{"id":8461,"date":"2022-05-27T07:47:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admissionsly.com\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2024-02-13T06:24:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T06:24:45","slug":"colleges-with-lowest-acceptance-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admissionsly.com\/colleges-with-lowest-acceptance-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Colleges with Lowest Acceptance Rates – 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

College rankings are a great way to find the best colleges for you. With our new 2021 college rankings, we ranked the colleges with the lowest acceptance rates. These colleges offer a variety of different programs and disciplines, and they’re perfect for students who want to have a unique college experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at this list of top 100 colleges below and consider which one is right for you based on your impressive GPAs and academic credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Colleges with Low Acceptance Rates<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Stanford University – Stanford, California: 3.9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Columbia University – New York City, New York: 3.9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Harvard University – Cambridge, Massachusetts: 4.0%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Cambridge, Massachusetts: 4.1%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Curtis Institute of Music – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 4.2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Princeton University – Princeton, New Jersey: 4.4%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. University of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois: 6.2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Juilliard School – New York City, New York: 6.2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Yale University – New Haven, Connecticut: 6.3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Alice Lloyd College – Pippa Passes, Kentucky: 7.1%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Hardest Colleges To Get into With Less than 10% Acceptance Rate<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Any college that has an acceptance rate of less than 15% is a reach school for all students<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    School Name<\/strong><\/td># of Applicants*<\/strong><\/td>Acceptance Rate<\/strong><\/td>Average SAT<\/strong><\/td>Average ACT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    Stanford<\/td>55,471<\/td>3.9%<\/td>1510<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Columbia<\/td>60,551<\/td>3.9%<\/td>1530<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Harvard<\/td>57,786<\/td>4.0%<\/td>1520<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    MIT<\/td>33,240<\/td>4.1%<\/td>1540<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
    Princeton<\/td>37,601<\/td>4.4%<\/td>1520<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Yale<\/td>46,905<\/td>4.6%<\/td>1520<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Brown<\/td>46,568<\/td>5.4%<\/td>1490<\/td>33<\/td><\/tr>
    Duke<\/td>49,517<\/td>5.8%<\/td>1510<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    UPenn<\/td>56,332<\/td>5.9%<\/td>1520<\/td>35<\/td><\/tr>
    UChicago<\/td>34,400<\/td>6.2%<\/td>1520<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Dartmouth<\/td>28,357<\/td>6.2%<\/td>1500<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Caltech<\/td>8,007<\/td>6.7%<\/td>1520<\/td>33<\/td><\/tr>
    Vanderbilt<\/td>47,174<\/td>6.7%<\/td>1510<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Northwestern<\/td>47,633<\/td>6.8%<\/td>1500<\/td>33<\/td><\/tr>
    Johns Hopkins<\/td>27,256<\/td>7.1%<\/td>1510<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr>
    Cornell<\/td>67,380<\/td>8.7%<\/td>1480<\/td>33<\/td><\/tr>
    Rice<\/td>29,554<\/td>9.5%<\/td>1520<\/td>34<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Colleges with Lowest Acceptance Rates – 10% and above<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    We ranked the hardest colleges with low acceptance rates that might be a good fit for your needs. Take a look at this list of top schools below and consider which one is right for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SCHOOL<\/strong><\/td>LOCATION<\/strong><\/td>FALL 2020 ACCEPTANCE RATE<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
    Colby College<\/td>Waterville, ME<\/td>10%<\/td><\/tr>
    Cornell University<\/td>Ithaca, NY<\/td>11%<\/td><\/tr>
    Rice University<\/td>Houston, TX<\/td>11%<\/td><\/tr>
    Tulane University<\/td>New Orleans, LA<\/td>11%<\/td><\/tr>
    Amherst College<\/td>Amherst, MA<\/td>12%<\/td><\/tr>
    Vanderbilt University<\/td>Nashville, TN<\/td>12%<\/td><\/tr>
    Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles<\/td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
    Claremont McKenna College<\/td>Claremont, CA<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
    The United States Air Force Academy<\/td>USAF Academy, CO<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
    The United States Coast Guard Academy<\/td>New London, CT<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma<\/td>Chickasha, OK<\/td>13%<\/td><\/tr>
    Barnard College<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
    Bates College<\/td>Lewiston, ME<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
    College of the Ozarks Point<\/td>Lookout, MO<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
    Colorado College<\/td>Colorado Springs, CO<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of California – Los Angeles<\/td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td>14%<\/td><\/tr>
