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.
Indiana State University
- Public 4 Year
- Terre Haute, IN
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- 81% acceptance rate
Indiana State is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The campus is in the city of Terre Haute in western Indiana.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Net Price $12,066
California State University Fresno
- Public 4 Year
- Fresno, CA
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- Dec 15 application deadline
Fresno State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, viticulture, and business. Students attend classes on a large campus in California's Central Valley.
- SAT Range 890-1100
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.12
- Net Price $7,834
Azusa Pacific University
- Private 4 Year
- Azusa, CA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
Azusa Pacific is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry programs. The suburban campus sits at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles.
- SAT Range 983-1238
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Net Price $26,143
Savannah State University
- Public 4 Year
- Savannah, GA
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3.7 | 3 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Savannah State is a public HBCU known for undergraduate marine science. The waterfront campus sits along a tidal marsh on the edge of Savannah.
- SAT Range 845-980
- Avg GPA 2.77
- Net Price $7,956
University of Northern Colorado
- Public 4 Year
- Greeley, CO
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- 86% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Northern Colorado is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and performing arts. The campus is located in Greeley in northern Colorado.
- SAT Range 950-1190
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $19,376
University of Minnesota Duluth
- Public 4 Year
- Duluth, MN
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- 89% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UMD is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and the natural sciences. The hillside campus overlooks Lake Superior above the city of Duluth.
- SAT Range 1180-1350
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $20,128
Montclair State University
- Public 4 Year
- Montclair, NJ
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Montclair State is a large public university known for undergraduate education and the performing arts. The suburban campus sits in northern New Jersey near New York City.
- SAT Range 910-1210
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $17,669
Radford University
- Public 4 Year
- Radford, VA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Radford is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in a small college town in southwestern Virginia's New River Valley.
- SAT Range 940-1160
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $16,749
Wingate University
- Private 4 Year
- Wingate, NC
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- 91% acceptance rate
Wingate is a private university known for undergraduate programs in the health sciences, business, and education. The residential campus sits in a small town east of Charlotte.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $21,282
Christopher Newport University
- Public 4 Year
- Newport News, VA
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3.2 | 4 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Christopher Newport is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate leadership studies and political science. The residential campus in Newport News features classical Georgian architecture.
- SAT Range 1060-1290
- Avg GPA 3.79
- Net Price $23,148
Sonoma State University
- Public 4 Year
- Rohnert Park, CA
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- 93% acceptance rate
Sonoma State is a public university known for undergraduate wine business and environmental studies. The campus sits in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County wine country.
- SAT Range 950-1150
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $14,614
Culinary Institute of America
- Private 4 Year
- Hyde Park, NY
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- 91% acceptance rate
The Culinary Institute of America is a private college known for undergraduate culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and food business management. The Hyde Park campus sits along the Hudson River in New York's Hudson Valley.
- SAT Range 928-1183
- Avg GPA 3.26
- Net Price $39,581
Xavier University
- Private 4 Year
- Cincinnati, OH
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Xavier is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and nursing. The urban campus sits in Cincinnati's North Avondale neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1103-1310
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $33,623
Oakland University
- Public 4 Year
- Rochester Hills, MI
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- 88% acceptance rate
Oakland University is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and engineering. The suburban campus sits in Rochester Hills northeast of Detroit.
- SAT Range 1030-1230
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Net Price $12,208
Western Michigan University
- Public 4 Year
- Kalamazoo, MI
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Western Michigan is a large public university known for undergraduate aviation, engineering, and education. The residential campus sits on a hillside overlooking Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan.
- SAT Range 990-1220
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $17,331
Albany State University
- Public 4 Year
- Albany, GA
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Albany State is a public HBCU known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in the southwest Georgia city of Albany.
- SAT Range 740-900
- Avg GPA 2.77
- Net Price $11,484
Stephen F Austin State University
- Public 4 Year
- Nacogdoches, TX
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3.8 | 8 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
SFA is a public university known for undergraduate forestry, education, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the historic East Texas college town of Nacogdoches.
- SAT Range 970-1170
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.26
- Net Price $14,959
Butler University
- Private 4 Year
- Indianapolis, IN
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Butler is a private university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and communication. Most students live on a residential campus on Indianapolis's north side.
- SAT Range 1160-1350
- Avg GPA 3.92
- Net Price $38,438