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.
Polk State College
- Public 4 Year
- Winter Haven, FL
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- 100% acceptance rate
Polk State is a public state college known for undergraduate nursing and career-focused associate and bachelor's programs. Campuses in Winter Haven and Lakeland serve students across central Florida.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $10,011
Delta State University
- Public 4 Year
- Cleveland, MS
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Delta State is a public university known for undergraduate commercial aviation and teacher education. The campus is in the Mississippi Delta town of Cleveland.
- SAT Range 925-1210
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $14,021
Methodist University
- Private 4 Year
- Fayetteville, NC
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- 75% acceptance rate
Methodist University is a private university known for undergraduate PGA golf management and business. The campus sits in Fayetteville near Fort Liberty.
- SAT Range 1080-1250
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $26,334
Florida Memorial University
- Private 4 Year
- Miami Gardens, FL
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- 85% acceptance rate
- Jul 1 application deadline
Florida Memorial is a private historically Black university known for undergraduate aviation and education. The campus is located in suburban Miami Gardens near Miami.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.7
- Net Price $21,679
Carson Newman University
- Private 4 Year
- Jefferson City, TN
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Carson-Newman is a private Baptist university with undergraduate strengths in nursing, education, and the liberal arts. Students live on a residential campus in the small East Tennessee town of Jefferson City.
- SAT Range 955-1215
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $20,895
University of Louisiana at Monroe
- Public 4 Year
- Monroe, LA
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- 85% acceptance rate
ULM is a public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, nursing, and health sciences. The campus borders Bayou DeSiard in Monroe.
- SAT Range 1160-1360
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $13,648
Covenant College
- Private 4 Year
- Lookout Mountain, GA
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Covenant is a private Christian liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs taught from a Reformed theological perspective. The mountaintop campus on Lookout Mountain overlooks the Chattanooga valley.
- SAT Range 1160-1380
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $27,926
Shorter University
- Private 4 Year
- Rome, GA
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- 96% acceptance rate
- Aug 25 application deadline
Shorter is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, music, and education. The campus sits in the small city of Rome in northwest Georgia.
- SAT Range 1040-1200
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Net Price $16,821
University of Mount Olive
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Olive, NC
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- 76% acceptance rate
Mount Olive is a private Christian university known for undergraduate agriculture and business. The residential campus is in the small town of Mount Olive in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 990-1150
- Avg GPA 2.85
- Net Price $18,853
Southeastern Louisiana University
- Public 4 Year
- Hammond, LA
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Southeastern Louisiana is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus is in Hammond, a smaller city between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $13,116
Northwest Florida State College
- Public 4 Year
- Niceville, FL
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- 100% acceptance rate
Northwest Florida State is a public state college offering associate degrees and select bachelor's programs such as nursing. The campus is in Niceville in the Florida Panhandle near Eglin Air Force Base.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $6,250
University of Mobile
- Private 4 Year
- Mobile, AL
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
University of Mobile is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and music. The wooded campus sits on the northern edge of Mobile.
- SAT Range -
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $22,382
Transylvania University
- Private 4 Year
- Lexington, KY
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- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Transylvania is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate pre-medicine and the sciences. The historic campus occupies several blocks in downtown Lexington.
- SAT Range 1120-1380
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $25,442
Lane College
- Private 4 Year
- Jackson, TN
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0.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 21 application deadline
Lane is a private historically Black college with undergraduate programs in business, education, and criminal justice. Most students live on a compact residential campus in Jackson.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.57
- Net Price $11,803
Truett McConnell University
- Private 4 Year
- Cleveland, GA
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Truett McConnell is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate Christian studies and education. The campus is in the North Georgia mountains near Cleveland.
- SAT Range 1000-1190
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $22,179
North Carolina Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Rocky Mount, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
North Carolina Wesleyan is a small private university known for undergraduate business, education, and criminal justice. The residential campus is located in Rocky Mount in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 860-1120
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $18,472
Shepherd University
- Public 4 Year
- Shepherdstown, WV
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- 97% acceptance rate
Shepherd is a public university known for undergraduate nursing and teacher education. The campus sits in historic Shepherdstown along the Potomac River.
- SAT Range 878-1140
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Net Price $11,744
Goldey Beacom College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilmington, DE
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- 85% acceptance rate
Goldey-Beacom is a private college known for undergraduate business, accounting, and management. The suburban campus sits in the Pike Creek area of Wilmington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Net Price $15,688