U.S. Colleges Hardest to Get Into
Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate in America for 2018
These are the most selective colleges in the United States. We've ranked the schools which reject over fifty percent of applicants by rate of acceptance. Leading the list is Harvard University which sent acceptance letters to only 5% of the 39,041 students who applied and rejected 95%. Interestingly, not all schools on our "most selective" lists are overly academically challenging. Schools with less rigorous standardized test and high school GPA requirements may receive a large numbers of qualified applicants and the school does not have the capacity to potentially enroll.
| Rank | College | Percent Admitted | Academic Difficulty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 39,041 Applicants |
5% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 2 | Stanford University Stanford, California 43,997 Applicants |
5% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 3 | Yale University New Haven, Connecticut 31,445 Applicants |
6% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 4 | The Juilliard School New York, New York 2,545 Applicants |
6% | N/A | Chance |
| 5 | Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 29,303 Applicants |
7% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, New York 37,009 Applicants |
7% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California 6,855 Applicants |
8% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 8 | University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois 31,484 Applicants |
8% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 19,020 Applicants |
8% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California 6,342 Applicants |
9% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 11 | Pomona College Claremont, California 8,102 Applicants |
9% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 38,918 Applicants |
9% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 13 | Brown University Providence, Rhode Island 32,390 Applicants |
9% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 14 | Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Needham, Massachusetts 1,296 Applicants |
10% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 15 | Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 35,100 Applicants |
11% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 16 | Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 20,675 Applicants |
11% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 17 | Duke University Durham, North Carolina 31,671 Applicants |
11% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 18 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 32,442 Applicants |
11% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 19 | Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 1,907 Applicants |
12% | Easy | Chance |
| 20 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California 4,180 Applicants |
13% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 21 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland 27,852 Applicants |
13% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 22 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 7,717 Applicants |
13% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 23 | Pitzer College Claremont, California 4,142 Applicants |
14% | N/A | Chance |
| 24 | Amherst College Amherst, Massachusetts 8,396 Applicants |
14% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 25 | Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts 20,223 Applicants |
14% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 26 | College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, Missouri 2,862 Applicants |
14% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 27 | Cornell University Ithaca, New York 44,965 Applicants |
14% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 28 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine 6,799 Applicants |
15% | N/A | Chance |
| 29 | Rice University Houston, Texas 18,236 Applicants |
15% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 30 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, Colorado 7,894 Applicants |
16% | N/A | Chance |
| 31 | Oak Hills Christian College Bemidji, Minnesota 110 Applicants |
16% | Easy | Chance |
| 32 | Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont 8,819 Applicants |
16% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 33 | University of California Berkeley Berkeley, California 82,561 Applicants |
17% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 34 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, California 54,280 Applicants |
17% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 35 | Georgetown University Washington, District Of Columbia 19,997 Applicants |
17% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 36 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, Missouri 29,197 Applicants |
17% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 37 | University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 97,112 Applicants |
18% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 38 | Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut 11,928 Applicants |
18% | N/A | Chance |
| 39 | Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts 6,985 Applicants |
18% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 40 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 19,505 Applicants |
19% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 41 | Colby College Waterville, Maine 9,833 Applicants |
19% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 42 | Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa 7,370 Applicants |
20% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 43 | Davidson College Davidson, North Carolina 5,618 Applicants |
20% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 44 | Haverford College Haverford, Pennsylvania 4,066 Applicants |
21% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 45 | Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, Kentucky 6,337 Applicants |
22% | Avg- | Chance |
| 46 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, New York 9,704 Applicants |
22% | N/A | Chance |
| 47 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 21,189 Applicants |
22% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 48 | Robert Morris University Illinois Chicago, Illinois 2,732 Applicants |
23% | N/A | Chance |
| 49 | Bates College Lewiston, Maine 5,356 Applicants |
23% | N/A | Chance |
| 50 | Carleton College Northfield, Minnesota 6,485 Applicants |
23% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 51 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, New Mexico 1,663 Applicants |
23% | Hard | Chance |
| 52 | Dallas Christian College Dallas, Texas 225 Applicants |
23% | Easy | Chance |
| 53 | Southwestern Assemblies of God University Waxahachie, Texas 2,096 Applicants |
23% | Avg- | Chance |
| 54 | Concordia College Selma Selma, Alabama 639 Applicants |
24% | N/A | Chance |
| 55 | California Institute of the Arts Valencia, California 2,258 Applicants |
24% | N/A | Chance |
| 56 | Piedmont International University Winston Salem, North Carolina 219 Applicants |
24% | Avg- | Chance |
| 57 | Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia 35,627 Applicants |
24% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 58 | Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia 5,101 Applicants |
24% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 59 | Florida Memorial University Miami Gardens, Florida 5,560 Applicants |
25% | N/A | Chance |
| 60 | Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 19,924 Applicants |
25% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 61 | Paine College Augusta, Georgia 4,011 Applicants |
25% | N/A | Chance |
| 62 | Babson College Wellesley, Massachusetts 7,648 Applicants |
25% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 63 | American University Washington, District Of Columbia 19,325 Applicants |
26% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 64 | Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, Georgia 6,374 Applicants |
26% | Easy | Chance |
| 65 | Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus Atlanta, Georgia 30,528 Applicants |
26% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 66 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana 32,006 Applicants |
26% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 67 | Hamilton College Clinton, New York 5,230 Applicants |
26% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 68 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 13,403 Applicants |
26% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 69 | Laboure College Boston, Massachusetts 86 Applicants |
27% | N/A | Chance |
| 70 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York 7,306 Applicants |
27% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 71 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 34,889 Applicants |
27% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 72 | Kenyon College Gambier, Ohio 6,403 Applicants |
27% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 73 | Brigham Young University Hawaii Laie, Hawaii 2,950 Applicants |
27% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 74 | Central Christian College of the Bible Moberly, Missouri 384 Applicants |
28% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 75 | Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio 8,518 Applicants |
28% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 76 | Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania 8,123 Applicants |
28% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 77 | California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California 48,162 Applicants |
29% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 78 | Boston University Boston, Massachusetts 57,441 Applicants |
29% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 79 | Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts 51,063 Applicants |
29% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 80 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 55,504 Applicants |
29% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 81 | Saint Louis Christian College Florissant, Missouri 51 Applicants |
29% | Easy | Chance |
| 82 | Colgate University Hamilton, New York 8,394 Applicants |
29% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 83 | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York 9,181 Applicants |
29% | Hard | Chance |
| 84 | Howard University Washington, District Of Columbia 18,225 Applicants |
30% | Hard | Chance |
| 85 | Wake Forest University Winston Salem, North Carolina 14,006 Applicants |
30% | N/A | Chance |
| 86 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 10,487 Applicants |
30% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 87 | University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, Virginia 32,377 Applicants |
30% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 88 | Corcoran College of Art and Design Washington, District Of Columbia 605 Applicants |
31% | N/A | Chance |
| 89 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, Florida 6,988 Applicants |
31% | Avg- | Chance |
| 90 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 28,956 Applicants |
31% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 91 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, New York 20,789 Applicants |
31% | Hard | Chance |
| 92 | Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 691 Applicants |
31% | Avg- | Chance |
| 93 | Reed College Portland, Oregon 5,705 Applicants |
31% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 94 | California State University Long Beach Long Beach, California 61,808 Applicants |
32% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 95 | Hope International University Fullerton, California 1,006 Applicants |
32% | Easy | Chance |
| 96 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, New York 14,318 Applicants |
32% | Avg- | Chance |
| 97 | New York University New York, New York 60,724 Applicants |
32% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 98 | Paul Quinn College Dallas, Texas 1,376 Applicants |
32% | Avg- | Chance |
| 99 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, Virginia 10,422 Applicants |
32% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 100 | Oakland City University Oakland City, Indiana 628 Applicants |
33% | Avg- | Chance |
| 101 | Louisiana State University Alexandria Alexandria, Louisiana 2,101 Applicants |
33% | Avg- | Chance |
| 102 | Washington Adventist University Takoma Park, Maryland 1,996 Applicants |
33% | Easy | Chance |
| 103 | Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts 11,351 Applicants |
33% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 104 | Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut 6,073 Applicants |
34% | N/A | Chance |
| 105 | Berklee College of Music Boston, Massachusetts 9,224 Applicants |
34% | N/A | Chance |
| 106 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, New York 13,899 Applicants |
34% | Avg- | Chance |
| 107 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, Rhode Island 2,793 Applicants |
34% | Hard | Chance |
| 108 | San Diego State University San Diego, California 60,834 Applicants |
35% | Hard | Chance |
| 109 | Connecticut College New London, Connecticut 5,879 Applicants |
35% | N/A | Chance |
| 110 | The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, Massachusetts 1,177 Applicants |
35% | N/A | Chance |
| 111 | Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha, Nebraska 240 Applicants |
35% | Avg- | Chance |
| 112 | New York School of Interior Design New York, New York 161 Applicants |
35% | Easy | Chance |
| 113 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 23,115 Applicants |
35% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 114 | Corban University Salem, Oregon 2,474 Applicants |
35% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 115 | Houston Baptist University Houston, Texas 15,256 Applicants |
35% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 116 | California State University Monterey Bay Seaside, California 16,258 Applicants |
35% | N/A | Chance |
| 117 | University of California San Diego La Jolla, California 84,208 Applicants |
36% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 118 | University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California 77,112 Applicants |
36% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 119 | Brenau University Gainesville, Georgia 1,975 Applicants |
36% | Avg- | Chance |
| 120 | Emmaus Bible College Dubuque, Iowa 432 Applicants |
36% | Avg- | Chance |
| 121 | University of Rochester Rochester, New York 17,485 Applicants |
36% | N/A | Chance |
| 122 | Greensboro College Greensboro, North Carolina 2,687 Applicants |
36% | Easy | Chance |
| 123 | Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania 6,953 Applicants |
36% | N/A | Chance |
| 124 | Columbia International University Columbia, South Carolina 518 Applicants |
36% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 125 | Huston Tillotson University Austin, Texas 2,423 Applicants |
36% | Easy | Chance |
| 126 | University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus St. Petersburg, Florida 4,233 Applicants |
36% | Hard | Chance |
| 127 | Pepperdine University Malibu, California 11,111 Applicants |
37% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 128 | Sterling College Sterling, Kansas 1,033 Applicants |
37% | Easy | Chance |
| 129 | Macalester College Saint Paul, Minnesota 5,946 Applicants |
37% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 130 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, New York 20,608 Applicants |
37% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 131 | Union College Schenectady, New York 6,648 Applicants |
37% | N/A | Chance |
| 132 | University of Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma 8,089 Applicants |
37% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 133 | College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia 14,382 Applicants |
37% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 134 | University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida 32,528 Applicants |
38% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 135 | University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland 10,231 Applicants |
