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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
641Rosemont College · PA · Private (nonprofit)75% admit642Lebanon Valley College · PA · Private (nonprofit)75% admit643Lewis & Clark College · OR · Private (nonprofit)75% admit644University of Louisiana at Monroe · LA · Public75% admit645Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public75% admit646Meredith College · NC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit647Illinois College · IL · Private (nonprofit)75% admit648Newberry College · SC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit649Concordia University-Saint Paul · MN · Private (nonprofit)75% admit650Western Illinois University · IL · Public75% admit651Art Center College of Design · CA · Private (nonprofit)75% admit652University of Missouri-Kansas City · MO · Public75% admit653Winthrop University · SC · Public75% admit654University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis · MO · Private (nonprofit)75% admit655State University of New York at Plattsburgh · NY · Public75% admit656Wheeling University · WV · Private (nonprofit)75% admit657Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott · AZ · Private (nonprofit)75% admit658Methodist University · NC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit659Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte · NC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit660Le Moyne College · NY · Private (nonprofit)75% admit661Prairie View A & M University · TX · Public75% admit662University of Houston-Clear Lake · TX · Public75% admit663St. Mary's College of Maryland · MD · Public75% admit664Central Connecticut State University · CT · Public76% admit665Malone University · OH · Private (nonprofit)76% admit666Molloy University · NY · Private (nonprofit)76% admit667New Mexico State University-Main Campus · NM · Public76% admit668Elmhurst University · IL · Private (nonprofit)76% admit669Seton Hill University · PA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit670The University of Alabama · AL · Public76% admit671Hope College · MI · Private (nonprofit)76% admit672University of South Carolina-Lancaster · SC · Public76% admit673SUNY Buffalo State University · NY · Public76% admit674The Master's University and Seminary · CA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit675Saint Martin's University · WA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit676Gonzaga University · WA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit677Seattle University · WA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit678University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire · WI · Public76% admit679Charleston Southern University · SC · Private (nonprofit)76% admit680Taylor University · IN · Private (nonprofit)76% 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.