Popular Easy-Admission U.S. Colleges

CollegeSimply highlights 1151 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores fall in their typical ranges, these schools are strong safety options. The list focuses on colleges that draw the most student interest online.

Leading examples include Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, accepting 90% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Michigan State University, The University of Alabama and University of Kentucky.

Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Bellevue, WA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 100% acceptance rate
  • Sep 15 application deadline

Bellevue College is a public community college known for nursing, information technology, and business. The suburban campus sits in Bellevue east of Seattle.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Net Price $13,932
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Houghton, MI
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 92% acceptance rate

Michigan Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and forestry. Students attend campus in the Upper Peninsula town of Houghton near Lake Superior.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1130-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.78
  • Net Price $16,879
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Missoula, MT
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 96% acceptance rate
  • Aug 18 application deadline

Montana is a public university known for undergraduate wildlife biology, forestry, and creative writing. The campus sits in Missoula, a college town in the northern Rockies.

#3 Best Public Universities in Montana 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1070-1280
  • Avg GPA 3.36
  • Net Price $17,370
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Baltimore, MD
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 75% acceptance rate
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Loyola Maryland is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and communications. The wooded residential campus sits in a northern Baltimore neighborhood.

#2 Best Private Colleges in Maryland 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1200-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.65
  • Net Price $32,846
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Holland, MI
  • 3.8 | 4 reviews
  • 79% acceptance rate

Hope is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate chemistry, biology, and education. The residential campus sits in Holland near the Lake Michigan shore.

#3 Best Private Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1100-1340
  • Avg GPA 3.83
  • Net Price $30,700
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Columbia, MO
  • 4.0 | 2 reviews
  • 78% acceptance rate

Mizzou is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism and agriculture. Columbia is a Midwestern college town built around the campus.

#4 Best Public Universities in Missouri 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1330
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.61
  • Net Price $22,169
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Belmont, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 100% acceptance rate
  • SAT Range -
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.1
  • Net Price -
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Portland, OR
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 78% acceptance rate
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Lewis & Clark is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate international affairs and environmental studies. The wooded campus sits in the hills of southwest Portland.

#3 Best Colleges in Oregon 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1210-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.95
  • Net Price $37,999
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Chattanooga, TN
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 81% acceptance rate
  • May 1 application deadline

UTC is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and nursing. The urban campus borders the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga.

#5 Best Public Universities in Tennessee 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1013-1210
  • Avg GPA 3.61
  • Net Price $15,347
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Thousand Oaks, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 76% acceptance rate
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Cal Lutheran is a private university known for undergraduate business, psychology, and communication. The suburban campus in Thousand Oaks is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

#18 Best Private Colleges in California 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.73
  • Net Price $32,774
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Springfield, MO
  • 4.0 | 3 reviews
  • 91% acceptance rate

Missouri State is a large public university known for undergraduate business, education, and health professions. The Springfield campus lies in the Ozarks region of southwest Missouri.

#8 Best Public Universities in Missouri 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1020-1270
  • Avg GPA 3.73
  • Net Price $17,181
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Hickory, NC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 85% acceptance rate

Lenoir-Rhyne is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Students live on a residential campus in Hickory near the Blue Ridge foothills.

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  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.41
  • Net Price $21,546
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Chicago, IL
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 75% acceptance rate
  • Jul 15 application deadline

Northeastern Illinois is a public university known for undergraduate education and business programs. The urban campus sits on Chicago's Northwest Side.

#9 Best Public Universities in Illinois 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 810-1010
  • Avg GPA 3.1
  • Net Price $14,140
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Worcester, MA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 83% acceptance rate
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Assumption is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Most students live on the residential campus in Worcester.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.45
  • Net Price $29,748
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Lawrenceville, NJ
  • | 0 reviews
  • 79% acceptance rate

Rider is a private university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and music through Westminster Choir College. The suburban campus is in Lawrenceville near Princeton.

#4 Best Private Colleges in New Jersey 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1100-1320
  • Avg GPA 3.41
  • Net Price $26,506
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Austin, TX
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 81% acceptance rate

Saint Edward's is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate liberal arts, business, and education. The hilltop campus in South Austin overlooks the downtown skyline.

#10 Best Private Colleges in Texas 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1240
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.53
  • Net Price $28,766
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Seaside, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 97% acceptance rate
  • Jan 15 application deadline

CSUMB is a public university known for undergraduate marine science and environmental studies. The campus sits on the former Fort Ord site overlooking Monterey Bay.

#22 Best Public Universities in California 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 960-1160
  • Avg GPA 3.45
  • Net Price $14,493
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Stillwater, OK
  • 3.0 | 1 reviews
  • 75% acceptance rate

Oklahoma State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and business. Stillwater is a classic college town built around the campus.

#2 Best Public Universities in Oklahoma 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1040-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.63
  • Net Price $19,561
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