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.
Seminole State College of Florida
- Public 4 Year
- Sanford, FL
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- 100% acceptance rate
Seminole State is a public state college known for undergraduate nursing, information technology, and business. The suburban Sanford campus serves a largely commuting student body in the greater Orlando area.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $8,448
West Virginia State University
- Public 4 Year
- Institute, WV
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- 96% acceptance rate
West Virginia State is a public historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the sciences. The campus is in Institute, near Charleston.
- SAT Range 760-1040
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $11,055
Georgia Southwestern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Americus, GA
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- 75% acceptance rate
- Jul 21 application deadline
Georgia Southwestern is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus sits in the small city of Americus in southwest Georgia.
- SAT Range 890-1110
- Avg GPA 3.17
- Net Price $11,769
Hood College
- Private 4 Year
- Frederick, MD
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Hood is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, biology, and education. The historic campus sits near downtown Frederick.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $23,350
Mary Baldwin University
- Private 4 Year
- Staunton, VA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Mary Baldwin is a private university known for undergraduate liberal arts programs and the Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership. The residential campus is in the historic Shenandoah Valley city of Staunton.
- SAT Range 940-1120
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $17,810
Francis Marion University
- Public 4 Year
- Florence, SC
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- 86% acceptance rate
Francis Marion is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The wooded campus sits on the edge of Florence.
- SAT Range 870-1115
- Avg GPA 3.89
- Net Price $11,727
Limestone University
- Private 4 Year
- Gaffney, SC
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- 97% acceptance rate
Limestone is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The campus is in the small town of Gaffney in upstate South Carolina.
- SAT Range 980-1160
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $19,369
Edward Waters University
- Private 4 Year
- Jacksonville, FL
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- 85% acceptance rate
Edward Waters is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate business, criminal justice, and education. The urban Jacksonville campus is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- SAT Range 820-990
- Avg GPA 2.64
- Net Price $12,029
Brewton Parker College
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Vernon, GA
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- 96% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Brewton-Parker is a small private Baptist college with undergraduate programs in education, business, and Christian studies. The rural campus is located in the small town of Mount Vernon in southeast Georgia.
- SAT Range 880-1010
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $25,613
University of Maryland Global Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Adelphi, MD
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- 100% acceptance rate
UMGC is a public university known for online undergraduate programs serving adult and military students. Most students study remotely rather than on a traditional residential campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $19,241
Lees McRae College
- Private 4 Year
- Banner Elk, NC
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- 77% acceptance rate
Lees-McRae is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate outdoor recreation management and wildlife biology. The campus sits high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
- SAT Range 1040-1240
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $29,833
Le Moyne Owen College
- Private 4 Year
- Memphis, TN
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Apr 1 application deadline
Le Moyne-Owen is a private historically Black liberal arts college known for undergraduate business and education. The urban campus sits in Memphis.
- SAT Range 898-1093
- Avg GPA 2.5
- Net Price $6,542
Arkansas Tech University
- Public 4 Year
- Russellville, AR
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- 96% acceptance rate
Arkansas Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, education, and emergency management. The campus is in Russellville, a small city in the Arkansas River Valley.
- SAT Range 880-1100
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $12,626
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- Public 4 Year
- Lafayette, LA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
UL Lafayette is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and architecture. The campus is set in Lafayette, a hub of Cajun and Acadiana culture in southern Louisiana.
- SAT Range 1120-1240
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $13,017
Columbia International University
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, SC
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- 94% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
CIU is a private Christian university known for undergraduate biblical studies and intercultural studies. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Columbia.
- SAT Range 990-1195
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $26,056
Trinity College of Florida
- Private 4 Year
- Trinity, FL
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5.0 | 4 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Jul 31 application deadline
A small private Bible college known for undergraduate biblical studies and pastoral ministry. The campus is in Trinity, a Tampa Bay suburb.
- SAT Range 810-980
- Avg GPA 3.04
- Net Price $15,529
Southern University at New Orleans
- Public 4 Year
- New Orleans, LA
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- 79% acceptance rate
- Jul 1 application deadline
Southern University at New Orleans is a public HBCU known for undergraduate social work, criminal justice, and business. The urban campus occupies a site in New Orleans's Gentilly area.
- SAT Range 820-1050
- Avg GPA 2.4
- Net Price $14,480
Emory & Henry University
- Private 4 Year
- Emory, VA
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- 84% acceptance rate
Emory & Henry is a private liberal arts university known for undergraduate teacher education and the social sciences. The rural campus sits in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia.
- SAT Range 1051-1223
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $21,446