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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
241Andrew College · GA · Private (nonprofit)51% admit242Mississippi Valley State University · MS · Public51% admit243Morehouse College · GA · Private (nonprofit)51% admit244St Olaf College · MN · Private (nonprofit)52% admit245University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez · PR · Public52% admit246Bard College · NY · Private (nonprofit)52% admit247Furman University · SC · Private (nonprofit)53% admit248Minnesota State University Moorhead · MN · Public53% admit249Missouri Valley College · MO · Private (nonprofit)53% admit250University of Puerto Rico-Carolina · PR · Public53% admit251Wilberforce University · OH · Private (nonprofit)53% admit252Anderson University · SC · Private (nonprofit)53% admit253Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · PA · Public53% admit254Hendrix College · AR · Private (nonprofit)53% admit255Sterling College · KS · Private (nonprofit)53% admit256Pratt Institute-Main · NY · Private (nonprofit)53% admit257Tougaloo College · MS · Private (nonprofit)53% admit258University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras · PR · Public53% admit259Belhaven University · MS · Private (nonprofit)53% admit260Hult International Business School · MA · Private (nonprofit)53% admit261Universidad del Sagrado Corazon · PR · Private (nonprofit)53% admit262Anderson University · IN · Private (nonprofit)53% admit263CUNY Brooklyn College · NY · Public54% admit264Johnson University · TN · Private (nonprofit)54% admit265University of Montevallo · AL · Public54% admit266University of Connecticut · CT · Public54% admit267New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · NM · Public54% admit268Moravian University · PA · Private (nonprofit)54% admit269CUNY Hunter College · NY · Public54% admit270Millikin University · IL · Private (nonprofit)54% admit271Wayland Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)54% admit272DePauw University · IN · Private (nonprofit)54% admit273University of Dallas · TX · Private (nonprofit)54% admit274Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · PA · Public54% admit275The College of Wooster · OH · Private (nonprofit)54% admit276Centre College · KY · Private (nonprofit)54% admit277King University · TN · Private (nonprofit)54% admit278Centenary College of Louisiana · LA · Private (nonprofit)54% admit279Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus · NM · Public55% admit280Union Commonwealth University · KY · Private (nonprofit)55% 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.