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 Vanderbilt University which sent acceptance letters to only 11% of the 32,442 students who applied and rejected 89%. 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 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 32,442 Applicants |
11% | Very Hard | Chance |
| 2 | Memphis College of Art Memphis, Tennessee 388 Applicants |
39% | Avg- | Chance |
| 3 | Aquinas College Nashville, Tennessee 245 Applicants |
40% | Hard | Chance |
| 4 | Bryan College Dayton, Tennessee 1,041 Applicants |
42% | Hard | Chance |
| 5 | Sewanee The University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee 4,423 Applicants |
44% | N/A | Chance |
| 6 | Johnson University Knoxville, Tennessee 370 Applicants |
47% | Avg+ | Chance |
| 7 | Cumberland University Lebanon, Tennessee 1,513 Applicants |
49% | Easy | Chance |