Schools Ranked by Acceptance Rate

A college’s overall quality and prestige is in part determined by its selectivity, of which acceptance rate is an indicator. The acceptance rate figures are provided by the College Navigator database, a tool offered by the U.S. Department of Education. The data is for the fall 2011 entering undergraduate class.

College Navigator did not have acceptance rate figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
99 Howard University 3.81 to 1 53% 54% 83% 63% 91 7% N/A  
99 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 5.12 to 1 45% 54% 89% 72% 84 3% N/A  
99 Northeastern State University 2.06 to 1 13% 54% 63% 26% 90 18% N/A  
99 Rogers State University 0.66 to 1 12% 54% 64% 12% 62 18% N/A  
99 Rosemont College 0.24 to 1 97% 54% 67% 58% 82 9% N/A  
99 Towson University 1.01 to 1 37% 54% 84% 64% 63 3% N/A  
99 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne 10.58 to 1 97% 54% 72% 54% 55 9% N/A  
108 Albany State University 1.28 to 1 7% 55% 65% 41% 61 12% 85%  
108 Frostburg State University 2.02 to 1 39% 55% 71% 45% 59 8% N/A  
108 Mercy College of Health Sciences 0.81 to 1 75% 55% 50% 50% 13 5% N/A  
108 Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio 0.75 to 1 99% 55% 59% 36% 89 10% N/A  
108 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 6.95 to 1 29% 55% 92% 87% 91 6% N/A  
108 Siena Heights University 0.44 to 1 96% 55% 66% 44% 72 7% N/A  
108 Southern Methodist University 1.79 to 1 77% 55% 89% 75% 91 6% N/A  
108 University of Saint Mary 0.75 to 1 96% 55% 47% 42% 84 7% N/A  
108 University of West Georgia 3.20 to 1 5% 55% 74% 39% 76 8% N/A  
117 Capitol College 0.20 to 1 82% 56% 74% 37% 36 7% N/A  
117 Georgia Southern University 7.15 to 1 11% 56% 80% 47% 77 7% N/A  
117 Rowan University 0.59 to 1 34% 56% 87% 68% 54 6% N/A  
120 Armstrong Atlantic State University 1.55 to 1 6% 57% 65% 32% 72 9% N/A  
120 Bryan College 0.77 to 1 94% 57% 69% 56% 43 7% N/A  
120 Florida Institute of Technology 0.61 to 1 97% 57% 80% 56% 48 9% N/A  
120 Misericordia University 0.53 to 1 99% 57% 86% 64% 77 5% N/A  
120 Salem State University 0.79 to 1 54% 57% 73% 42% 59 10% N/A  
120 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 1.24 to 1 28% 57% 80% 37% 60 14% N/A  
120 University of Bridgeport 0.36 to 1 98% 57% 53% 28% 61 15% N/A  
120 University of North Carolina-Wilmington 2.69 to 1 37% 57% 86% 67% 60 5% N/A  
120 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3.00 to 1 98% 57% 95% 76% 75 3% N/A  
129 AIB College of Business 0.51 to 1 69% 58% 65% 50% 26 9% N/A  
129 Delta State University 2.41 to 1 55% 58% 61% 32% 82 13% N/A  
129 Florida State University 2.54 to 1 36% 58% 92% 74% 97 5% N/A  
129 Fort Valley State University 2.51 to 1 5% 58% 59% 33% 61 23% N/A  
129 Missouri Baptist University 0.35 to 1 97% 58% 66% 28% 34 7% N/A  
129 North Greenville University 2.39 to 1 99% 58% 73% 46% 55 6% N/A  
129 Nova Southeastern University 0.98 to 1 86% 58% 70% 43% 41 4% N/A  
129 Oklahoma Wesleyan University 15.50 to 1 98% 58% 66% 48% 34 10% N/A  
129 Reinhardt University 0.54 to 1 75% 58% 56% 48% 59 15% N/A  
129 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 5.88 to 1 32% 58% 90% 79% 91 4% N/A  
129 University of San Francisco 0.73 to 1 67% 58% 84% 70% 63 4% N/A  
129 Valdosta State University 3.85 to 1 4% 58% 67% 43% 83 8% N/A  
141 Endicott College 0.49 to 1 85% 59% 88% 67% 60 3% N/A  
141 Fisher College 0.25 to 1 86% 59% 71% 40% 42 19% N/A  
141 Hofstra University 0.99 to 1 87% 59% 80% 58% 72 6% N/A  
141 Pfeiffer University 1.24 to 1 87% 59% 69% 45% 70 7% N/A  
141 Southern Oregon University 2.07 to 1 61% 59% 69% 33% 84 7% N/A  
141 University of Georgia 4.84 to 1 20% 59% 94% 84% 103 3% N/A  
141 University of La Verne 0.51 to 1 95% 59% 86% 58% 57 5% N/A  
