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Lowest Acceptance Rates
100 Universities
Minerva University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #1
US Rank —
California Institute of Technology
Lowest Acceptance Rates #2
US Rank #11
Best Value Schools #5 Most Innovative Schools #10 Undergraduate Research Projects #2
Columbia University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #3
US Rank #15
Harvard University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #4
US Rank #3
Best Undergraduate Teaching #32 Best Value Schools #2 Most Innovative Schools #18 Undergraduate Research Projects #7
Princeton University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #5
US Rank #1
Best Undergraduate Teaching #4 Best Value Schools #1 Undergraduate Research Projects #3
Stanford University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #6
US Rank #4
Best Undergraduate Teaching #40 Best Value Schools #6 Most Innovative Schools #4 Undergraduate Research Projects #8 Great Internships / Co-ops #16
University of Chicago
Lowest Acceptance Rates #7
US Rank #6
Best Value Schools #11 Most Innovative Schools #34 Undergraduate Research Projects #32
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Curtis Institute of Music
Lowest Acceptance Rates #8
US Rank —
Duke University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #9
US Rank #7
Best Undergraduate Teaching #10 Best Value Schools #15 Most Innovative Schools #12 Undergraduate Research Projects #8 Great Internships / Co-ops #13
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lowest Acceptance Rates #10
US Rank #2
Best Value Schools #3 Most Innovative Schools #2 Undergraduate Research Projects #1 Great Internships / Co-ops #11
University of Pennsylvania
Lowest Acceptance Rates #11
US Rank #7
Best Value Schools #14 Most Innovative Schools #65 Undergraduate Research Projects #38
Vanderbilt University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #12
US Rank #17
Best Undergraduate Teaching #14 Best Value Schools #9 Most Innovative Schools #14 Undergraduate Research Projects #29
Yale University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #13
US Rank #4
Best Undergraduate Teaching #18 Best Value Schools #4 Most Innovative Schools #30 Undergraduate Research Projects #12
Brown University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #14
US Rank #13
Best Undergraduate Teaching #3 Best Value Schools #18 Most Innovative Schools #34 Undergraduate Research Projects #23
Dartmouth College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #15
US Rank #13
Best Undergraduate Teaching #2 Best Value Schools #10 Most Innovative Schools #26 Undergraduate Research Projects #19
Johns Hopkins University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #16
US Rank #7
Best Undergraduate Teaching #32 Best Value Schools #12 Most Innovative Schools #11 Undergraduate Research Projects #4
Northeastern University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #17
US Rank #46
Best Undergraduate Teaching #40 Best Value Schools #92 Most Innovative Schools #6 Great Internships / Co-ops #1
Bowdoin College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #18
US Rank #5
Undergraduate Research Projects #22
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Juilliard School
Lowest Acceptance Rates #19
US Rank —
Northwestern University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #20
US Rank #7
Best Undergraduate Teaching #32 Best Value Schools #20 Most Innovative Schools #26 Undergraduate Research Projects #42
Pomona College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #21
US Rank #7
Undergraduate Research Projects #32
Amherst College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #22
US Rank #2
Undergraduate Research Projects #16
Colby College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #23
US Rank #24
Undergraduate Research Projects #42
Cornell University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #24
US Rank #12
Best Undergraduate Teaching #49 Best Value Schools #28 Most Innovative Schools #34 Undergraduate Research Projects #26 Great Internships / Co-ops #13
Rice University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #25
US Rank #17
Best Undergraduate Teaching #8 Best Value Schools #8 Most Innovative Schools #24 Undergraduate Research Projects #20
Swarthmore College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #26
US Rank #4
Undergraduate Research Projects #16
Claremont McKenna College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #27
US Rank #7
New York University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #28
US Rank #32
Best Value Schools #59 Most Innovative Schools #19 Undergraduate Research Projects #38
United States Naval Academy
Lowest Acceptance Rates #29
US Rank #3
University of California, Los Angeles
Lowest Acceptance Rates #30
US Rank #17
Best Undergraduate Teaching #49 Most Innovative Schools #17 Top Public Schools #1 Undergraduate Research Projects #42
University of Notre Dame
Lowest Acceptance Rates #31
US Rank #20
Best Undergraduate Teaching #9 Best Value Schools #17
Williams College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #32
US Rank #1
Undergraduate Research Projects #11
Barnard College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #33
US Rank #13
Undergraduate Research Projects #42
Emory University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #34
US Rank #24
