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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
161Regent University · VA · Private (nonprofit)41% admit162University of California-Davis · CA · Public42% admit163Clark University · MA · Private (nonprofit)42% admit164Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit)42% admit165Defiance College · OH · Private (nonprofit)42% admit166Pacific Union College · CA · Private (nonprofit)42% admit167University of Washington-Seattle Campus · WA · Public43% admit168Texas Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)43% admit169The New England Conservatory of Music · MA · Private (nonprofit)43% admit170Johnson C Smith University · NC · Private (nonprofit)43% admit171Dickinson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)43% admit172Thomas University · GA · Private (nonprofit)43% admit173DeVry University-Illinois · IL · Private (for-profit)43% admit174University of Wisconsin-Madison · WI · Public43% admit175Stevens Institute of Technology · NJ · Private (nonprofit)43% admit176George Washington University · DC · Private (nonprofit)44% admit177University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · IL · Public44% admit178Union College · NY · Private (nonprofit)44% admit179Santa Clara University · CA · Private (nonprofit)44% admit180St. John's College · MD · Private (nonprofit)44% admit181Ave Maria University · FL · Private (nonprofit)45% admit182University of Maryland-College Park · MD · Public45% admit183Fairfield University · CT · Private (nonprofit)45% admit184Westcliff University · CA · Private (for-profit)45% admit185Illinois Wesleyan University · IL · Private (nonprofit)45% admit186Washington Adventist University · MD · Private (nonprofit)45% admit187Pennsylvania College of Art and Design · PA · Private (nonprofit)46% admit188Texas A & M International University · TX · Public46% admit189The University of Tennessee-Knoxville · TN · Public46% admit190Central State University · OH · Public46% admit191North Carolina A & T State University · NC · Public46% admit192Austin College · TX · Private (nonprofit)47% admit193Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla · PR · Private (nonprofit)47% admit194University of San Diego · CA · Private (nonprofit)47% admit195California State University-Long Beach · CA · Public47% admit196Union University · TN · Private (nonprofit)47% admit197The College of Idaho · ID · Private (nonprofit)47% admit198American University · DC · Private (nonprofit)47% admit199Emerson College · MA · Private (nonprofit)47% admit200Gettysburg College · PA · Private (nonprofit)48% 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.