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.
Arkansas State University
- Public 4 Year
- Jonesboro, AR
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- 82% acceptance rate
Arkansas State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, agriculture, and business. The campus is located in Jonesboro in northeast Arkansas.
- SAT Range 970-1190
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $12,410
Georgetown College
- Private 4 Year
- Georgetown, KY
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Georgetown College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and business. Most undergrads live on its residential campus in a small Kentucky college town.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $15,160
Loyola University New Orleans
- Private 4 Year
- New Orleans, LA
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2.5 | 2 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Apr 15 application deadline
Loyola New Orleans is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate music and communications. The Uptown campus sits beside Audubon Park.
- SAT Range 1050-1240
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Net Price $26,291
Auburn University at Montgomery
- Public 4 Year
- Montgomery, AL
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- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
AUM is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus is located in Montgomery, Alabama's capital city.
- SAT Range 1036-1203
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $13,945
University of North Alabama
- Public 4 Year
- Florence, AL
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- 87% acceptance rate
UNA is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. Students attend a historic campus in Florence near the Tennessee River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $11,745
Columbia College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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- 94% acceptance rate
Columbia College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and nursing. Students study on an urban campus in South Carolina's capital.
- SAT Range 850-1140
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $18,790
Tennessee Technological University
- Public 4 Year
- Cookeville, TN
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- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Tennessee Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and technology. The campus sits in the college town of Cookeville on the Cumberland Plateau.
- SAT Range 1048-1310
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $15,336
Randolph Macon College
- Private 4 Year
- Ashland, VA
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Randolph-Macon is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, psychology, and business. Most undergrads live on a historic campus in the small college town of Ashland.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $28,912
Dalton State College
- Public 4 Year
- Dalton, GA
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- 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
Paine College
- Private 4 Year
- Augusta, GA
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- 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.
- SAT Range 776-976
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.81
- Net Price $15,935
McDaniel College
- Private 4 Year
- Westminster, MD
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2.5 | 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.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $24,497
University of South Carolina Aiken
- Public 4 Year
- Aiken, SC
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- 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.
- SAT Range 980-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.19
- Net Price $12,236
Newberry College
- Private 4 Year
- Newberry, SC
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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.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $21,943
Pfeiffer University
- Private 4 Year
- Misenheimer, NC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Pfeiffer is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The United Methodist-affiliated campus sits in the small community of Misenheimer in North Carolina's Piedmont.
- SAT Range 891-1165
- Avg GPA 3.18
- Net Price $19,660
Gordon State College
- Public 4 Year
- Barnesville, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Gordon State is a public college known for undergraduate nursing and teacher education. The compact campus is set in the small town of Barnesville south of Atlanta.
- SAT Range 890-1130
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $7,807
Bellarmine University
- Private 4 Year
- Louisville, KY
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Bellarmine is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and the health sciences. The campus occupies a residential setting in Louisville.
- SAT Range 1030-1250
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $23,165
Eastern Kentucky University
- Public 4 Year
- Richmond, KY
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
EKU is a public university known for undergraduate criminal justice, fire protection, and safety programs. The campus sits in the college town of Richmond in central Kentucky.
- SAT Range 880-1080
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $12,279
Johnson & Wales University Charlotte
- Private 4 Year
- Charlotte, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
Johnson & Wales Charlotte is a private university known for undergraduate culinary arts, hospitality management, and business. The urban campus is located in uptown Charlotte.
- SAT Range 880-1130
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $28,084