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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1241University of Southern Indiana · IN · Public95% admit1242Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny · PA · Public95% admit1243Grand Valley State University · MI · Public95% admit1244Sonoma State University · CA · Public95% admit1245Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public95% admit1246Texas Lutheran University · TX · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1247California State University-Monterey Bay · CA · Public95% admit1248Kutztown University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public95% admit1249University of Toledo · OH · Public95% admit1250University of the Pacific · CA · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1251Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton · PA · Public95% admit1252Randolph College · VA · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1253Wichita State University · KS · Public95% admit1254Saint Cloud State University · MN · Public95% admit1255Texas Woman's University · TX · Public95% admit1256West Virginia Wesleyan College · WV · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1257University of Mary Hardin-Baylor · TX · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1258Wright State University-Main Campus · OH · Public95% admit1259Midway University · KY · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1260Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus · NJ · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1261Pfeiffer University · NC · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1262Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine · PA · Public95% admit1263Marian University · IN · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1264Greenville University · IL · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1265University of Portland · OR · Private (nonprofit)95% admit1266University of Advancing Technology · AZ · Private (for-profit)95% admit1267University of New Mexico-Main Campus · NM · Public95% admit1268Cleveland State University · OH · Public95% admit1269Georgia Gwinnett College · GA · Public96% admit1270Salem State University · MA · Public96% admit1271The University of Montana · MT · Public96% admit1272University of Hawaii-West Oahu · HI · Public96% admit1273Dominican University of California · CA · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1274Sul Ross State University · TX · Public96% admit1275Alabama State University · AL · Public96% admit1276Shepherd University · WV · Public96% admit1277Bethel College-North Newton · KS · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1278California State University-San Marcos · CA · Public96% admit1279Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · PA · Public96% admit1280University of Maine · ME · Public96% 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.