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Most selective (lowest admit rate)
1,392 colleges in the U.S. with this figure reported (500+ students).
321St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit)58% admit322University of Puerto Rico-Humacao · PR · Public58% admit323Worcester Polytechnic Institute · MA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit324Allegheny College · PA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit325Warner Pacific University · OR · Private (nonprofit)59% admit326Wofford College · SC · Private (nonprofit)59% admit327University of Michigan-Dearborn · MI · Public59% admit328State University of New York at New Paltz · NY · Public59% admit329Saint Augustine's University · NC · Private (nonprofit)59% admit330Gordon College · MA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit331Florida International University · FL · Public59% admit332Drury University · MO · Private (nonprofit)59% admit333Williams Baptist University · AR · Private (nonprofit)59% admit334Sarah Lawrence College · NY · Private (nonprofit)59% admit335Barry University · FL · Private (nonprofit)59% admit336Florida Southern College · FL · Private (nonprofit)59% admit337Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · NY · Private (nonprofit)59% admit338Saint Vincent College · PA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit339Spring Hill College · AL · Private (nonprofit)59% admit340Marion Military Institute · AL · Public59% admit341Augustana University · SD · Private (nonprofit)59% admit342Lincoln Memorial University · TN · Private (nonprofit)59% admit343Lake Forest College · IL · Private (nonprofit)59% admit344Tennessee Wesleyan University · TN · Private (nonprofit)59% admit345CUNY York College · NY · Public59% admit346Avila University · MO · Private (nonprofit)60% admit347Colorado School of Mines · CO · Public60% admit348Concordia University-Irvine · CA · Private (nonprofit)60% admit349University of Vermont · VT · Public60% admit350Dickinson State University · ND · Public60% admit351Oglethorpe University · GA · Private (nonprofit)60% admit352Biola University · CA · Private (nonprofit)60% admit353East Texas Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)60% admit354Southern University at New Orleans · LA · Public60% admit355Kansas City Art Institute · MO · Private (nonprofit)60% admit356Grand Canyon University · AZ · Private (nonprofit)60% admit357Beacon College · FL · Private (nonprofit)60% admit358Milwaukee School of Engineering · WI · Private (nonprofit)60% admit359Tusculum University · TN · Private (nonprofit)60% admit360Bethany College · WV · Private (nonprofit)60% 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.