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.
California State University San Marcos
- Public 4 Year
- San Marcos, CA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- Nov 30 application deadline
Cal State San Marcos is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban hillside campus is in North San Diego County.
- SAT Range 950-1130
- Avg GPA 3.32
- Net Price $10,241
Eckerd College
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Petersburg, FL
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
Eckerd is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate marine science and environmental studies. The waterfront campus borders Boca Ciega Bay in St. Petersburg.
- SAT Range 1160-1330
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Net Price $43,884
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Denver, CO
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3.0 | 5 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $14,831
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Public 4 Year
- Carbondale, IL
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
SIU Carbondale is a large public university known for undergraduate aviation, journalism, and forestry. The wooded campus anchors the college town of Carbondale in southern Illinois.
- SAT Range 900-1160
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $13,473
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Kutztown, PA
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- 91% acceptance rate
Kutztown is a public university known for undergraduate education, communication design, and the visual arts. The campus sits in a small college town in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1120-1310
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Net Price $22,134
California State Polytechnic University Humboldt
- Public 4 Year
- Arcata, CA
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- 98% acceptance rate
- Apr 30 application deadline
Cal Poly Humboldt is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate environmental science, forestry, and marine biology. The campus is set among coastal redwoods in far northern California.
- SAT Range 970-1190
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $14,090
Kansas State University
- Public 4 Year
- Manhattan, KS
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- 82% acceptance rate
Kansas State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, animal sciences, and architecture. The residential campus anchors the college town of Manhattan in the Flint Hills.
- SAT Range 1060-1260
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $20,527
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
- Public 4 Year
- Milwaukee, WI
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- 91% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
UWM is a large public university known for undergraduate architecture, nursing, and freshwater sciences. The urban East Side campus sits near Lake Michigan in Milwaukee.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.16
- Net Price $16,263
Georgia Gwinnett College
- Public 4 Year
- Lawrenceville, GA
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
- May 3 application deadline
Georgia Gwinnett is a public college with undergraduate programs in business, information technology, and education. Students attend a suburban campus in Lawrenceville outside Atlanta.
- SAT Range 940-1170
- Avg GPA 2.88
- Net Price $15,225
Broward College
- Public 4 Year
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
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- 100% acceptance rate
Broward College is a large public community college offering associate and bachelor's programs, with known strengths in nursing and aviation. Most students commute to multiple campuses across Broward County near Fort Lauderdale.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $14,343
Georgia College & State University
- Public 4 Year
- Milledgeville, GA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
- Apr 1 application deadline
Georgia College is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the arts and sciences. The residential campus occupies historic grounds in downtown Milledgeville, Georgia's former capital.
- SAT Range 1070-1230
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $21,632
Monmouth University
- Private 4 Year
- West Long Branch, NJ
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Monmouth is a private university known for undergraduate business, communication, and education. The suburban campus sits a short drive from the Atlantic beaches on the New Jersey shore.
- SAT Range 1140-1310
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $34,072
Miami Dade College
- Public 4 Year
- Miami, FL
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3.7 | 3 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Miami Dade is a large public community college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and hospitality management. Students attend classes across multiple campuses in urban Miami-Dade County.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $5,766
Rowan University
- Public 4 Year
- Glassboro, NJ
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2.7 | 6 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
Rowan is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and education. Glassboro is a South Jersey college town built around the campus.
- SAT Range 1110-1310
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $23,761
Dallas Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Dallas, TX
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Dallas Baptist is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate business, education, and biblical studies. The hilltop campus overlooks Mountain Creek Lake in southwest Dallas.
- SAT Range 960-1213
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $30,057
University of Scranton
- Private 4 Year
- Scranton, PA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Scranton is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate health sciences, physical therapy, and business. The compact urban campus sits in downtown Scranton.
- SAT Range 1160-1318
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $34,234
Brigham Young University Idaho
- Private 4 Year
- Rexburg, ID
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4.8 | 4 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
BYU-Idaho is a private university affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for undergraduate business, education, and nursing. The campus is in Rexburg, a small college town in eastern Idaho.
- SAT Range 970-1200
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.34
- Net Price $8,528
Jacksonville State University
- Public 4 Year
- Jacksonville, AL
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| 0 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
Jacksonville State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus sits in a small college town in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama.
- SAT Range 1000-1290
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Net Price $14,221