College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilmington, OH
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
A private Quaker liberal arts college known for undergraduate agriculture and peace studies. Students live on a residential campus in the small city of Wilmington in southwestern Ohio.
- SAT Range 850-1220
- Avg GPA 3.47
- Net Price $26,548
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- East Stroudsburg, PA
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Apr 1 application deadline
East Stroudsburg is a public university known for undergraduate education, athletic training, and exercise science. The campus sits in the Pocono Mountains near the Delaware Water Gap.
- SAT Range 1000-1180
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $18,610
Penn State Shenango
- Public 4 Year
- Sharon, PA
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| 0 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
Penn State Shenango is a small regional campus of Penn State known for undergraduate nursing and business. The campus is located in Sharon in western Pennsylvania's Shenango Valley.
- SAT Range 1040-1230
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,383
Ursinus College
- Private 4 Year
- Collegeville, PA
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- 92% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
Ursinus is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, neuroscience, and a required first-year common curriculum. The residential campus sits in suburban Collegeville northwest of Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1200-1385
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $32,158