    Wiley College<\/td>Marshall, TX<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
    Williams College<\/td>Williamstown, MA<\/td>15%<\/td><\/tr>
    Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering<\/td>Needham, MA<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
    Tufts University<\/td>Medford, MA<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
    The United States Merchant Marine Academy<\/td>Kings Point, NY<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of Southern California <\/td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
    Washington University in St. Louis<\/td>St. Louis, MO<\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
    Carnegie Mellon University<\/td>Pittsburgh, PA<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
    Georgetown University<\/td>Washington, DC<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
    Pitzer College<\/td>Claremont, CA<\/td>17%<\/td><\/tr>
    Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
    Hamilton College<\/td>Clinton, NY 18%<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
    Harvey Mudd College<\/td>Claremont, CA<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
    Haverford College<\/td>Haverford, PA<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of California – Berkeley<\/td>Berkeley, CA<\/td>18%<\/td><\/tr>
    Emory University<\/td>Atlanta, GA<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
    Grinnell College<\/td>Grinnell, IA<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
    Texas Wesleyan University<\/td>Fort Worth, TX<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of Notre Dame<\/td>Notre Dame, IN<\/td>19%<\/td><\/tr>
    Boston University<\/td>Boston, MA<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
    Davidson College<\/td>Davidson, NC<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
    Northeastern University<\/td>Boston, MA<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
    Wellesley College<\/td>Wellesley, MA<\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
    Carleton College<\/td>Northfield, MN<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    Georgia Institute of Technology<\/td>Atlanta, GA<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    Laboure College<\/td>Milton, MA<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    New York University<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    Philander Smith College<\/td>Little Rock, AR<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    Webb Institute<\/td>Glen Cove, NY<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    Wesleyan University<\/td>Middletown, CT<\/td>21%<\/td><\/tr>
    Kettering College<\/td>Kettering, OH<\/td>22%<\/td><\/tr>
    Middlebury College<\/td>Middlebury, VT<\/td>22%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of Virginia<\/td>Charlottesville, VA<\/td>23%<\/td><\/tr>
    New York School of Interior Design<\/td>New York, NY<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
    Ottawa University<\/td>Ottawa, KS<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill<\/td>Chapel Hill, NC<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
    Washington and Lee University<\/td>Lexington, VA<\/td>24%<\/td><\/tr>
    California Institute of the Arts<\/td>Valencia, CA<\/td>25%<\/td><\/tr>
    Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science<\/td>Los Angeles, CA<\/td>25%<\/td><\/tr>
    Vassar College<\/td>Poughkeepsie, NY 25%<\/td>25%<\/td><\/tr>
    Arkansas Baptist College<\/td>Little Rock, AR<\/td>26%<\/td><\/tr>
    Boston College<\/td>Chestnut Hill, MA<\/td>26%<\/td><\/tr>
    Calumet College of St. Joseph<\/td>Whiting, IN<\/td>26%<\/td><\/tr>
    Inter American University of Puerto Rico – Metropolitan Campus<\/td>San Juan, PR<\/td>26%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of Michigan – Ann Arbor<\/td>Ann Arbor, MI<\/td>26%<\/td><\/tr>
    Babson College<\/td>Babson Park, MA<\/td>27%<\/td><\/tr>
    Colgate University<\/td>Hamilton, NY 27%<\/td>27%<\/td><\/tr>
    Rhode Island School of Design<\/td>Providence, RI<\/td>27%<\/td><\/tr>
    Cabarrus College of Health Sciences<\/td>Concord, NC<\/td>28%<\/td><\/tr>
    Denison University<\/td>Granville, OH<\/td>28%<\/td><\/tr>
    Mississippi College<\/td>Clinton, MS<\/td>29%<\/td><\/tr>
    Point University<\/td>West Point, GA<\/td>29%<\/td><\/tr>
    St Luke’s College<\/td>Sioux City, IA<\/td>29%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of North Carolina School of the Arts<\/td>Winston-Salem, NC<\/td>29%<\/td><\/tr>
    Case Western Reserve University<\/td>Cleveland, OH<\/td>30%<\/td><\/tr>
    Galen College of Nursing – Louisville<\/td>Louisville, KY<\/td>30%<\/td><\/tr>
    Purdue University – Northwest<\/td>Hammond, IN<\/td>30%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of California – Irvine<\/td>Irvine, CA<\/td>30%<\/td><\/tr>
    Art Academy of Cincinnati<\/td>Cincinnati, OH<\/td>31%<\/td><\/tr>
    Davis College<\/td>Bible School Park, NY<\/td>31%<\/td><\/tr>
    Johnson University (FL)<\/td>Kissimmee, FL<\/td>31%<\/td><\/tr>
    University of Florida<\/td>Gainesville, FL<\/td>31%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    The list is based on data from various sources, including U.S. News & World Report and Niche.com rankings, it includes a variety of schools, both public and private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/rankings\/lowest-acceptance-rate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.niche.com\/colleges\/search\/hardest-to-get-in\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/www.educationcorner.com\/colleges-with-lowest-acceptance-rates.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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