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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1121Bridgewater College · VA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1122University of Pittsburgh-Bradford · PA · Public91% admit1123North Central University · MN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1124Portland State University · OR · Public91% admit1125Northern Arizona University · AZ · Public91% admit1126Bethel University · MN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1127Central Michigan University · MI · Public91% admit1128Jackson State University · MS · Public91% admit1129Plymouth State University · NH · Public91% admit1130Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton · PA · Public91% admit1131Wittenberg University · OH · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1132Missouri State University-Springfield · MO · Public91% admit1133Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill · PA · Public91% admit1134Concordia University Texas · TX · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1135Dallas Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1136Lakeland University · WI · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1137Seattle Pacific University · WA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1138Iona University · NY · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1139Columbia College Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1140Indiana University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public91% admit1141SUNY Morrisville · NY · Public91% admit1142Manchester University · IN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1143Western Washington University · WA · Public91% admit1144California State University-Dominguez Hills · CA · Public91% admit1145School of Visual Arts · NY · Private (for-profit)91% admit1146Minnesota State University-Mankato · MN · Public91% admit1147College of Saint Benedict · MN · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1148Wilkes University · PA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit1149Indiana State University · IN · Public92% admit1150The University of Texas at Tyler · TX · Public92% admit1151Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly · PA · Public92% admit1152Oregon Institute of Technology · OR · Public92% admit1153Waynesburg University · PA · Private (nonprofit)92% admit1154Culinary Institute of America · NY · Private (nonprofit)92% admit1155Pacific University · OR · Private (nonprofit)92% admit1156Eastern Washington University · WA · Public92% admit1157Fort Hays State University · KS · Public92% admit1158University of Washington-Bothell Campus · WA · Public92% admit1159Loras College · IA · Private (nonprofit)92% admit1160Saint Michael's College · VT · Private (nonprofit)92% 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.