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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
601Lubbock Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)73% admit602Cornerstone University · MI · Private (nonprofit)73% admit603Ramapo College of New Jersey · NJ · Public73% admit604University of Wisconsin-La Crosse · WI · Public73% admit605Luther College · IA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit606Viterbo University · WI · Private (nonprofit)73% admit607Saint Ambrose University · IA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit608Ohio Northern University · OH · Private (nonprofit)73% admit609Mitchell College · CT · Private (nonprofit)73% admit610Concorde Career College-Memphis · TN · Private (for-profit)73% admit611California College of the Arts · CA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit612Grove City College · PA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit613Florida Atlantic University · FL · Public73% admit614MidAmerica Nazarene University · KS · Private (nonprofit)73% admit615Bay Path University · MA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit616DePaul University · IL · Private (nonprofit)74% admit617California Baptist University · CA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit618Merrimack College · MA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit619Norwich University · VT · Private (nonprofit)74% admit620California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · CA · Public74% admit621Dean College · MA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit622Holy Cross College · IN · Private (nonprofit)74% admit623Georgetown College · KY · Private (nonprofit)74% admit624Lynn University · FL · Private (nonprofit)74% admit625Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College · LA · Public74% admit626New College of Florida · FL · Public74% admit627University of North Carolina Wilmington · NC · Public74% admit628Livingstone College · NC · Private (nonprofit)74% admit629Lourdes University · OH · Private (nonprofit)74% admit630Bryn Athyn College of the New Church · PA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit631Earlham College · IN · Private (nonprofit)74% admit632Holy Family University · PA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit633Stillman College · AL · Private (nonprofit)74% admit634University of Maryland-Baltimore County · MD · Public74% admit635University of Alabama in Huntsville · AL · Public74% admit636Southeastern University · FL · Private (nonprofit)74% admit637Florida Memorial University · FL · Private (nonprofit)74% admit638Arizona Christian University · AZ · Private (nonprofit)74% admit639Xavier University of Louisiana · LA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit640William Woods University · MO · Private (nonprofit)74% 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.