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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
921Carthage College · WI · Private (nonprofit)84% admit922Nelson University · TX · Private (nonprofit)84% admit923Mount Vernon Nazarene University · OH · Private (nonprofit)84% admit924University of Scranton · PA · Private (nonprofit)84% admit925University of Illinois Springfield · IL · Public84% admit926The University of Texas Permian Basin · TX · Public84% admit927Hawaii Pacific University · HI · Private (nonprofit)84% admit928SUNY Old Westbury · NY · Public85% admit929Wilmington College · OH · Private (nonprofit)85% admit930University of Mount Saint Vincent · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit931Manhattanville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit932University of Iowa · IA · Public85% admit933Western Michigan University · MI · Public85% admit934Indiana University-Kokomo · IN · Public85% admit935Trine University · IN · Private (nonprofit)85% admit936Suffolk University · MA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit937University of Wisconsin-Stout · WI · Public85% admit938Ohio University-Main Campus · OH · Public85% admit939Longwood University · VA · Public85% admit940Edward Waters University · FL · Private (nonprofit)85% admit941The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · TX · Public85% admit942Framingham State University · MA · Public85% admit943Misericordia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit944University of St Thomas · MN · Private (nonprofit)85% admit945Kansas Wesleyan University · KS · Private (nonprofit)85% admit946Transylvania University · KY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit947Wingate University · NC · Private (nonprofit)85% admit948University of Oregon · OR · Public85% admit949Aurora University · IL · Private (nonprofit)85% admit950Houston Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)85% admit951Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · MA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit952University of Massachusetts-Lowell · MA · Public85% admit953Ohio Dominican University · OH · Private (nonprofit)85% admit954South Dakota School of Mines and Technology · SD · Public85% admit955University of Nevada-Reno · NV · Public85% admit956Niagara University · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit957Washington State University · WA · Public85% admit958Wentworth Institute of Technology · MA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit959Whittier College · CA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit960Sam Houston State University · TX · Public85% 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.