Easiest Southeastern Colleges to Get Into
There are 280 four-year colleges in the Southeast that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
88 colleges accept 100% of applicants in the Southeast. 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 in Southeast, or the most selective colleges.
Newberry College
- Private 4 Year
- Newberry, SC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Newberry is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. The residential campus sits in the small town of Newberry and has long ties to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $21,943
Carson Newman University
- Private 4 Year
- Jefferson City, TN
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Carson-Newman is a private Baptist university with undergraduate strengths in nursing, education, and the liberal arts. Students live on a residential campus in the small East Tennessee town of Jefferson City.
- SAT Range 955-1215
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $20,895
Longwood University
- Public 4 Year
- Farmville, VA
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| 0 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Longwood is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Farmville.
- SAT Range 1030-1210
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $20,847
Old Dominion University
- Public 4 Year
- Norfolk, VA
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Old Dominion is a large public university known for undergraduate oceanography, engineering, and nursing. The urban campus sits in the coastal city of Norfolk.
- SAT Range 1100-1280
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $16,419
Radford University
- Public 4 Year
- Radford, VA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Radford is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in a small college town in southwestern Virginia's New River Valley.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $16,749
University of Central Arkansas
- Public 4 Year
- Conway, AR
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
UCA is a public university known for undergraduate education and nursing programs. The campus sits in Conway, a college town north of Little Rock.
- SAT Range 910-1170
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $16,546
Frostburg State University
- Public 4 Year
- Frostburg, MD
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Frostburg State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The residential campus sits in the Appalachian mountain town of Frostburg in western Maryland.
- SAT Range 980-1200
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $17,669
Blue Mountain Christian University
- Private 4 Year
- Blue Mountain, MS
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Blue Mountain is a private Christian university known for undergraduate teacher education and biblical studies. The rural campus sits in the small town of Blue Mountain in northern Mississippi.
- SAT Range 950-1070
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $24,712
East Carolina University
- Public 4 Year
- Greenville, NC
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4.2 | 4 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
East Carolina is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The main campus is in Greenville, a college town in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 1070-1240
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $13,755
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Public 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
UNCG is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the performing arts. The urban campus is located in Greensboro.
- SAT Range 1150-1355
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $11,404
Ferrum College
- Private 4 Year
- Ferrum, VA
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Sep 15 application deadline
Ferrum is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental science and teacher education. The rural campus sits in the Blue Ridge foothills of southwestern Virginia.
- SAT Range 880-1100
- Avg GPA 3.14
- Net Price $20,082
Virginia State University
- Public 4 Year
- Petersburg, VA
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
Virginia State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate agriculture, education, and business. The historic campus is in Petersburg near Richmond.
- SAT Range 840-1070
- Avg GPA 2.85
- Net Price $17,840
West Virginia University
- Public 4 Year
- Morgantown, WV
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4.0 | 4 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
WVU is a large public university known for undergraduate forensic science, engineering, and journalism. The campus spreads across a hilly college town in Morgantown along the Monongahela River.
- SAT Range 1010-1220
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $15,169
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Public 4 Year
- Birmingham, AL
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
UAB is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and biomedical programs. The urban campus is anchored by a major academic medical center in Birmingham.
- SAT Range 1210-1450
- Avg GPA 3.82
- Net Price $17,997
Bethune Cookman University
- Private 4 Year
- Daytona Beach, FL
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Bethune-Cookman is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in Daytona Beach near Florida's Atlantic coast.
- SAT Range 830-990
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $12,476
Brenau University
- Private 4 Year
- Gainesville, GA
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Brenau is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the arts. Traditional undergraduates enroll in its residential Women's College on a historic campus in Gainesville.
- SAT Range 930-1200
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $19,743
Georgia Southern University
- Public 4 Year
- Statesboro, GA
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
Georgia Southern is a large public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and logistics. The main campus anchors the college town of Statesboro in southeast Georgia.
- SAT Range 986-1133
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $15,971
Oglethorpe University
- Private 4 Year
- Atlanta, GA
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Oglethorpe is a private liberal arts college known for a required undergraduate core curriculum in the humanities and sciences. The wooded campus sits in Atlanta's Brookhaven neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1090-1310
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Net Price $20,490