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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
481Lake Superior State University · MI · Public68% admit482DigiPen Institute of Technology · WA · Private (for-profit)68% admit483Clarke University · IA · Private (nonprofit)68% admit484Oakland City University · IN · Private (nonprofit)68% admit485Carson-Newman University · TN · Private (nonprofit)68% admit486Adrian College · MI · Private (nonprofit)68% admit487Oregon State University-Cascades Campus · OR · Public68% admit488CUNY Queens College · NY · Public69% admit489Ouachita Baptist University · AR · Private (nonprofit)69% admit490Winona State University · MN · Public69% admit491Pacific Northwest College of Art · OR · Private (nonprofit)69% admit492Winston-Salem State University · NC · Public69% admit493University of Central Missouri · MO · Public69% admit494Hartwick College · NY · Private (nonprofit)69% admit495Mount Saint Mary's University · CA · Private (nonprofit)69% admit496University of Michigan-Flint · MI · Public69% admit497Westminster University · UT · Private (nonprofit)69% admit498Southwest Minnesota State University · MN · Public69% admit499Rockhurst University · MO · Private (nonprofit)69% admit500Farmingdale State College · NY · Public69% admit501Kennesaw State University · GA · Public69% admit502University of South Carolina Beaufort · SC · Public69% admit503Brigham Young University · UT · Private (nonprofit)69% admit504Evangel University · MO · Private (nonprofit)69% admit505University at Buffalo · NY · Public69% admit506Drew University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)69% admit507University of Houston · TX · Public70% admit508University of South Carolina-Upstate · SC · Public70% admit509Arkansas State University · AR · Public70% admit510University of Hawaii at Manoa · HI · Public70% admit511Hastings College · NE · Private (nonprofit)70% admit512University at Albany · NY · Public70% admit513Salve Regina University · RI · Private (nonprofit)70% admit514Ithaca College · NY · Private (nonprofit)70% admit515Northern Michigan University · MI · Public70% admit516Trevecca Nazarene University · TN · Private (nonprofit)70% admit517Chatham University · PA · Private (nonprofit)70% admit518SUNY Oneonta · NY · Public70% admit519Springfield College · MA · Private (nonprofit)70% admit520Oakland University · MI · Public70% 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.