Hardest Colleges to Get Into
Most selective universities in America by acceptance rate.
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Bronx, NY
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Acceptance Rate
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San Diego, CA
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Schenectady, NY
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#4
New York, NY
1.8%
Acceptance Rate
#5
Pasadena, CA
2.6%
Acceptance Rate
#6
San Francisco, CA
3.0%
Acceptance Rate
#7
Stanford, CA
3.6%
Acceptance Rate
#8
Cambridge, MA
3.6%
Acceptance Rate
#9
Charlton, MA
3.7%
Acceptance Rate
#10
New Haven, CT
3.9%
Acceptance Rate
#11
New York, NY
4.0%
Acceptance Rate
#12
Chicago, IL
4.5%
Acceptance Rate
#13
Cambridge, MA
4.5%
Acceptance Rate
#14
Philadelphia, PA
4.6%
Acceptance Rate
#15
Princeton, NJ
4.6%
Acceptance Rate
#16
Boston, MA
5.2%
Acceptance Rate
#17
Providence, RI
5.4%
Acceptance Rate
#18
Philadelphia, PA
5.4%
Acceptance Rate
#19
Hanover, NH
5.4%
Acceptance Rate
#20
Miramar, FL
5.5%
Acceptance Rate
#21
Durham, NC
5.7%
Acceptance Rate
#22
Nashville, TN
5.9%
Acceptance Rate
#23
Baltimore, MD
6.4%
Acceptance Rate
#24
Claremont, CA
7.1%
Acceptance Rate
#25
Waterville, ME
7.1%
Acceptance Rate
#26
Brunswick, ME
7.1%
Acceptance Rate
#27
Alexandria, VA
7.3%
Acceptance Rate
#28
Swarthmore, PA
7.5%
Acceptance Rate
#29
Evanston, IL
7.7%
Acceptance Rate
#30
Houston, TX
8.0%
Acceptance Rate
#31
New York, NY
8.0%
Acceptance Rate
#32
Williamstown, MA
8.3%
Acceptance Rate
#33
Ithaca, NY
8.8%
Acceptance Rate
#34
New York, NY
8.8%
Acceptance Rate
#35
Los Angeles, CA
9.0%
Acceptance Rate
#36
Amherst, MA
9.0%
Acceptance Rate
#37
New York, NY
9.2%
Acceptance Rate
#38
New York, NY
9.2%
Acceptance Rate
#39
Annapolis, MD
9.3%
Acceptance Rate
#40
Claremont, CA
9.6%
Acceptance Rate
#41
Los Angeles, CA
9.8%
Acceptance Rate
#42
Irvine, CA
10.0%
Acceptance Rate
#43
Atlanta, GA
10.7%
Acceptance Rate
#44
Middlebury, VT
10.8%
Acceptance Rate
#45
Berkeley, CA
11.0%
Acceptance Rate
#46
Boston, MA
11.1%
Acceptance Rate
#47
Notre Dame, IN
11.3%
Acceptance Rate
#48
Medford, MA
11.5%
Acceptance Rate
#49
Pittsburgh, PA
11.7%
Acceptance Rate
#50
Point Lookout, MO
12.0%
Acceptance Rate
#51
St. Louis, MO
12.1%
Acceptance Rate
#52
Haverford, PA
12.4%
Acceptance Rate
#53
West Point, NY
12.4%
Acceptance Rate
#54
Claremont, CA
12.7%
Acceptance Rate
#55
Newport News, VA
12.9%
Acceptance Rate
#56
Washington, DC
12.9%
Acceptance Rate
#57
Oxford, GA
13.1%
Acceptance Rate
#58
Lewiston, ME
13.3%
Acceptance Rate
#59
Davidson, NC
13.4%
Acceptance Rate
#60
Clinton, NY
13.6%
Acceptance Rate
#61
Hamilton, NY
13.9%
Acceptance Rate
#62
Lexington, VA
14.0%
Acceptance Rate
#63
New Orleans, LA
14.0%
Acceptance Rate
#64
Glen Cove, NY
14.0%
Acceptance Rate
#65
Wellesley, MA
14.1%
Acceptance Rate
#66
Atlanta, GA
14.1%
Acceptance Rate
#67
USAF Academy, CO
14.1%
Acceptance Rate
#68
Grinnell, IA
14.5%
Acceptance Rate
#69
Chapel Hill, NC
15.3%
Acceptance Rate
#70
Ann Arbor, MI
15.6%
Acceptance Rate
#71
Chestnut Hill, MA
16.4%
Acceptance Rate
#72
Middletown, CT
16.5%
Acceptance Rate
#73
Oakland, CA
16.7%
Acceptance Rate
#74
Charlottesville, VA
16.8%
Acceptance Rate
#75
New York, NY
17.0%
Acceptance Rate
#76
Wellesley, MA
17.1%
Acceptance Rate
#77
Granville, OH
17.4%
Acceptance Rate
#78
Worcester, MA
17.6%
Acceptance Rate
#79
Ukiah, CA
18.2%
Acceptance Rate
#80
Summerdale, PA
18.5%
Acceptance Rate
#81
San Diego, CA
18.5%
Acceptance Rate
#82
Colorado Springs, CO
18.5%
Acceptance Rate
#83
Brooklyn, NY
18.5%
Acceptance Rate
#84
Poughkeepsie, NY
18.6%
Acceptance Rate
#85
Providence, RI
18.7%
Acceptance Rate
#86
Coral Gables, FL
18.9%
Acceptance Rate
#87
Berea, KY
19.3%
Acceptance Rate
#88
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
20.0%
Acceptance Rate
#89
Northfield, MN
20.4%
Acceptance Rate
#90
Tallahassee, FL
20.6%
Acceptance Rate
#91
New York, NY
20.7%
Acceptance Rate
#92
Hillsdale, MI
20.7%
Acceptance Rate
#93
Northampton, MA
21.0%
Acceptance Rate
#94
Saratoga Springs, NY
21.1%
Acceptance Rate
#95
Winston-Salem, NC
21.7%
Acceptance Rate
#96
Dallas, TX
21.8%
Acceptance Rate
#97
Media, PA
21.9%
Acceptance Rate
#98
University of Richmond, VA
22.2%
Acceptance Rate
#99
New London, CT
22.4%
Acceptance Rate
#100
Charleston, SC
22.7%
Acceptance Rate
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