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.
Sweet Briar College
- Private 4 Year
- Sweet Briar, VA
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4.2 | 5 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
Sweet Briar is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate equestrian studies and engineering. The rural campus sits in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
- SAT Range 1100-1310
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $21,322
Edgewood College
- Private 4 Year
- Madison, WI
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2.7 | 3 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Edgewood is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and education. The wooded campus overlooks Lake Wingra in Madison.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $27,038
University of Wisconsin La Crosse
- Public 4 Year
- La Crosse, WI
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
UW-La Crosse is a public university known for undergraduate exercise science, biology, and teacher education. The campus sits along the Mississippi River at the base of wooded bluffs.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $14,712
Family of Faith Christian University
- Private 4 Year
- Shawnee, OK
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
Family of Faith is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. Students live in a small residential campus community built around faith-based training.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Magnolia, AR
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 27 application deadline
SAU is a public university known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The campus is in the small college town of Magnolia.
- SAT Range 875-1105
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $13,442
Art Center College of Design
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
Art Center is a private art and design college known for undergraduate industrial design, transportation design, and illustration. The hillside campus in Pasadena overlooks the Los Angeles basin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $53,271
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
- Public 4 Year
- Pomona, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Nov 30 application deadline
Cal Poly Pomona is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and agriculture. The hillside campus includes working farm facilities and an Arabian horse center.
- SAT Range 1010-1250
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Net Price $11,940
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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3.0 | 5 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $14,831
Georgia Southwestern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Americus, GA
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Northeastern Illinois University
- Public 4 Year
- Chicago, IL
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Northeastern Illinois is a public university known for undergraduate education and business programs. The urban campus sits on Chicago's Northwest Side.
- SAT Range 810-1010
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $14,140
Holy Cross College
- Private 4 Year
- Notre Dame, IN
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jul 28 application deadline
Holy Cross College is a small private Catholic liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the humanities. The campus sits next to the University of Notre Dame.
- SAT Range 980-1300
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $22,421
Alice Lloyd College
- Private 4 Year
- Pippa Passes, KY
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
Alice Lloyd is a small private work college known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and a required student work program that covers tuition. The rural campus is set in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky.
- SAT Range 710-960
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Net Price $18,600
Loyola University Maryland
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Loyola Maryland is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and communications. The wooded residential campus sits in a northern Baltimore neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1200-1370
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Net Price $32,846
Hampshire College
- Private 4 Year
- Amherst, MA
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3.7 | 6 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Hampshire is a private liberal arts college known for student-designed majors and narrative evaluations instead of letter grades. Students can also take courses through the Five College Consortium with nearby Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, and UMass.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $27,895
University of Detroit Mercy
- Private 4 Year
- Detroit, MI
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and nursing. The urban campus sits in northwest Detroit.
- SAT Range 1030-1260
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Net Price $16,790
Kalamazoo College
- Private 4 Year
- Kalamazoo, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Kalamazoo is a private liberal arts college known for the K-Plan curriculum, extensive undergraduate study abroad, and a required senior individualized project. Most undergrads complete an extended off-campus study experience before graduation.
- SAT Range 1170-1380
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Net Price $26,956
University of Minnesota Morris
- Public 4 Year
- Morris, MN
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Minnesota Morris is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental studies and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in the small prairie town of Morris.
- SAT Range 1040-1250
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $9,677
Winona State University
- Public 4 Year
- Winona, MN
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jul 1 application deadline
Winona State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits along the Mississippi River in Minnesota's bluff country.
- SAT Range 980-1250
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $18,289