Colleges with Lowest Acceptance Rates

Most Recent Acceptance Rate Data

Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA	4.3%
Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, TX	4.6%
Rust College Holly Springs, MS	6.9%
Juilliard School New York, NY	7.3%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	7.6%
Yale University New Haven, CT	8.5%
Cooper Union New York, NY	9.2%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	9.3%
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	9.6%
Columbia University New York, NY	10.0%
Alice Lloyd College Pippa Passes, KY	10.4%
College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO	11.5%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	11.9%
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	13.6%
Brown University Providence, RI	13.9%
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD	13.9%
National-Louis University Chicago, IL	14.2%
Amherst College Amherst, MA	14.8%
Crichton College Memphis, TN	15.3%
Pomona College Claremont, CA	15.6%
United States Military Academy West Point, NY	15.7%
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	15.8%
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	16.9%
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	16.9%
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	17.0%
Williams College Williamstown, MA	17.1%
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	17.4%
United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO	18.2%
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	18.6%
Georgetown University Washington, DC	18.8%
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	19.5%
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	20.5%
Art Academy of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	21.3%
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT	21.6%
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	21.7%
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	21.9%
Pitzer College Claremont, CA	22.3%
Duke University Durham, NC	22.4%
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	22.8%
Rice University Houston, TX	23.0%
CUNY--Baruch College New York, NY	23.5%
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	23.9%
Purchase College--SUNY Purchase, NY	24.2%
Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MS	24.7%
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	25.0%
Bard College Annandale on Hudson, NY	25.2%
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	25.3%
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	25.4%
Tufts University Medford, MA	25.5%
Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS	25.6%
Davidson College Davidson, NC	25.7%
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	25.9%
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	26.0%
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	26.2%
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	26.2%
Emory University Atlanta, GA	26.6%
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	26.7%
Tulane University New Orleans, LA	27.0%
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	27.2%
Carleton College Northfield, MN	27.5%
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	27.9%
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	27.9%
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	28.1%
Life University Marietta, GA	28.1%
CUNY--Hunter College New York, NY	28.2%
Barnard College New York, NY	28.5%
Bloomfield College Bloomfield, NJ	28.5%
Bates College Lewiston, ME	29.2%
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	29.3%
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	29.8%
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	29.9%
New Jersey City University Jersey City, NJ	30.0%
Albany State University Albany, GA	30.1%
Delta State University Cleveland, MS	30.8%
Colby College Waterville, ME	30.9%
New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA	30.7%
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	31.0%
San Diego State University San Diego, CA	31.3%
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	31.5%
University of Richmond Univ. of Richmond, VA	31.9%
New York University New York, NY	32.0%
Kentucky State University Frankfort, KY	32.0%
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	32.0%
Reed College Portland, OR	32.2%
Robert Morris College Chicago, IL	32.7%
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	32.8%
Florida International University Miami, FL	33.0%
California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	33.5%
St. Lawrence University Canton, NY	33%
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	33%
William Penn University Oskaloosa, IA	34%
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	34.0%
Boston Conservatory Boston, MA	34%
College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	34%
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	34%
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney, PA	34%

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