Search U.S. Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Most 4-years U.S. Colleges have competitive admission policies with requirements such as SAT scores and personal statements. Acceptance rates are an important indicator of your chances of getting into a college.

You can view U.S. Colleges in a scatter chart and compare them to detailed admissions statistics with SAT scores and tuition information in a comparison table.

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Colleges by Acceptance Rate and State

The acceptance rate for 35 colleges is very low, less than 10%. In addition, 39 colleges' rate is alo low, between 10% to 20%.

The following table shows the number of colleges by acceptance rate and state for 2025 admission. See and compare colleges by following the link on a number in a column for state and acceptance rate.

Number of Colleges by Acceptance Rate Range and State
State	Lower than 10%	10% - 20%	20% - 30%	30% - 40%	40% - 50%	50% - 60%	60% - 70%	Higher than 70%
Alaska	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Alabama	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	15
Arkansas	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	10
Arizona	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13
California	8	3	3	9	13	6	9	65
Colorado	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	17
Connecticut	1	1	1	2	-	2	2	13
District of Columbia	-	1	-	-	2	1	1	2
Delaware	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
Florida	1	1	3	1	8	9	8	25
Federated States of Micronesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Georgia	-	2	1	2	3	3	12	26
Guam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Hawaii	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Iowa	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	23
Idaho	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	6
Illinois	2	-	-	3	4	5	7	38
Indiana	-	1	-	1	1	1	4	38
Kansas	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	18
Kentucky	-	1	-	1	-	2	4	19
Louisiana	-	1	-	1	2	2	1	17
Massachusetts	5	6	2	2	5	3	8	33
Maryland	1	-	-	-	3	2	2	19
Maine	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	12
Michigan	-	1	1	-	-	4	6	32
Minnesota	-	-	3	2	2	2	3	25
Missouri	-	2	-	2	1	4	8	31
Mississippi	-	-	1	-	4	2	1	9
Montana	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	5
North Carolina	1	2	3	2	4	4	8	33
North Dakota	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	5
Nebraska	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	11
New Hampshire	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
New Jersey	1	-	-	-	3	6	8	33
New Mexico	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	4
Nevada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
New York	5	5	6	6	9	19	29	87
Ohio	-	1	-	5	5	6	6	50
Oklahoma	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	10
Oregon	-	-	1	-	-	2	2	20
Pennsylvania	3	3	5	2	3	6	6	88
Puerto Rico	-	-	1	5	2	10	5	16
Rhode Island	1	1	-	-	-	1	3	5
South Carolina	-	-	1	1	2	2	8	17
South Dakota	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	9
Tennessee	1	-	1	1	2	3	11	19
Texas	1	-	4	4	5	8	7	50
Utah	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6
Virginia	1	3	2	2	2	3	2	30
Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Vermont	-	1	-	-	2	-	2	4
Washington	-	-	1	2	-	-	3	16
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	30
West Virginia	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	11
Wyoming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Total	35	39	41	58	102	137	213	1092

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