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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
681Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College · IN · Private (nonprofit)76% admit682Daemen University · NY · Private (nonprofit)76% admit683Russell Sage College · NY · Private (nonprofit)76% admit684Jacksonville State University · AL · Public76% admit685Kalamazoo College · MI · Private (nonprofit)76% admit686James Madison University · VA · Public76% admit687University of South Carolina-Sumter · SC · Public76% admit688University of Puget Sound · WA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit689University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie · SC · Public76% admit690Mississippi State University · MS · Public76% admit691Loyola University Maryland · MD · Private (nonprofit)76% admit692Neumann University · PA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit693School of the Art Institute of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)76% admit694Benedictine College · KS · Private (nonprofit)76% admit695Augsburg University · MN · Private (nonprofit)77% admit696Goldey-Beacom College · DE · Private (nonprofit)77% admit697University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus · OK · Public77% admit698Bradley University · IL · Private (nonprofit)77% admit699Gannon University · PA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit700Indiana University-Northwest · IN · Public77% admit701Texas A&M University-Victoria · TX · Public77% admit702Florida Gulf Coast University · FL · Public77% admit703Elizabethtown College · PA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit704William Jessup University · CA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit705High Point University · NC · Private (nonprofit)77% admit706Baldwin Wallace University · OH · Private (nonprofit)77% admit707Kean University · NJ · Public77% admit708Saint Francis University · PA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit709Quinnipiac University · CT · Private (nonprofit)77% admit710The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga · TN · Public77% admit711University of Missouri-Columbia · MO · Public77% admit712Oklahoma Wesleyan University · OK · Private (nonprofit)77% admit713University of Minnesota-Twin Cities · MN · Public77% admit714University of Nebraska-Lincoln · NE · Public77% admit715University of Rhode Island · RI · Public77% admit716University of North Dakota · ND · Public77% admit717Pace University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77% admit718Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · GA · Public77% admit719Clarkson University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77% admit720Georgia Southwestern State University · GA · Public77% 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.