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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High Acceptance % Public Private 4 Year

  • Private 4 Year
  • Washington, DC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 83% acceptance rate
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Catholic University is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate architecture, theology, and music. The urban Brookland campus in Northeast Washington adjoins the Basilica of the National Shrine.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.52
  • Net Price $32,705
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Mobile, AL
  • | 0 reviews
  • 77% acceptance rate

Spring Hill is a private Jesuit liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and the sciences. The wooded historic campus sits in Mobile near Alabama's Gulf Coast.

6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1110-1230
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Net Price $22,858
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Springfield, IL
  • | 0 reviews
  • 86% acceptance rate

UIS is a public university known for undergraduate public affairs, political science, and computer science. The campus is in Springfield, Illinois's state capital.

#3 Best Public Universities in Illinois 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 940-1200
  • Avg GPA 3.46
  • Net Price $10,809
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Abilene, TX
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 90% acceptance rate

Hardin-Simmons is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing, music, and education. The residential campus is located in Abilene in West Texas.

#18 Best Private Colleges in Texas 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1010-1190
  • Avg GPA 3.43
  • Net Price $19,811
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Canyon, TX
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 99% acceptance rate
  • Aug 1 application deadline

West Texas A&M is a public university known for undergraduate agriculture, nursing, and business. The campus is in Canyon, a small college town in the Texas Panhandle.

#14 Best Public Universities in Texas 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 950-1170
  • Avg GPA 3.61
  • Net Price $15,572
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Tifton, GA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 76% acceptance rate

ABAC is a public state college known for undergraduate agriculture, natural resources, and agribusiness. Most students live on the residential campus in rural south Georgia Tifton.

3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 860-1080
  • Avg GPA 2.85
  • Net Price $7,308
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Gunnison, CO
  • | 0 reviews
  • 100% acceptance rate

Western Colorado is a small public university known for undergraduate outdoor recreation, environmental studies, and exercise science. Gunnison is a high-elevation mountain town in the Colorado Rockies.

#12 Best Public Universities in Colorado 0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1163-1353
  • Avg GPA 3.42
  • Net Price $17,711
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Gainesville, FL
  • | 0 reviews
  • 100% acceptance rate

Santa Fe College is a public state college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and associate-degree transfer preparation. Many students commute to the Gainesville campus or use dual enrollment while still in high school.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Net Price $11,903
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Portland, ME
  • | 0 reviews
  • 79% acceptance rate

USM is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students split time between an urban Portland campus and a residential campus in nearby Gorham.

#2 Best Public Universities in Maine 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 990-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.33
  • Net Price $14,028
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Jonesboro, AR
  • | 0 reviews
  • 82% acceptance rate

Arkansas State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, agriculture, and business. The campus is located in Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas.

#6 Best Public Universities in Arkansas 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1190
  • Avg GPA 3.66
  • Net Price $12,410
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Georgetown, KY
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • 91% acceptance rate

Georgetown College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and business. Most undergrads live on its residential campus in a small Kentucky college town.

#7 Best Private Colleges in Kentucky 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 960-1160
  • Avg GPA 3.54
  • Net Price $15,160
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Edinburg, TX
  • | 0 reviews
  • 94% acceptance rate
  • Jul 1 application deadline

UTRGV is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and engineering. Campuses span the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border.

#21 Best Public Universities in Texas 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 880-1090
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.16
  • Net Price $5,282
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Winona, MN
  • | 0 reviews
  • 75% acceptance rate
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Winona State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits along the Mississippi River in Minnesota's bluff country.

#2 Best Public Universities in Minnesota 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 980-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.44
  • Net Price $18,289
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Trine University Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Angola, IN
  • 4.0 | 2 reviews
  • 85% acceptance rate
  • Aug 1 application deadline

Trine is a private university known for undergraduate engineering and business. Most students live on a residential campus in the small town of Angola.

#15 Best Private Colleges in Indiana 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1030-1240
  • Avg GPA 3.51
  • Net Price $25,355
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 86% acceptance rate

Medgar Evers is a public CUNY college known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The urban campus is located in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood.

#32 Best Public Universities in New York 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 850-1020
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Net Price $6,273
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American International College Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Springfield, MA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 100% acceptance rate
  • Sep 7 application deadline

AIC is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus sits in a residential section of Springfield.

#34 Best Private Colleges in Massachusetts 0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 940-1110
  • Avg GPA 2.91
  • Net Price $23,086
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Jersey City, NJ
  • | 0 reviews
  • 98% acceptance rate

NJCU is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The urban campus sits in Jersey City across the Hudson River from Manhattan.

#12 Best Public Universities in New Jersey 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 890-1140
  • Avg GPA 3.24
  • Net Price $16,724
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Doylestown, PA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 93% acceptance rate

Delaware Valley is a private university known for undergraduate agriculture, animal science, and equine studies. The suburban Doylestown campus includes extensive working farmland used in hands-on programs.

#46 Best Private Colleges in Pennsylvania 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1090-1303
  • Avg GPA 3.46
  • Net Price $28,975
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