38% | Easy | Chance |
| 136 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Massachusetts 6,693 Applicants |
38% | N/A | Chance |
| 137 | CUNY Hunter College New York, New York 28,510 Applicants |
38% | Hard | Chance |
| 138 | Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio 3,562 Applicants |
38% | Easy | Chance |
| 139 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas 19,972 Applicants |
38% | Hard | Chance |
| 140 | Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, California 500 Applicants |
38% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 141 | Laguna College of Art and Design Laguna Beach, California 472 Applicants |
39% | N/A | Chance |
| 142 | Kentucky Christian University Grayson, Kentucky 835 Applicants |
39% | Easy | Chance |
| 143 | Dillard University New Orleans, Louisiana 5,795 Applicants |
39% | Easy | Chance |
| 144 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 7,409 Applicants |
39% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 145 | Metropolitan College of New York New York, New York 252 Applicants |
39% | N/A | Chance |
| 146 | Laurel University High Point, North Carolina 165 Applicants |
39% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 147 | Memphis College of Art Memphis, Tennessee 388 Applicants |
39% | Avg- | Chance |
| 148 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado 12,284 Applicants |
40% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 149 | George Washington University Washington, District Of Columbia 25,488 Applicants |
40% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 150 | Carlos Albizu University Miami Miami, Florida 43 Applicants |
40% | N/A | Chance |
| 151 | Our Lady of Holy Cross College New Orleans, Louisiana 460 Applicants |
40% | Easy | Chance |
| 152 | Coppin State University Baltimore, Maryland 4,612 Applicants |
40% | Easy | Chance |
| 153 | Andrews University Berrien Springs, Michigan 2,417 Applicants |
40% | Hard | Chance |
| 154 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, New York 4,632 Applicants |
40% | N/A | Chance |
| 155 | Aquinas College Nashville, Tennessee 245 Applicants |
40% | Hard | Chance |
| 156 | Baylor University Waco, Texas 34,636 Applicants |
40% | Hard | Chance |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 47,511 Applicants |
40% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 158 | Ave Maria University Ave Maria, Florida 2,173 Applicants |
40% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 159 | Ecclesia College Springdale, Arkansas 211 Applicants |
40% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 160 | University of California Irvine Irvine, California 77,816 Applicants |
41% | Hard | Chance |
| 161 | Menlo College Atherton, California 2,195 Applicants |
41% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 162 | Delaware State University Dover, Delaware 8,529 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 163 | The University of West Florida Pensacola, Florida 7,475 Applicants |
41% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 164 | Clayton State University Morrow, Georgia 2,295 Applicants |
41% | N/A | Chance |
| 165 | Emmanuel College Franklin Springs, Georgia 1,386 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 166 | Bowie State University Bowie, Maryland 6,735 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 167 | Marygrove College Detroit, Michigan 717 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 168 | CUNY Queens College Flushing, New York 18,142 Applicants |
41% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 169 | CUNY York College Jamaica, New York 13,071 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 170 | Marist College Poughkeepsie, New York 11,087 Applicants |
41% | N/A | Chance |
| 171 | SUNY at Binghamton Vestal, New York 32,139 Applicants |
41% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 172 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York 34,999 Applicants |
41% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 173 | Barton College Wilson, North Carolina 2,828 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 174 | Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina 18,297 Applicants |
41% | Avg- | Chance |
| 175 | Southwestern Christian University Bethany, Oklahoma 579 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 176 | Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, Texas 2,959 Applicants |
41% | Avg- | Chance |
| 177 | Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 7,255 Applicants |
41% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 178 | Virginia Union University Richmond, Virginia 6,026 Applicants |
41% | N/A | Chance |
| 179 | Alderson Broaddus College Philippi, West Virginia 4,103 Applicants |
41% | Easy | Chance |
| 180 | The King?s College New York, New York 2,672 Applicants |
41% | Hard | Chance |
| 181 | Stillman College Tuscaloosa, Alabama 4,325 Applicants |
42% | Easy | Chance |
| 182 | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Pine Bluff, Arkansas 6,353 Applicants |
42% | Easy | Chance |
| 183 | University of California Davis Davis, California 68,553 Applicants |
42% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 184 | San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, California 424 Applicants |
42% | N/A | Chance |
| 185 | AIB College of Business Des Moines, Iowa 405 Applicants |
42% | N/A | Chance |
| 186 | Brevard College Brevard, North Carolina 2,747 Applicants |
