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.
South Dakota State University
- Public 4 Year
- Brookings, SD
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- 98% acceptance rate
South Dakota State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, engineering, and pharmacy. Most undergrads study on a residential campus in the college town of Brookings.
- SAT Range 1060-1240
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $19,932
Auburn University at Montgomery
- Public 4 Year
- Montgomery, AL
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- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
AUM is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus is located in Montgomery, Alabama's capital city.
- SAT Range 1036-1203
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $13,945
University of North Alabama
- Public 4 Year
- Florence, AL
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- 87% acceptance rate
UNA is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students attend a historic campus in Florence near the Tennessee River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $11,745
Marian University
- Private 4 Year
- Indianapolis, IN
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Marian is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and the health sciences. The Indianapolis campus is rooted in the Franciscan tradition of the Sisters of St. Francis.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $22,786
Sul Ross State University
- Public 4 Year
- Alpine, TX
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- 99% acceptance rate
Sul Ross is a small public university known for undergraduate range animal science, wildlife management, and education. The campus sits in Alpine in the mountains of far West Texas near Big Bend.
- SAT Range 930-1110
- Avg GPA 3.32
- Net Price $14,454
Roosevelt University
- Private 4 Year
- Chicago, IL
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- 97% acceptance rate
Roosevelt is a private university known for undergraduate performing arts and business. The urban campus includes the historic Auditorium Building in downtown Chicago.
- SAT Range 895-1175
- Avg GPA 3.13
- Net Price $22,366
Cedar Crest College
- Private 4 Year
- Allentown, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Cedar Crest is a private women's college known for undergraduate nursing and forensic science. The suburban campus sits in Allentown in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
- SAT Range 1000-1230
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $23,691
Arlington Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Arlington, TX
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2.5 | 2 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Arlington Baptist is a small private Baptist university known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. The suburban campus sits in Arlington within the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $25,267
Utica University
- Private 4 Year
- Utica, NY
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3.9 | 9 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
Utica is a private university known for undergraduate cybersecurity, economic crime investigation, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small city of Utica in central New York.
- SAT Range 990-1250
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $20,295
Columbia College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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- 94% acceptance rate
Columbia College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and nursing. Students study on an urban campus in South Carolina's capital.
- SAT Range 850-1140
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $18,790
Tennessee Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Cookeville, TN
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- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Tennessee Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and technology. The campus sits in the college town of Cookeville on the Cumberland Plateau.
- SAT Range 1048-1310
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $15,336
Chaminade University of Honolulu
- Private 4 Year
- Honolulu, HI
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- 91% acceptance rate
Chaminade is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, criminal justice, and forensic sciences. The urban Honolulu campus follows a Marianist tradition in a residential neighborhood setting.
- SAT Range 970-1250
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $28,261
Kalamazoo College
- Private 4 Year
- Kalamazoo, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Kalamazoo is a private liberal arts college known for the K-Plan curriculum, extensive undergraduate study abroad, and a required senior individualized project. Most undergrads complete an extended off-campus study experience before graduation.
- SAT Range 1170-1380
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Net Price $26,956
Randolph Macon College
- Private 4 Year
- Ashland, VA
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Randolph-Macon is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, psychology, and business. Most undergrads live on a historic campus in the small college town of Ashland.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $28,912
University of the District of Columbia
- Public 4 Year
- Washington, DC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UDC is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate business, education, and engineering. The urban campus is the District of Columbia's only public four-year university.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $12,895
Otis College of Art and Design
- Private 4 Year
- Los Angeles, CA
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1.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
Otis is a private art and design college known for undergraduate fashion design, graphic design, and digital media. The urban campus is in Los Angeles's Westchester neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1265-1395
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $54,295
Mitchell College
- Private 4 Year
- New London, CT
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- 95% acceptance rate
Mitchell College is a small private college known for specialized undergraduate support for students with learning differences, plus programs in marine biology and business. The waterfront campus sits along the Thames River in New London.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $31,536
Kettering University
- Private 4 Year
- Flint, MI
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- 79% acceptance rate
Kettering is a private university known for undergraduate mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering. The campus sits in Flint, a mid-sized Michigan city long tied to the auto industry.
- SAT Range 1160-1330
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $35,609