Colleges Hardest to Get Into
Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate in for 2018
These are the most selective colleges in . We've ranked the schools which reject over fifty percent of applicants by rate of acceptance. Leading the list is Oak Hills Christian College which sent acceptance letters to only 16% of the 110 students who applied and rejected 84%. 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 | Oak Hills Christian College Bemidji, Minnesota 110 Applicants |
16% | Easy | Chance |
| 2 | Carleton College Northfield, Minnesota 6,485 Applicants |
23% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 3 | Macalester College Saint Paul, Minnesota 5,946 Applicants |
37% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 4 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, Minnesota 49,129 Applicants |
44% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 5 | Augsburg College Minneapolis, Minnesota 3,487 Applicants |
45% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 6 | St Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota 6,041 Applicants |
45% | Very Hard | Chance |