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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1081Colorado State University-Fort Collins · CO · Public90% admit1082Georgia Southern University · GA · Public90% admit1083Concord University · WV · Public90% admit1084Corban University · OR · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1085Long Island University · NY · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1086University of Hawaii at Hilo · HI · Public90% admit1087Lewis-Clark State College · ID · Public90% admit1088Hamline University · MN · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1089University of North Carolina at Greensboro · NC · Public90% admit1090University of Saint Mary · KS · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1091Worcester State University · MA · Public90% admit1092Montana Technological University · MT · Public90% admit1093Fitchburg State University · MA · Public90% admit1094Colby-Sawyer College · NH · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1095Wheaton College · IL · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1096Wilson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1097Concordia University-Nebraska · NE · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1098East Carolina University · NC · Public90% admit1099University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point · WI · Public90% admit1100Arizona State University Campus Immersion · AZ · Public90% admit1101Franklin Pierce University · NH · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1102Central Washington University · WA · Public90% admit1103Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto · PA · Public90% admit1104Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce · PR · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1105University of Maryland Eastern Shore · MD · Public90% admit1106Belmont Abbey College · NC · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1107Mount Aloysius College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1108Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · IL · Public90% admit1109University of Central Arkansas · AR · Public90% admit1110Saint Johns University · MN · Private (nonprofit)90% admit1111North Carolina Central University · NC · Public90% admit1112Old Dominion University · VA · Public91% admit1113Saint Peter's University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1114Robert Morris University · PA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1115Freed-Hardeman University · TN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1116Radford University · VA · Public91% admit1117University of Houston-Downtown · TX · Public91% admit1118Truett McConnell University · GA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1119Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science · NY · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1120Elmira College · NY · Private (nonprofit)91% 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.