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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
121Paul Quinn College · TX · Private (nonprofit)34% admit122Scripps College · CA · Private (nonprofit)34% admit123Carolina University · NC · Private (nonprofit)34% admit124Spelman College · GA · Private (nonprofit)34% admit125William Jewell College · MO · Private (nonprofit)34% admit126San Diego State University · CA · Public34% admit127Brescia University · KY · Private (nonprofit)35% admit128Rust College · MS · Private (nonprofit)35% admit129Howard University · DC · Private (nonprofit)35% admit130Brandeis University · MA · Private (nonprofit)35% admit131Hope International University · CA · Private (nonprofit)35% admit132Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Fajardo · PR · Private (nonprofit)36% admit133University of Rochester · NY · Private (nonprofit)36% admit134Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon · PR · Private (nonprofit)36% admit135University of Georgia · GA · Public37% admit136Spring Arbor University · MI · Private (nonprofit)37% admit137Binghamton University · NY · Public38% admit138Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo · PR · Private (nonprofit)38% admit139Brigham Young University-Hawaii · HI · Private (nonprofit)38% admit140Clemson University · SC · Public38% admit141Connecticut College · CT · Private (nonprofit)38% admit142Mount Holyoke College · MA · Private (nonprofit)38% admit143Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science · CA · Private (nonprofit)39% admit144Southwestern University · TX · Private (nonprofit)39% admit145University of California-Merced · CA · Public39% admit146Brevard College · NC · Private (nonprofit)40% admit147University of Central Florida · FL · Public40% admit148North Carolina State University at Raleigh · NC · Public40% admit149Ottawa University-Surprise · AZ · Private (nonprofit)40% admit150Occidental College · CA · Private (nonprofit)40% admit151Ohio Christian University · OH · Private (nonprofit)40% admit152Manhattan School of Music · NY · Private (nonprofit)40% admit153Loyola Marymount University · CA · Private (nonprofit)40% admit154Dillard University · LA · Private (nonprofit)41% admit155Chicago State University · IL · Public41% admit156Rollins College · FL · Private (nonprofit)41% admit157LeTourneau University · TX · Private (nonprofit)41% admit158Washburn Institute of Technology · KS · Public41% admit159The University of Tampa · FL · Private (nonprofit)41% admit160University of South Florida · FL · Public41% 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.