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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
201Newman University · KS · Private (nonprofit)48% admit202York University · NE · Private (nonprofit)48% admit203Warner University · FL · Private (nonprofit)48% admit204Averett University · VA · Private (nonprofit)48% admit205Bennington College · VT · Private (nonprofit)48% admit206Mount Marty University · SD · Private (nonprofit)48% admit207Hampton University · VA · Private (nonprofit)48% admit208Alfred University · NY · Private (nonprofit)48% admit209Minneapolis College of Art and Design · MN · Private (nonprofit)48% admit210Bentley University · MA · Private (nonprofit)48% admit211University of La Verne · CA · Private (nonprofit)48% admit212Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama · PR · Private (nonprofit)49% admit213Providence College · RI · Private (nonprofit)49% admit214Mississippi Christian University · MS · Private (nonprofit)49% admit215Stony Brook University · NY · Public49% admit216Millsaps College · MS · Private (nonprofit)49% admit217University of West Georgia · GA · Public49% admit218Coppin State University · MD · Public50% admit219Rhodes College · TN · Private (nonprofit)50% admit220University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · PA · Public50% admit221Cleary University · MI · Private (nonprofit)50% admit222Pepperdine University · CA · Private (nonprofit)50% admit223Southern University and A & M College · LA · Public50% admit224Quincy University · IL · Private (nonprofit)50% admit225Berklee College of Music · MA · Private (nonprofit)50% admit226Whitman College · WA · Private (nonprofit)50% admit227Hampden-Sydney College · VA · Private (nonprofit)50% admit228The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences · OH · Private (nonprofit)50% admit229Purdue University-Main Campus · IN · Public50% admit230Auburn University · AL · Public50% admit231CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · NY · Public50% admit232Oakwood University · AL · Private (nonprofit)51% admit233Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German · PR · Private (nonprofit)51% admit234Ohio Wesleyan University · OH · Private (nonprofit)51% admit235State University of New York at Cortland · NY · Public51% admit236University of San Francisco · CA · Private (nonprofit)51% admit237Ohio State University-Main Campus · OH · Public51% admit238The University of the South · TN · Private (nonprofit)51% admit239Bethany Lutheran College · MN · Private (nonprofit)51% admit240Baylor University · TX · Private (nonprofit)51% 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.