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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
81Skidmore College · NY · Private (nonprofit)23% admit82University of Richmond · VA · Private (nonprofit)23% admit83Grambling State University · LA · Public24% admit84University of Florida · FL · Public24% admit85United States Coast Guard Academy · CT · Public24% admit86University of California-San Diego · CA · Public25% admit87Alcorn State University · MS · Public25% admit88American Musical and Dramatic Academy · NY · Private (nonprofit)25% admit89Villanova University · PA · Private (nonprofit)25% admit90Florida State University · FL · Public25% admit91University of California-Irvine · CA · Public26% admit92Central Penn College · PA · Private (for-profit)26% admit93California Institute of the Arts · CA · Private (nonprofit)26% admit94Reed College · OR · Private (nonprofit)27% admit95University of California-Santa Barbara · CA · Public28% admit96Trinity University · TX · Private (nonprofit)28% admit97Macalester College · MN · Private (nonprofit)28% admit98Case Western Reserve University · OH · Private (nonprofit)29% admit99The University of Texas at Austin · TX · Public29% admit100Lehigh University · PA · Private (nonprofit)29% admit101California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · CA · Public30% admit102Williamson College of the Trades · PA · Private (nonprofit)30% admit103Plaza College · NY · Private (for-profit)30% admit104Shaw University · NC · Private (nonprofit)30% admit105Kenyon College · OH · Private (nonprofit)31% admit106Bryn Mawr College · PA · Private (nonprofit)31% admit107Tuskegee University · AL · Private (nonprofit)31% admit108Lafayette College · PA · Private (nonprofit)31% admit109Franklin and Marshall College · PA · Private (nonprofit)32% admit110Bucknell University · PA · Private (nonprofit)32% admit111Louisburg College · NC · Private (nonprofit)32% admit112Allen University · SC · Private (nonprofit)32% admit113United States Merchant Marine Academy · NY · Public32% admit114Berea College · KY · Private (nonprofit)33% admit115William & Mary · VA · Public33% admit116Oberlin College · OH · Private (nonprofit)33% admit117University of North Carolina School of the Arts · NC · Public33% admit118Art Academy of Cincinnati · OH · Private (nonprofit)33% admit119Trinity College · CT · Private (nonprofit)34% admit120Bennett College · NC · Private (nonprofit)34% 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.