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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
801University of North Carolina at Charlotte · NC · Public80% admit802San Jose State University · CA · Public80% admit803Lawrence Technological University · MI · Private (nonprofit)80% admit804Pennsylvania State University-World Campus · PA · Public80% admit805Youngstown State University · OH · Public80% admit806Southeastern Oklahoma State University · OK · Public80% admit807Indiana University-Bloomington · IN · Public80% admit808State University of New York at Oswego · NY · Public80% admit809Southern Utah University · UT · Public80% admit810Marymount University · VA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit811Pacific Lutheran University · WA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit812University of Louisville · KY · Public81% admit813Eastern Connecticut State University · CT · Public81% admit814University of New Haven · CT · Private (nonprofit)81% admit815Ashland University · OH · Private (nonprofit)81% admit816Ferris State University · MI · Public81% admit817Emmanuel College · MA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit818Bowling Green State University-Main Campus · OH · Public81% admit819Cornell College · IA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit820Lenoir-Rhyne University · NC · Private (nonprofit)81% admit821CUNY New York City College of Technology · NY · Public81% admit822Westfield State University · MA · Public81% admit823Lees-McRae College · NC · Private (nonprofit)81% admit824Grace College and Theological Seminary · IN · Private (nonprofit)81% admit825College of Micronesia-FSM · FM · Public81% admit826University of Redlands · CA · Private (nonprofit)81% admit827Rhode Island College · RI · Public81% admit828John Carroll University · OH · Private (nonprofit)81% admit829Saint Mary's College · IN · Private (nonprofit)81% admit830Southern Connecticut State University · CT · Public81% admit831The University of Texas at Arlington · TX · Public81% admit832Eastern Michigan University · MI · Public81% admit833Western Connecticut State University · CT · Public81% admit834Colorado Mesa University · CO · Public81% admit835Indiana University-Indianapolis · IN · Public81% admit836Loyola University Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)81% admit837Spartanburg Methodist College · SC · Private (nonprofit)81% admit838Saint Louis University · MO · Private (nonprofit)81% admit839University of Arkansas-Fort Smith · AR · Public81% admit840St Bonaventure University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% 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.