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.
Cairn University Langhorne
- Private 4 Year
- Langhorne, PA
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- 88% acceptance rate
Cairn is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies, ministry, and education. The suburban campus sits in Langhorne near Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1000-1160
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $23,273
Johnson & Wales University Providence
- Private 4 Year
- Providence, RI
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- 88% acceptance rate
Johnson & Wales is a private university known for undergraduate culinary arts, hospitality management, and business. The urban campus sits in downtown Providence.
- SAT Range 890-1160
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $32,057
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
Dakota State University
- Public 4 Year
- Madison, SD
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4.3 | 7 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Dakota State is a public university known for undergraduate cybersecurity, computer science, and information systems. Most students live on a residential campus in the small college town of Madison.
- SAT Range 1190-1440
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $20,438
The University of Tennessee Martin
- Public 4 Year
- Martin, TN
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
UT Martin is a public university known for undergraduate agriculture, education, and business. The residential campus is in the small college town of Martin in northwest Tennessee.
- SAT Range 970-1210
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $11,955
Schreiner University
- Private 4 Year
- Kerrville, TX
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- 88% acceptance rate
Schreiner is a small private university with undergraduate programs in nursing and education. The campus sits in Kerrville in the Texas Hill Country.
- SAT Range 970-1160
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $22,884
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 Wisconsin Stout
- Public 4 Year
- Menomonie, WI
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- 88% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
UW-Stout is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate industrial design, packaging, and engineering technology. The campus is in Menomonie, a small city in western Wisconsin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Net Price $15,673
University of Connecticut Avery Point
- Public 4 Year
- Groton, CT
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- 88% acceptance rate
UConn Avery Point is a regional campus of Connecticut's public university known for undergraduate marine sciences and maritime studies. The waterfront campus sits on a peninsula overlooking Long Island Sound.
- SAT Range 960-1190
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $12,850
University of Connecticut Hartford Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Hartford, Connecticut
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- 88% acceptance rate
UConn Hartford is a regional campus of a large public university known for undergraduate business and urban and community studies. The urban campus is located in downtown Hartford near state government offices.
- SAT Range 930-1220
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $14,176
University of North Alabama
- Public 4 Year
- Florence, AL
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- 87% acceptance rate
UNA is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students attend a historic campus in Florence near the Tennessee River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $11,745
Saint Mary's College of California
- Private 4 Year
- Moraga, CA
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Saint Mary's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and a Great Books liberal arts program. The residential campus lies in the hills of Moraga in the East Bay.
- SAT Range 1070-1253
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $35,332
Western Connecticut State University
- Public 4 Year
- Danbury, CT
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- 87% acceptance rate
Western Connecticut State is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and the visual and performing arts. Students take classes across Midtown and Westside campuses in Danbury.
- SAT Range 1040-1170
- Avg GPA 3.38
- Net Price $17,185
Covenant College
- Private 4 Year
- Lookout Mountain, GA
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Covenant is a private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs taught from a Reformed theological perspective. The mountaintop campus on Lookout Mountain overlooks the Chattanooga valley.
- SAT Range 1160-1380
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $27,926
University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Public 4 Year
- Honolulu, HI
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
UH Manoa is a large public university known for undergraduate marine science, oceanography, and Hawaiian studies. The campus occupies Manoa Valley in Honolulu.
- SAT Range 1081-1293
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Net Price $17,202
Boise State University
- Public 4 Year
- Boise, ID
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Boise State is a large public university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and nursing. The urban campus borders the Boise River in Idaho's capital city.
- SAT Range 1030-1210
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $21,583
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Public 4 Year
- Carbondale, IL
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
SIU Carbondale is a large public university known for undergraduate aviation, journalism, and forestry. The wooded campus anchors the college town of Carbondale in southern Illinois.
- SAT Range 900-1160
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $13,473
Wheaton College
- Private 4 Year
- Wheaton, IL
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Wheaton is a private evangelical Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate biblical studies, theology, and the sciences. The residential campus sits in a western suburb of Chicago.
- SAT Range 1260-1470
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Net Price $31,356