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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
1321Bethel University · TN · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1322Southern Illinois University Edwardsville · IL · Public97% admit1323Coker University · SC · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1324The Evergreen State College · WA · Public97% admit1325Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · PR · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1326Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona · PA · Public97% admit1327West Texas A & M University · TX · Public97% admit1328William Peace University · NC · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1329University of Wyoming · WY · Public97% admit1330Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale · FL · Private (nonprofit)97% admit1331Missouri Southern State University · MO · Public97% admit1332University of the Virgin Islands · VI · Public97% admit1333California State University-Stanislaus · CA · Public97% admit1334Western Colorado University · CO · Public97% admit1335University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne · IN · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1336University of Maine at Farmington · ME · Public98% admit1337Virginia Union University · VA · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1338Emporia State University · KS · Public98% admit1339University of Mississippi · MS · Public98% admit1340Dakota State University · SD · Public98% admit1341Point Park University · PA · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1342University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg · PA · Public98% admit1343Culver-Stockton College · MO · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1344Hilbert College · NY · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1345Citadel Military College of South Carolina · SC · Public98% admit1346California State University-San Bernardino · CA · Public98% admit1347Campbellsville University · KY · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1348Grand View University · IA · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1349Dunwoody College of Technology · MN · Private (nonprofit)98% admit1350College of Coastal Georgia · GA · Public99% admit1351Oral Roberts University · OK · Private (nonprofit)99% admit1352Spalding University · KY · Private (nonprofit)99% admit1353Bethel University · IN · Private (nonprofit)99% admit1354Western Oregon University · OR · Public99% admit1355South Dakota State University · SD · Public99% admit1356Cal Poly Maritime Academy · CA · Public99% admit1357LIM College · NY · Private (for-profit)99% admit1358Eastern Oregon University · OR · Public99% admit1359California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt · CA · Public99% admit1360University of South Dakota · SD · Public99% 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.