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
  • Newburgh, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • 89% acceptance rate

Mount Saint Mary is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and education. The campus overlooks the Hudson River in Newburgh.

#50 Best Private Colleges in New York 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1090-1255
  • Avg GPA 3.3
  • Net Price $26,896
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Albion, MI
  • | 0 reviews
  • 81% acceptance rate

Albion is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences, pre-medical studies, and business. The residential campus sits in a small college town in south-central Michigan.

#2 Best Value Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 930-1160
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Net Price $16,719
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Tulsa, OK
  • 3.3 | 3 reviews
  • 99% acceptance rate

Oral Roberts is a private Christian university known for undergraduate ministry, nursing, and business. The Tulsa campus centers on the Prayer Tower and a distinctive modernist architectural style.

#4 Best Private Colleges in Oklahoma 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1120-1310
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Net Price $25,808
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Burlington, VT
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 83% acceptance rate
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Champlain is a private college known for undergraduate game design, digital forensics, and media production. The hilltop campus overlooks Lake Champlain in downtown Burlington.

#4 Best Private Colleges in Vermont 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1220-1380
  • Avg GPA 3.35
  • Net Price $38,173
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Dalton, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 100% acceptance rate
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Dalton State is a public college known for undergraduate business, nursing, and teacher education. The campus is in northwest Georgia's Dalton, a city long tied to the carpet industry.

  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.1
  • Net Price $5,625
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Manchester, NH
  • | 0 reviews
  • 78% acceptance rate
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Saint Anselm is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate politics and nursing. The Benedictine campus in Manchester has long hosted New Hampshire presidential primary debates.

#2 Best Colleges in New Hampshire 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1110-1278
  • Avg GPA 3.39
  • Net Price $35,551
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Paine College Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Augusta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 95% acceptance rate
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Paine is a private historically Black liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. The small urban campus sits in Augusta along the Savannah River.

2/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 776-976
  • Predicted Avg GPA 2.81
  • Net Price $15,935
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Keene, NH
  • | 0 reviews
  • 90% acceptance rate
  • Dec 1 application deadline

Keene State is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate teacher education and occupational safety studies. The compact campus sits in the small city of Keene in southwestern New Hampshire.

#2 Best Public Universities in New Hampshire 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1170
  • Avg GPA 3.1
  • Net Price $19,997
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Alliance, OH
  • | 0 reviews
  • 78% acceptance rate

Mount Union is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small city of Alliance in northeastern Ohio.

#22 Best Private Colleges in Ohio 5/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 910-1240
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.33
  • Net Price $23,616
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Purchase, NY
  • 4.4 | 25 reviews
  • 87% acceptance rate

Manhattanville is a private university known for undergraduate education and the liberal arts. The suburban campus occupies a historic estate in Purchase.

#46 Best Private Colleges in New York 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1020-1230
  • Avg GPA 3.19
  • Net Price $21,690
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Morris, MN
  • | 0 reviews
  • 75% acceptance rate
  • Aug 1 application deadline

Minnesota Morris is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental studies and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in the small prairie town of Morris.

7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1040-1250
  • Avg GPA 3.54
  • Net Price $9,677
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Bothell, WA
  • | 0 reviews
  • 91% acceptance rate

UW Bothell is a public university known for undergraduate computing, business, and nursing. The suburban campus northeast of Seattle borders a restored wetlands preserve.

6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1170-1470
  • Avg GPA 3.52
  • Net Price $10,777
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Westminster, MD
  • 3.5 | 4 reviews
  • 78% acceptance rate

McDaniel is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and the sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in the college town of Westminster.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.64
  • Net Price $24,497
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Niagara University, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • 87% acceptance rate
  • Aug 30 application deadline

Niagara is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate hospitality and tourism management, education, and nursing. The suburban campus sits near Niagara Falls in western New York.

#47 Best Private Colleges in New York 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1060-1235
  • Avg GPA 3.53
  • Net Price $16,613
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University of South Carolina Aiken Campus
 

  • Public 4 Year
  • Aiken, SC
  • | 0 reviews
  • 79% acceptance rate
  • Aug 1 application deadline

USC Aiken is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban campus is located in the smaller city of Aiken near the South Carolina-Georgia border.

#8 Best Public Universities in South Carolina 4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 980-1220
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.19
  • Net Price $12,236
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Plymouth, NH
  • | 0 reviews
  • 88% acceptance rate
  • Apr 1 application deadline

Plymouth State is a public university known for undergraduate meteorology, education, and adventure education. The campus sits in a small college town near New Hampshire's White Mountains.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.08
  • Net Price $20,183
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Newberry, SC
  • 3.0 | 2 reviews
  • 90% acceptance rate

Newberry is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. The residential campus sits in the small town of Newberry and has long ties to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

#13 Best Private Colleges in South Carolina 3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 820-1060
  • Avg GPA 3.58
  • Net Price $21,943
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Kirksville, MO
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • 84% acceptance rate

Truman State is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate sciences, business, and education. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Kirksville.

#2 Best Value Colleges in Missouri 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1170-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.81
  • Net Price $13,602
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