141 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3.87 to 1 57% 59% 84% 67% 99 4% N/A  
141 University of South Carolina-Upstate 1.07 to 1 42% 59% 67% 39% 36 7% N/A  
150 Anna Maria College 0.33 to 1 99% 60% 61% 49% 1 7% N/A  
150 California University of Pennsylvania 2.03 to 1 4% 60% 73% 49% 61 7% 100%  
150 Hannibal-Lagrange College 0.82 to 1 83% 60% 61% 45% 54 6% N/A  
150 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus 6.11 to 1 14% 60% 74% 52% 71 7% N/A  
150 Mercy College 0.31 to 1 83% 60% 68% 29% 44 8% N/A  
150 University of Colorado Denver 5.44 to 1 42% 60% 76% 40% 42 5% N/A  
150 University of Illinois at Springfield 1.56 to 1 89% 60% 75% 61% 37 9% N/A  
157 Fayetteville State University 5.83 to 1 61% 61% 70% 31% 65 17% N/A  
157 Hodges University 0.97 to 1 31% 61% 57% 26% 14 13% N/A  
157 Monroe College-Main Campus 0.46 to 1 58% 61% 66% 51% 22 9% N/A  
157 Montana State University 2.23 to 1 51% 61% 74% 51% 80 3% N/A  
157 North Carolina A & T State University 3.28 to 1 51% 61% 74% 41% 76 14% N/A  
157 North Carolina Central University 2.36 to 1 64% 61% 68% 38% 74 15% N/A  
157 Ohio Dominican University 0.76 to 1 100% 61% 57% 48% 78 8% N/A  
157 Schreiner University 1.04 to 1 100% 61% 64% 40% 78 12% N/A  
157 University of Arkansas 10.63 to 1 36% 61% 83% 59% 88 7% N/A  
157 University of Delaware 27.59 to 1 36% 61% 93% 76% 91 3% N/A  
157 University of Idaho 4.49 to 1 38% 61% 80% 51% 94 5% N/A  
157 Westfield State University 0.87 to 1 26% 61% 80% 58% 55 5% N/A  
169 Caldwell College 0.68 to 1 87% 62% 76% 58% 60 10% N/A  
169 Chatham University 0.46 to 1 100% 62% 70% 60% 88 3% 68%  
169 Lewis University 0.53 to 1 99% 62% 77% 62% 49 7% N/A  
169 Saint Louis University-Main Campus 2.13 to 1 85% 62% 85% 61% 96 4% N/A  
169 University of Hartford 0.78 to 1 98% 62% 72% 55% 51 7% N/A  
169 Winston-Salem State University 2.97 to 1 33% 62% 80% 41% 65 12% N/A  
175 Asbury University 0.97 to 1 89% 63% 80% 71% 72 6% N/A  
175 Baldwin-Wallace College 0.83 to 1 99% 63% 81% 70% 99 3% N/A  
175 Campbellsville University 0.86 to 1 95% 63% 66% 44% 49 10% N/A  
175 Cornerstone University 69.00 to 1 100% 63% 77% 44% 35 6% N/A  
175 Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus 1.67 to 1 42% 63% 64% 24% 65 18% N/A  
175 Fontbonne University 0.42 to 1 93% 63% 74% 43% 86 10% N/A  
175 Lewis-Clark State College 1.65 to 1 53% 63% 56% 31% 48 14% N/A  
175 Minnesota State University-Moorhead 1.59 to 1 24% 63% 68% 45% 64 5% N/A  
175 Mississippi State University 7.52 to 1 66% 63% 83% 60% 86 7% N/A  
175 Our Lady of Holy Cross College 0.64 to 1 20% 63% 67% N/A 40 6% N/A  
175 Quinnipiac University 0.60 to 1 84% 63% 87% 77% 54 2% N/A  
175 Stephen F Austin State University 3.16 to 1 47% 63% 65% 44% 85 14% N/A  
175 Tarleton State University 1.08 to 1 25% 63% 67% 39% 86 11% N/A  
175 Temple University 1.29 to 1 67% 63% 87% 68% 91 6% N/A  
175 Texas A & M University 22.71 to 1 52% 63% 92% 81% 88 5% N/A  
175 University of Illinois at Chicago 1.64 to 1 59% 63% 79% 54% 42 4% N/A  
175 University of Southern Mississippi 3.51 to 1 58% 63% 72% 47% 83 11% N/A  
192 Abilene Christian University 8.48 to 1 94% 64% 75% 60% 41 10% 18%  
192 Adams State College 0.91 to 1 65% 64% 54% 20% 62 19% N/A  
192 DePaul University 1.00 to 1 88% 64% 86% 66% 87 4% 81%  
192 Friends University 0.47 to 1 89% 64% 66% 25% 61 11% N/A  
192 Holy Names University 0.32 to 1 98% 64% 70% 39% 63 11% N/A  
192 Illinois Institute of Technology 1.43 to 1 100% 64% 89% 64% 76 5% N/A  
192 Kennesaw State University 1.28 to 1 3% 64% 77% 41% 44 9% N/A  
192 Montana State University-Northern 1.48 to 1 39% 64% 58% 30% 80 12% N/A  
192 Oregon Institute of Technology 11.08 to 1 54% 64% 73% 43% 50 6% N/A  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more