42% | N/A | Chance |
| 187 | Central State University Wilberforce, Ohio 7,669 Applicants |
42% | Easy | Chance |
| 188 | Saint Gregorys University Shawnee, Oklahoma 565 Applicants |
42% | N/A | Chance |
| 189 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania 439 Applicants |
42% | Avg- | Chance |
| 190 | Claflin University Orangeburg, South Carolina 9,387 Applicants |
42% | Easy | Chance |
| 191 | Bryan College Dayton, Tennessee 1,041 Applicants |
42% | Hard | Chance |
| 192 | Belhaven University Jackson, Mississippi 2,474 Applicants |
43% | N/A | Chance |
| 193 | St Lawrence University Canton, New York 5,874 Applicants |
43% | N/A | Chance |
| 194 | State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, New York 14,042 Applicants |
43% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 195 | Baptist Bible College and Seminary Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania 269 Applicants |
43% | N/A | Chance |
| 196 | Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania 6,172 Applicants |
43% | N/A | Chance |
| 197 | Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 6,816 Applicants |
43% | N/A | Chance |
| 198 | Dallas Baptist University Dallas, Texas 3,259 Applicants |
43% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 199 | Texas Lutheran University Seguin, Texas 2,131 Applicants |
43% | Avg- | Chance |
| 200 | Spring Hill College Mobile, Alabama 8,534 Applicants |
44% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 201 | Warner University Lake Wales, Florida 780 Applicants |
44% | Easy | Chance |
| 202 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, Minnesota 49,129 Applicants |
44% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 203 | Maria College of Albany Albany, New York 124 Applicants |
44% | N/A | Chance |
| 204 | The College of New Rochelle New Rochelle, New York 2,010 Applicants |
44% | Easy | Chance |
| 205 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York 18,524 Applicants |
44% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 206 | SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, New York 6,762 Applicants |
44% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 207 | Pfeiffer University Misenheimer, North Carolina 2,109 Applicants |
44% | Easy | Chance |
| 208 | Denison University Granville, Ohio 6,881 Applicants |
44% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 209 | Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva, Oklahoma 1,067 Applicants |
44% | Avg- | Chance |
| 210 | Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania 17,272 Applicants |
44% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 211 | Sewanee The University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee 4,423 Applicants |
44% | N/A | Chance |
| 212 | LeTourneau University Longview, Texas 1,842 Applicants |
44% | Hard | Chance |
| 213 | San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus Calexico, California 126 Applicants |
44% | Easy | Chance |
| 214 | Faulkner University Montgomery, Alabama 2,446 Applicants |
45% | Avg- | Chance |
| 215 | Grambling State University Grambling, Louisiana 6,340 Applicants |
45% | Easy | Chance |
| 216 | Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minnesota 3,487 Applicants |
45% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 217 | St Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 6,041 Applicants |
45% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 218 | CUNY City College New York, New York 20,642 Applicants |
45% | Hard | Chance |
| 219 | Fordham University Bronx, New York 44,816 Applicants |
45% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 220 | Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, North Carolina 5,841 Applicants |
45% | Easy | Chance |
| 221 | Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College Moore, Oklahoma 231 Applicants |
45% | Easy | Chance |
| 222 | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster, Pennsylvania 420 Applicants |
45% | N/A | Chance |
| 223 | Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas 3,773 Applicants |
45% | Hard | Chance |
| 224 | Southern Virginia University Buena Vista, Virginia 1,174 Applicants |
45% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 225 | University of Washington Seattle Campus Seattle, Washington 43,517 Applicants |
45% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 226 | New Hampshire Institute of Art Manchester, New Hampshire 561 Applicants |
45% | N/A | Chance |
| 227 | Averett University Non Traditional Programs Danville, Virginia 38 Applicants |
45% | N/A | Chance |
| 228 | Alabama State University Montgomery, Alabama 9,053 Applicants |
46% | Easy | Chance |
| 229 | La Sierra University Riverside, California 4,021 Applicants |
46% | Easy | Chance |
| 230 | Occidental College Los Angeles, California 6,409 Applicants |
46% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 231 | Florida Southern College Lakeland, Florida 6,192 Applicants |
46% | Hard | Chance |
| 232 | University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 30,118 Applicants |
46% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 233 | Southeastern University Lakeland, Florida 4,061 Applicants |
46% | Avg- | Chance |
| 234 | Bentley University Waltham, Massachusetts 8,281 Applicants |
46% | Hard | Chance |
| 235 | The Boston Conservatory Boston, Massachusetts 1,215 Applicants |
46% | N/A | Chance |
| 236 | Finlandia University Hancock, Michigan 2,227 Applicants |
