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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1281New England College · NH · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1282Manor College · PA · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1283Columbia College · SC · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1284North Dakota State University-Main Campus · ND · Public96% admit1285University of Puerto Rico at Cayey · PR · Public96% admit1286Barton College · NC · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1287University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown · PA · Public96% admit1288Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus · NJ · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1289Austin Peay State University · TN · Public96% admit1290Nicholls State University · LA · Public96% admit1291Northern Kentucky University · KY · Public96% admit1292Southern New Hampshire University · NH · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1293San Francisco State University · CA · Public96% admit1294University of Nevada-Las Vegas · NV · Public96% admit1295Arkansas Tech University · AR · Public96% admit1296Emory & Henry University · VA · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1297SUNY College of Technology at Canton · NY · Public96% admit1298Belmont University · TN · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1299West Virginia State University · WV · Public96% admit1300California State University-Fresno · CA · Public96% admit1301Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg · PA · Public96% admit1302George Fox University · OR · Private (nonprofit)96% admit1303Marshall University · WV · Public96% admit1304University of North Alabama · AL · Public96% admit1305Metropolitan State University · MN · Public96% admit1306Hardin-Simmons University · TX · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1307University of Colorado Colorado Springs · CO · Public97% admit1308Centenary University · NJ · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1309California State University-East Bay · CA · Public97% admit1310American International College · MA · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1311Shorter University · GA · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1312Brigham Young University-Idaho · ID · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1313Thomas More University · KY · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1314Davenport University · MI · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1315Western Kentucky University · KY · Public97% admit1316Oklahoma Christian University · OK · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1317Thomas College · ME · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1318University of Maine at Presque Isle · ME · Public97% admit1319The University of Olivet · MI · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1320Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks · PA · Public97% 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.