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 The Juilliard School which sent acceptance letters to only 6% of the 2,545 students who applied and rejected 94%. 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 | The Juilliard School New York, New York 2,545 Applicants |
6% | N/A | Chance |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, New York 37,009 Applicants |
7% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 3 | Cornell University Ithaca, New York 44,965 Applicants |
14% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 4 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, New York 9,704 Applicants |
22% | N/A | Chance |
| 5 | Hamilton College Clinton, New York 5,230 Applicants |
26% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 6 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York 7,306 Applicants |
27% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 7 | Colgate University Hamilton, New York 8,394 Applicants |
29% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 8 | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York 9,181 Applicants |
29% | Hard | Chance |
| 9 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, New York 20,789 Applicants |
31% | Hard | Chance |
| 10 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, New York 14,318 Applicants |
32% | Avg- | Chance |
| 11 | New York University New York, New York 60,724 Applicants |
32% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 12 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, New York 13,899 Applicants |
34% | Avg- | Chance |
| 13 | New York School of Interior Design New York, New York 161 Applicants |
35% | Easy | Chance |
| 14 | University of Rochester Rochester, New York 17,485 Applicants |
36% | N/A | Chance |
| 15 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, New York 20,608 Applicants |
37% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 16 | Union College Schenectady, New York 6,648 Applicants |
37% | N/A | Chance |
| 17 | CUNY Hunter College New York, New York 28,510 Applicants |
38% | Hard | Chance |
| 18 | Metropolitan College of New York New York, New York 252 Applicants |
39% | N/A | Chance |
| 19 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, New York 4,632 Applicants |
40% | N/A | Chance |
| 20 | CUNY Queens College Flushing, New York 18,142 Applicants |
41% | Avg+ | Chance |