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Colleges With the Highest Acceptance Rates

The 50 least selective U.S. colleges with published admissions data — schools that admit nearly every qualified applicant.

# College State Rate Trend Applicants
1 Harding University Arkansas 100% 2,202
2 The University of Texas at El Paso Texas 99.9% 11,171
3 Bethune-Cookman University Florida 99.9% 6,844
4 Middle Georgia State University Georgia 99.8% 3,876
5 Georgia State University-Perimeter College Georgia 99.6% 13,065
6 Wartburg College Iowa 99.4% 2,543
7 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 99.4% 8,818
8 St. Thomas University Florida 99.4% 4,798
9 Liberty University Virginia 99.3% 36,921
10 Columbus State University Georgia 99.2% 3,550
11 Metropolitan State University of Denver Colorado 99.1% 12,403
12 University of South Dakota South Dakota 99% 5,349
13 California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt California 98.8% 14,019
14 Western Oregon University Oregon 98.7% 2,898
15 South Dakota State University South Dakota 98.7% 5,884
16 Oral Roberts University Oklahoma 98.6% 3,639
17 College of Coastal Georgia Georgia 98.5% 2,548
18 Limestone University South Carolina 98.3% 3,075
19 California State University-San Bernardino California 98.2% 12,772
20 Citadel Military College of South Carolina South Carolina 98.1% 2,883
21 University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Pennsylvania 97.9% 2,936
22 Point Park University Pennsylvania 97.9% 5,291
23 University of Mississippi Mississippi 97.8% 27,837
24 Virginia Union University Virginia 97.7% 2,771
25 Western Colorado University Colorado 97.5% 3,283
26 California State University-Stanislaus California 97.5% 5,334
27 University of Wyoming Wyoming 97.4% 5,644
28 Missouri Southern State University Missouri 97.4% 2,302
29 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Florida 97.4% 3,375
30 West Texas A & M University Texas 97.3% 4,784
31 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Pennsylvania 97.3% 7,134
32 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Illinois 97.2% 8,937
33 Bethel University Tennessee 97.2% 3,318
34 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Pennsylvania 97.1% 5,844
35 Davenport University Michigan 97.1% 3,869
36 Western Kentucky University Kentucky 97% 7,720
37 Thomas More University Kentucky 97% 3,030
38 Brigham Young University-Idaho Idaho 97% 10,303
39 American International College Massachusetts 96.9% 2,258
40 California State University-East Bay California 96.8% 13,274
41 University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado 96.6% 13,103
42 University of North Alabama Alabama 96.5% 4,398
43 Marshall University West Virginia 96.5% 6,499
44 Hardin-Simmons University Texas 96.5% 2,452
45 West Virginia State University West Virginia 96.4% 4,465
46 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Pennsylvania 96.4% 10,296
47 George Fox University Oregon 96.4% 3,737
48 California State University-Fresno California 96.4% 20,201
49 Belmont University Tennessee 96.4% 8,950
50 University of Nevada-Las Vegas Nevada 96.3% 12,232