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.
University of Alaska Anchorage
- Public 4 Year
- Anchorage, AK
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
University of Alaska Anchorage is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and aviation. The urban campus sits in Anchorage near the Chugach Mountains.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $16,039
Nicholls State University
- Public 4 Year
- Thibodaux, LA
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- 91% acceptance rate
Nicholls State is a public university known for undergraduate culinary arts and nursing. The campus is in Thibodaux, a small bayou city in south Louisiana.
- SAT Range 934-1196
- Avg GPA 3.34
- Net Price $12,298
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Kirkland, WA
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- 100% acceptance rate
LWTech is a public technical college known for undergraduate programs in nursing, information technology, and design. The suburban campus sits in Kirkland on Seattle's Eastside.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $8,801
California State University Maritime Academy
- Public 4 Year
- Vallejo, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- Dec 15 application deadline
Cal Maritime is a small public maritime academy known for undergraduate marine transportation, marine engineering, and international business and logistics. The waterfront campus sits on San Pablo Bay in Vallejo.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Net Price $19,040
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
- Public 4 Year
- Johnstown, PA
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- 95% acceptance rate
Pitt-Johnstown is a public regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh known for undergraduate engineering and nursing. The residential campus sits on a wooded hillside in Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands.
- SAT Range 985-1220
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $18,452
Saint Michael's College
- Private 4 Year
- Colchester, VT
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- 85% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Saint Michael's is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate education, biology, and business. The residential campus sits near Burlington and Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont.
- SAT Range 1120-1280
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $27,982
Eastern Mennonite University
- Private 4 Year
- Harrisonburg, VA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Eastern Mennonite is a private Mennonite university known for undergraduate peacebuilding and nursing. Students attend a residential campus in Harrisonburg in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
- SAT Range 1040-1590
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $25,021
University of Wisconsin Parkside
- Public 4 Year
- Kenosha, WI
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- 75% acceptance rate
UW-Parkside is a public university known for undergraduate business, criminal justice, and biological sciences. The wooded Kenosha campus sits between Milwaukee and Chicago.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $10,234
Mississippi Valley State University
- Public 4 Year
- Itta Bena, MS
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- 92% acceptance rate
Mississippi Valley State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate education and business. The rural campus sits in the Mississippi Delta near Greenwood.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Net Price $10,232
The University of Findlay
- Private 4 Year
- Findlay, OH
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- 83% acceptance rate
Findlay is a private university known for undergraduate equestrian studies, pharmacy, and animal science. The campus is located in the small city of Findlay in northwest Ohio.
- SAT Range 1010-1213
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $27,297
Salem College
- Private 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
Salem is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and the sciences. The historic campus adjoins the Old Salem Moravian district in Winston-Salem.
- SAT Range 1066-1243
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $18,668
Monmouth College
- Private 4 Year
- Monmouth, IL
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Monmouth is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate business, education, and the sciences. The residential campus sits in a small college town in western Illinois.
- SAT Range 1000-1210
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $17,768
Franklin University
- Private 4 Year
- Columbus, OH
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Franklin is a private university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and information technology. Most undergrads are working adults in flexible online and hybrid programs.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $25,576
Sweet Briar College
- Private 4 Year
- Sweet Briar, VA
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4.2 | 5 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
Sweet Briar is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate equestrian studies and engineering. The rural campus sits in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
- SAT Range 1100-1310
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $21,322
West Liberty University
- Public 4 Year
- West Liberty, WV
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- 97% acceptance rate
West Liberty is a small public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The residential campus is set in a small town in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle.
- SAT Range 890-1123
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $13,655
Colby Sawyer College
- Private 4 Year
- New London, NH
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- 80% acceptance rate
Colby-Sawyer is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and exercise science. The residential campus is in a small New England college town near Lake Sunapee.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $27,496
Cairn University Langhorne
- Private 4 Year
- Langhorne, PA
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- 88% acceptance rate
Cairn is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies, ministry, and education. The suburban campus sits in Langhorne near Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1000-1160
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $23,273
Emporia State University
- Public 4 Year
- Emporia, KS
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- 98% acceptance rate
Emporia State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education. Most students live on a residential campus in the college town of Emporia, Kansas.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $16,094