46% | Easy | Chance |
| 237 | Missouri Valley College Marshall, Missouri 3,265 Applicants |
46% | N/A | Chance |
| 238 | Manhattan School of Music New York, New York 2,721 Applicants |
46% | N/A | Chance |
| 239 | Mid Atlantic Christian University Elizabeth City, North Carolina 241 Applicants |
46% | Easy | Chance |
| 240 | Texas A & M University Commerce Commerce, Texas 7,805 Applicants |
46% | Avg- | Chance |
| 241 | Pacific Union College Angwin, California 2,157 Applicants |
47% | Avg- | Chance |
| 242 | University of South Florida Main Campus Tampa, Florida 28,628 Applicants |
47% | Hard | Chance |
| 243 | Macon State College Macon, Georgia 2,571 Applicants |
47% | Easy | Chance |
| 244 | Thomas University Thomasville, Georgia 416 Applicants |
47% | N/A | Chance |
| 245 | Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 8,420 Applicants |
47% | Avg- | Chance |
| 246 | Brescia University Owensboro, Kentucky 4,565 Applicants |
47% | Avg- | Chance |
| 247 | Cleary University Ann Arbor, Michigan 331 Applicants |
47% | Avg- | Chance |
| 248 | College for Creative Studies Detroit, Michigan 1,689 Applicants |
47% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 249 | Rust College Holly Springs, Mississippi 5,337 Applicants |
47% | N/A | Chance |
| 250 | Webster University Saint Louis, Missouri 2,630 Applicants |
47% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 251 | Catawba College Salisbury, North Carolina 2,528 Applicants |
47% | Avg- | Chance |
| 252 | Washington & Jefferson College Washington, Pennsylvania 6,885 Applicants |
47% | N/A | Chance |
| 253 | Johnson University Knoxville, Tennessee 370 Applicants |
47% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 254 | Birmingham Southern College Birmingham, Alabama 3,722 Applicants |
48% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 255 | Oakwood University Huntsville, Alabama 2,177 Applicants |
48% | Easy | Chance |
| 256 | California State University Dominguez Hills Carson, California 16,642 Applicants |
48% | N/A | Chance |
| 257 | California State University Fullerton Fullerton, California 44,493 Applicants |
48% | Avg- | Chance |
| 258 | California State University Northridge Northridge, California 32,913 Applicants |
48% | Easy | Chance |
| 259 | Holy Names University Oakland, California 974 Applicants |
48% | Easy | Chance |
| 260 | University of La Verne La Verne, California 8,072 Applicants |
48% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 261 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California 15,834 Applicants |
48% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 262 | The University of Tampa Tampa, Florida 19,947 Applicants |
48% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 263 | Graceland University Lamoni Lamoni, Iowa 2,440 Applicants |
48% | Avg- | Chance |
| 264 | University of Maryland College Park College Park, Maryland 30,291 Applicants |
48% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 265 | Emerson College Boston, Massachusetts 9,149 Applicants |
48% | Hard | Chance |
| 266 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts 10,468 Applicants |
48% | N/A | Chance |
| 267 | Livingstone College Salisbury, North Carolina 6,565 Applicants |
48% | N/A | Chance |
| 268 | Mount Olive College Mount Olive, North Carolina 2,652 Applicants |
48% | Avg- | Chance |
| 269 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina 26,451 Applicants |
48% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 270 | Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, Ohio 483 Applicants |
48% | N/A | Chance |
| 271 | Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania 4,862 Applicants |
48% | Hard | Chance |
| 272 | Limestone College Gaffney, South Carolina 3,060 Applicants |
48% | Avg- | Chance |
| 273 | University of Houston Victoria Victoria, Texas 4,616 Applicants |
48% | N/A | Chance |
| 274 | McMurry University Abilene, Texas 1,884 Applicants |
48% | Easy | Chance |
| 275 | Beacon College Leesburg, Florida 236 Applicants |
48% | N/A | Chance |
| 276 | University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Alaska 384 Applicants |
49% | N/A | Chance |
| 277 | University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 35,980 Applicants |
49% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 278 | Jacksonville University Jacksonville, Florida 5,506 Applicants |
49% | N/A | Chance |
| 279 | University of St Francis Joliet, Illinois 1,560 Applicants |
49% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 280 | University of Saint Mary Leavenworth, Kansas 888 Applicants |
49% | Avg- | Chance |
| 281 | Kentucky State University Frankfort, Kentucky 3,384 Applicants |
49% | Easy | Chance |
| 282 | University of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 692 Applicants |
49% | Easy | Chance |
| 283 | Washington College Chestertown, Maryland 6,720 Applicants |
49% | N/A | Chance |
| 284 | Mississippi College Clinton, Mississippi 2,175 Applicants |
49% | Hard | Chance |
| 285 | The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey 11,825 Applicants |
49% | Hard | Chance |
| 286 | Shaw University Raleigh, North Carolina 9,608 Applicants |
49% | N/A | Chance |
| 287 | University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha, Oklahoma 868 Applicants |
49% | Easy | Chance |
| 288 | Cumberland University Lebanon, Tennessee 1,513 Applicants |
49% | Easy | Chance |
| 289 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas 13,250 Applicants |
49% | Very Hard | Chance |