Popular Southeastern Colleges Easy to Get Into
There are 280 four-year colleges in the Southeast that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your academics are in range, these are solid safety schools, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, accepting 77% of applicants. Also frequently researched: University of Kentucky, East Carolina University and Appalachian State University.
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.
Kentucky State University
- Public 4 Year
- Frankfort, KY
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- 96% acceptance rate
Kentucky State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate aquaculture and agriculture. Students attend a small campus in Kentucky's capital city.
- SAT Range 820-1010
- Avg GPA 2.72
- Net Price $9,397
University of North Carolina Asheville
- Public 4 Year
- Asheville, NC
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- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UNC Asheville is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate environmental studies and the arts. The campus sits in the mountain city of Asheville in the Blue Ridge.
- SAT Range 1170-1360
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $13,798
Catawba College
- Private 4 Year
- Salisbury, NC
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- 75% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Catawba is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental science and ecology. The residential campus sits in Salisbury in North Carolina's Piedmont region.
- SAT Range 1030-1300
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $18,447
Longwood University
- Public 4 Year
- Farmville, VA
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- 90% acceptance rate
Longwood is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Farmville.
- SAT Range 1030-1210
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $20,847
Loyola University Maryland
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Loyola Maryland is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and communications. The wooded residential campus sits in a northern Baltimore neighborhood.
- SAT Range 1200-1370
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Net Price $32,846
The University of Tennessee Chattanooga
- Public 4 Year
- Chattanooga, TN
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
UTC is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and nursing. The urban campus borders the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga.
- SAT Range 1013-1210
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Net Price $15,347
Lenoir Rhyne University
- Private 4 Year
- Hickory, NC
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- 85% acceptance rate
Lenoir-Rhyne is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Students live on a residential campus in Hickory near the Blue Ridge foothills.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $21,546
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Public 4 Year
- Pembroke, NC
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
UNC Pembroke is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and nursing. The campus was founded to serve Native American students and remains closely tied to the Lumbee community.
- SAT Range 970-1200
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $9,723
Winthrop University
- Public 4 Year
- Rock Hill, SC
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Winthrop is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, visual and performing arts, and business. The historic campus sits in Rock Hill, near the Charlotte metro area.
- SAT Range 1010-1220
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Net Price $16,108
Benedict College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Benedict is a private historically Black college known for undergraduate business and criminal justice. The urban campus sits in South Carolina's capital city of Columbia.
- SAT Range 820-1010
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,665
Roanoke College
- Private 4 Year
- Salem, VA
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
Roanoke is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate business, biology, and psychology. The residential campus sits in Salem at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
- SAT Range 1090-1300
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $26,044
College of Coastal Georgia
- Public 4 Year
- Brunswick, GA
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3.7 | 3 reviews
- 98% acceptance rate
- Aug 5 application deadline
College of Coastal Georgia is a public college known for undergraduate nursing, teacher education, and business. The Brunswick campus sits on Georgia's Atlantic coast near the Golden Isles.
- SAT Range 875-1100
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $14,941
Marymount University
- Private 4 Year
- Arlington, VA
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- 93% acceptance rate
Marymount is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and interior design. The Arlington campus sits just outside Washington, D.C.
- SAT Range 970-1170
- Avg GPA 3.38
- Net Price $31,989
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Public 4 Year
- Princess Anne, MD
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- 96% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
UMES is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate agriculture, aviation science, and hospitality management. The rural campus is located in the small town of Princess Anne on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
- SAT Range 840-1010
- Avg GPA 3.07
- Net Price $13,311
Belmont Abbey College
- Private 4 Year
- Belmont, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
Belmont Abbey is a private Benedictine Catholic college known for undergraduate business and the liberal arts. The historic campus adjoins Belmont Abbey monastery in the Charlotte metro area.
- SAT Range 960-1200
- Avg GPA 3.32
- Net Price $24,726
Austin Peay State University
- Public 4 Year
- Clarksville, TN
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- 96% acceptance rate
- Aug 4 application deadline
Austin Peay is a public university known for undergraduate education and nursing. The Clarksville campus is close to Fort Campbell and draws many military-connected students.
- SAT Range 843-1126
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $9,882
Gardner Webb University
- Private 4 Year
- Boiling Springs, NC
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
Gardner-Webb is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus sits in the small town of Boiling Springs in western North Carolina.
- SAT Range 975-1198
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Net Price $20,016
Stevenson University
- Private 4 Year
- Owings Mills, MD
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
Stevenson is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, forensic science, and business. The suburban Owings Mills campus sits northwest of Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $27,162