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.
Davenport University
- Private 4 Year
- Grand Rapids, MI
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- 98% acceptance rate
Davenport is a private university known for undergraduate business, technology, and health sciences. The main campus is in Grand Rapids, with additional instructional sites across Michigan.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $18,538
Loyola University New Orleans
- Private 4 Year
- New Orleans, LA
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2.5 | 2 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Apr 15 application deadline
Loyola New Orleans is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate music and communications. The Uptown campus sits beside Audubon Park.
- SAT Range 1050-1240
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Net Price $26,291
University of Detroit Mercy
- Private 4 Year
- Detroit, MI
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- 75% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and nursing. The urban campus sits in northwest Detroit.
- SAT Range 1030-1260
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Net Price $16,790
Otterbein University
- Private 4 Year
- Westerville, OH
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- 85% acceptance rate
Otterbein is a private university known for undergraduate theatre, musical theatre, and nursing. The historic campus sits in Westerville, a suburb of Columbus.
- SAT Range 1035-1260
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $20,457
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
- Public 4 Year
- Eau Claire, WI
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UW-Eau Claire is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and music. The campus sits along the Chippewa River in a western Wisconsin college town.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $15,151
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Private 4 Year
- Chicago, IL
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2.0 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Nov 15 application deadline
SAIC is a private art and design college known for undergraduate fine arts, design, and contemporary art practice. The urban downtown campus is connected to the Art Institute of Chicago museum.
- SAT Range 1048-1260
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $55,631
Southern Utah University
- Public 4 Year
- Cedar City, UT
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Sep 8 application deadline
Southern Utah is a public university known for undergraduate theater, performing arts, and education. Cedar City is a small college town near southern Utah national parks.
- SAT Range 1030-1240
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $11,840
Northwest University
- Private 4 Year
- Kirkland, WA
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- 83% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Northwest University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, ministry, and business. The suburban campus sits in Kirkland east of Seattle.
- SAT Range 1040-1350
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $24,251
Weber State University
- Public 4 Year
- Ogden, UT
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
Weber State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, health professions, and education. The campus sits at the base of the Wasatch Mountains in Ogden.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $11,333
Dominican University
- Private 4 Year
- River Forest, IL
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- 90% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
Dominican is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The suburban River Forest campus sits just west of Chicago.
- SAT Range 880-1100
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Net Price $13,402
Fort Lewis College
- Public 4 Year
- Durango, CO
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Fort Lewis is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate adventure education, environmental studies, and Native American studies. The mountain campus is in Durango near the San Juan Mountains.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $17,114
Northwest Missouri State University
- Public 4 Year
- Maryville, MO
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- 86% acceptance rate
Northwest Missouri State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and agriculture. The residential campus is in the small college town of Maryville.
- SAT Range 976-1193
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $16,790
Hanover College
- Private 4 Year
- Hanover, IN
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0.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Hanover is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, business, and psychology. The campus overlooks the Ohio River from wooded bluffs in a small southern Indiana town.
- SAT Range 1110-1280
- Avg GPA 3.79
- Net Price $23,683
Nichols College
- Private 4 Year
- Dudley, MA
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- 81% acceptance rate
Nichols is a private college known for undergraduate business, management, and sport management. The residential campus sits in the small town of Dudley in south-central Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 1028-1236
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Net Price $32,337
Penn State Altoona
- Public 4 Year
- Altoona, PA
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- 98% acceptance rate
Penn State Altoona is a public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate rail transportation engineering, nursing, and business. The residential campus sits in the city of Altoona in central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $21,618
Art Center College of Design
- Private 4 Year
- Pasadena, CA
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- 75% acceptance rate
Art Center is a private art and design college known for undergraduate industrial design, transportation design, and illustration. The hillside campus in Pasadena overlooks the Los Angeles basin.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $53,271
Baldwin Wallace University
- Private 4 Year
- Berea, OH
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
Baldwin Wallace is a private university known for undergraduate music through its conservatory, along with business and education. The suburban campus sits in Berea near Cleveland.
- SAT Range 1060-1290
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $27,991
Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Williamsport, PA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Penn College is a public college known for undergraduate engineering technology, construction, and applied technical programs. The campus is located in Williamsport in north-central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.05
- Net Price $23,675