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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
361Moore College of Art and Design · PA · Private (nonprofit)61% admit362Erskine College · SC · Private (nonprofit)61% admit363West Virginia University Institute of Technology · WV · Public61% admit364Bluffton University · OH · Private (nonprofit)61% admit365Southern Methodist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)61% admit366FVI School of Nursing and Technology · FL · Private (for-profit)61% admit367Maine Maritime Academy · ME · Public61% admit368University of South Carolina-Columbia · SC · Public61% admit369University of Dayton · OH · Private (nonprofit)62% admit370Delaware State University · DE · Public62% admit371Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide · FL · Private (nonprofit)62% admit372Gustavus Adolphus College · MN · Private (nonprofit)62% admit373Berry College · GA · Private (nonprofit)62% admit374Wesleyan College · GA · Private (nonprofit)62% admit375The College of New Jersey · NJ · Public62% admit376University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo · PR · Public62% admit377University of North Florida · FL · Public62% admit378Georgia State University · GA · Public62% admit379Alvernia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)62% admit380Kentucky Christian University · KY · Private (nonprofit)62% admit381Texas Wesleyan University · TX · Private (nonprofit)62% admit382The New School · NY · Private (nonprofit)63% admit383Florida Institute of Technology · FL · Private (nonprofit)63% admit384University of California-Santa Cruz · CA · Public63% admit385Bluefield University · VA · Private (nonprofit)63% admit386North Greenville University · SC · Private (nonprofit)63% admit387Wabash College · IN · Private (nonprofit)63% admit388Fort Valley State University · GA · Public63% admit389Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · WI · Private (nonprofit)63% admit390Crown College · MN · Private (nonprofit)63% admit391Cedarville University · OH · Private (nonprofit)63% admit392Northwest Nazarene University · ID · Private (nonprofit)63% admit393Touro University · NY · Private (nonprofit)63% admit394Lawrence University · WI · Private (nonprofit)63% admit395Concordia College at Moorhead · MN · Private (nonprofit)63% admit396Judson University · IL · Private (nonprofit)63% admit397LaGrange College · GA · Private (nonprofit)63% admit398Texas A&M University-College Station · TX · Public63% admit399University of California-Riverside · CA · Public63% admit400SUNY College at Geneseo · NY · Public64% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.