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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
841Washington & Jefferson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit842University of Wisconsin-River Falls · WI · Public82% admit843Muskingum University · OH · Private (nonprofit)82% admit844Saint Joseph's College of Maine · ME · Private (nonprofit)82% admit845South Carolina State University · SC · Public82% admit846Virginia Military Institute · VA · Public82% admit847University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla · PR · Public82% admit848SUNY College of Technology at Alfred · NY · Public82% admit849University of Minnesota-Duluth · MN · Public82% admit850Covenant College · GA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit851Point Loma Nazarene University · CA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit852Rivier University · NH · Private (nonprofit)82% admit853University of Central Oklahoma · OK · Public82% admit854Canisius University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit855Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · PA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit856Unity Environmental University · ME · Private (nonprofit)82% admit857Henderson State University · AR · Public82% admit858MTI College · CA · Private (for-profit)82% admit859Wayne State University · MI · Public82% admit860University of Sioux Falls · SD · Private (nonprofit)82% admit861Miami University-Oxford · OH · Public82% admit862Morehead State University · KY · Public82% admit863University of Lynchburg · VA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit864Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion · IN · Private (nonprofit)82% admit865Francis Marion University · SC · Public82% admit866Samford University · AL · Private (nonprofit)82% admit867St. Thomas Aquinas College · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit868Lasell University · MA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit869D'Youville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit870Mount Saint Mary College · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit871Southern Oregon University · OR · Public83% admit872Southern California Institute of Architecture · CA · Private (nonprofit)83% admit873The University of Tennessee Southern · TN · Public83% admit874Louisiana State University-Shreveport · LA · Public83% admit875University of Wisconsin-Whitewater · WI · Public83% admit876Towson University · MD · Public83% admit877ECPI University · VA · Private (for-profit)83% admit878Temple University · PA · Public83% admit879SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry · NY · Public83% admit880University of Washington-Tacoma Campus · WA · Public83% 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.