Most Selective Colleges

Colleges ranked by acceptance rate from most to least selective.

Showing 51–100 of 3,663 colleges

Overall Best Value Top Earnings Most Selective Graduation Rate Best Public Best Private Largest

Rank	College	Location	Type	Acceptance	Composite
51	Haverford College	Haverford, Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	12.9%	77.2
52	Bates College	Lewiston, Maine	Private nonprofit	13.0%	76.0
53	Harvey Mudd College	Claremont, California	Private nonprofit	13.1%	91.6
54	Georgetown University	Washington, District of Columbia	Private nonprofit	13.1%	89.4
55	Rhode Island School of Design	Providence, Rhode Island	Private nonprofit	13.8%	72.9
56	Wellesley College	Wellesley, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	13.9%	80.7
57	United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Public	13.9%	76.9
58	United States Military Academy	West Point, New York	Public	14.0%	73.7
59	Summit Christian College	Gering, Nebraska	Private nonprofit	14.3%	59.6
60	Davidson College	Davidson, North Carolina	Private nonprofit	14.5%	78.3
61	Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans, Louisiana	Private nonprofit	14.6%	71.9
62	College of the Ozarks	Point Lookout, Missouri	Private nonprofit	14.9%	52.6
63	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	15.7%	84.3
64	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Atlanta, Georgia	Public	16.5%	84.5
65	Northeastern University Oakland	Oakland, California	Private nonprofit	16.5%	66.9
66	Riverside College of Health Careers	Newport News, Virginia	Private nonprofit	16.7%	57.6
67	Pitzer College	Claremont, California	Private nonprofit	16.7%	70.0
68	University of Virginia-Main Campus	Charlottesville, Virginia	Public	16.9%	80.3
69	Denison University	Granville, Ohio	Private nonprofit	16.9%	70.3
70	Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science	Cincinnati, Ohio	Private nonprofit	16.9%	56.9
71	Wesleyan University	Middletown, Connecticut	Private nonprofit	17.1%	74.9
72	Emory University-Oxford College	Oxford, Georgia	Private nonprofit	17.3%	77.8
73	Washington and Lee University	Lexington, Virginia	Private nonprofit	17.4%	83.2
74	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie, New York	Private nonprofit	17.7%	73.2
75	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Public	17.9%	78.1
76	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Private nonprofit	18.5%	71.3
77	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Public	18.7%	73.1
78	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	19.1%	73.1
79	Goddard College	Plainfield, Vermont	Private nonprofit	19.5%	42.7
80	Smith College	Northampton, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	19.7%	71.2
81	Babson College	Wellesley, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	19.7%	89.5
82	Webb Institute	Glen Cove, New York	Private nonprofit	20.0%	69.7
83	Colorado College	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Private nonprofit	20.0%	70.2
84	Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, Michigan	Private nonprofit	20.6%	71.7
85	College of the Holy Cross	Worcester, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	21.1%	78.8
86	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Tallahassee, Florida	Public	21.1%	48.7
87	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Private nonprofit	21.6%	73.7
88	Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses	Angola, Indiana	Private nonprofit	21.6%	53.2
89	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	Needham, Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	21.7%	92.0
90	Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing	Falls Church, Virginia	Private for-profit	21.9%	62.9
91	Carleton College	Northfield, Minnesota	Private nonprofit	22.3%	75.4
92	Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs, New York	Private nonprofit	22.9%	69.6
93	Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary	Jacksonville, Texas	Private nonprofit	23.1%	57.3
94	Johnson University Florida	Kissimmee, Florida	Private nonprofit	23.3%	37.3
95	University of Richmond	University of Richmond, Virginia	Private nonprofit	23.3%	72.6
96	Grambling State University	Grambling, Louisiana	Public	23.7%	38.0
97	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	New York, New York	Private nonprofit	23.8%	71.5
98	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Public	24.0%	72.7
99	United States Coast Guard Academy	New London, Connecticut	Public	24.3%	71.3
100	University of California-San Diego	La Jolla, California	Public	24.5%	76.7

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