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.
Butler University
- Private 4 Year
- Indianapolis, IN
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Butler is a private university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and communication. Most students live on a residential campus on Indianapolis's north side.
- SAT Range 1160-1350
- Avg GPA 3.92
- Net Price $38,438
Trine University
- Private 4 Year
- Angola, IN
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Trine is a private university known for undergraduate engineering and business. Most students live on a residential campus in the small town of Angola.
- SAT Range 1030-1240
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $25,355
University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Public 4 Year
- Monroe, LA
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
ULM is a public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, nursing, and health sciences. The campus borders Bayou DeSiard in Monroe.
- SAT Range 1160-1360
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $13,648
Bay Path University
- Private 4 Year
- Longmeadow, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Bay Path is a private university known for educating undergraduate women in business, health sciences, and cybersecurity. The residential campus sits in suburban Longmeadow near Springfield.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $15,463
MCPHS University
- Private 4 Year
- Boston, MA
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
MCPHS is a private university known for undergraduate pharmacy, nursing, and health sciences. The urban campus sits in Boston's Longwood Medical Area.
- SAT Range 1160-1416
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $41,506
College of Our Lady of the Elms
- Private 4 Year
- Chicopee, MA
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3.5 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Elms College is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and education. The small campus is in Chicopee in western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1150-1320
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,870
Michigan State University
- Public 4 Year
- East Lansing, MI
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4.5 | 6 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Michigan State is a large public university known for undergraduate supply chain management, education, and agriculture. The campus spreads across the college town of East Lansing with the Red Cedar River running through it.
- SAT Range 1180-1360
- Avg GPA 3.72
- Net Price $23,657
Western Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Kalamazoo, MI
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Western Michigan is a large public university known for undergraduate aviation, engineering, and education. The residential campus sits on a hillside overlooking Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan.
- SAT Range 990-1220
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $17,331
University of St Thomas
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Paul, MN
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
St. Thomas is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate business. The urban campus sits along Summit Avenue in St. Paul.
- SAT Range 1260-1423
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $31,250
University of Mount Saint Vincent
- Private 4 Year
- Bronx, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Mount Saint Vincent is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The Riverdale campus overlooks the Hudson River in the Bronx.
- SAT Range 1011-1178
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.14
- Net Price $22,808
Lenoir Rhyne University
- Private 4 Year
- Hickory, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Lenoir-Rhyne is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Students live on a residential campus in Hickory near the Blue Ridge foothills.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $21,546
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
Ohio University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Athens, OH
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4.5 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Ohio University is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism and communications. Athens is a classic college town built around the residential campus.
- SAT Range 1090-1290
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $21,907
Otterbein University
- Private 4 Year
- Westerville, OH
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Otterbein is a private university known for undergraduate theatre, musical theatre, and nursing. The historic campus sits in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus.
- SAT Range 1035-1260
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $20,457
Linfield University
- Private 4 Year
- McMinnville, OR
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Linfield is a private university known for undergraduate nursing and wine studies. The residential campus sits in the small college town of McMinnville in Oregon's Willamette Valley.
- SAT Range 1050-1210
- Avg GPA 3.71
- Net Price $29,936
Keystone College
- Private 4 Year
- La Plume, PA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Keystone is a small private college known for undergraduate environmental science, wildlife biology, and culinary arts. The rural campus sits in northeastern Pennsylvania near the Scranton area.
- SAT Range 910-1130
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $21,952
Kairos University
- Private 4 Year
- Sioux Falls, SD
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Kairos is a private Christian university known for undergraduate theology and ministry programs. The Sioux Falls campus uses a competency-based model of theological education.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Saint Michael's College
- Private 4 Year
- Colchester, VT
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| 0 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Saint Michael's is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate education, biology, and business. The residential campus sits near Burlington and Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont.
- SAT Range 1120-1280
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $27,982