Best Undergraduate Teaching #19 Best Value Schools #19 Most Innovative Schools #65
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Stanbridge University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #35
US Rank —
Carnegie Mellon University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #36
US Rank #20
Best Undergraduate Teaching #14 Best Value Schools #21 Most Innovative Schools #5 Undergraduate Research Projects #4 Great Internships / Co-ops #8
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College of the Ozarks
Lowest Acceptance Rates #37
US Rank —
Tufts University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #38
US Rank #36
Best Undergraduate Teaching #40 Best Value Schools #38
University of California, Berkeley
Lowest Acceptance Rates #39
US Rank #15
Most Innovative Schools #30 Top Public Schools #1 Undergraduate Research Projects #10
University of Southern California
Lowest Acceptance Rates #40
US Rank #28
Best Value Schools #101
Harvey Mudd College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #41
US Rank #10
Undergraduate Research Projects #16
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United States Military Academy at West Point
Lowest Acceptance Rates #42
US Rank —
Washington University in St. Louis
Lowest Acceptance Rates #43
US Rank #20
Best Value Schools #16
Boston University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #44
US Rank #42
Best Value Schools #26 Most Innovative Schools #50
Davidson College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #45
US Rank #13
Undergraduate Research Projects #24
Georgetown University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #46
US Rank #24
Best Undergraduate Teaching #40 Best Value Schools #51 Most Innovative Schools #42
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lowest Acceptance Rates #47
US Rank #32
Best Undergraduate Teaching #14 Best Value Schools #39 Most Innovative Schools #3 Top Public Schools #6 Undergraduate Research Projects #14 Great Internships / Co-ops #4
Haverford College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #48
US Rank #24
Undergraduate Research Projects #42
Middlebury College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #49
US Rank #13
Boston College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #50
US Rank #36
Best Undergraduate Teaching #6 Best Value Schools #56 Most Innovative Schools #50 Undergraduate Research Projects #53
Hamilton College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #51
US Rank #13
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Tulane University of Louisiana
Lowest Acceptance Rates #52
US Rank —
Best Value Schools #69
Washington and Lee University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #53
US Rank #21
Bates College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #54
US Rank #25
Undergraduate Research Projects #42
United States Air Force Academy
Lowest Acceptance Rates #55
US Rank #5
Wellesley College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #56
US Rank #7
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Babson College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #57
US Rank —
Great Internships / Co-ops #9
Berea College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #58
US Rank #45
Great Internships / Co-ops #7
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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Lowest Acceptance Rates #59
US Rank —
Grinnell College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #60
US Rank #13
Undergraduate Research Projects #20
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Lowest Acceptance Rates #61
US Rank #20
Best Undergraduate Teaching #14 Best Value Schools #97 Most Innovative Schools #14 Top Public Schools #3 Undergraduate Research Projects #4
University of Virginia
Lowest Acceptance Rates #62
US Rank #26
Best Undergraduate Teaching #13 Best Value Schools #27 Top Public Schools #4
Wesleyan University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #63
US Rank #13
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Tougaloo College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #64
US Rank —
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Lowest Acceptance Rates #65
US Rank #26
Best Value Schools #25 Most Innovative Schools #34 Top Public Schools #5 Undergraduate Research Projects #24
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Bethel University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #66
US Rank —
Colgate University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #67
US Rank #22
University of Miami
Lowest Acceptance Rates #68
US Rank #64
College of the Holy Cross
Lowest Acceptance Rates #69
US Rank #27
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Florida A&M University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #70
US Rank —
Most Innovative Schools #50
Hillsdale College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #71
US Rank #50
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Rhode Island School of Design
Lowest Acceptance Rates #72
US Rank —
Denison University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #73
US Rank #34
Great Internships / Co-ops #9
University of Florida
Lowest Acceptance Rates #74
US Rank #30
Most Innovative Schools #16 Top Public Schools #8
Vassar College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #75
US Rank #13
Wake Forest University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #76
US Rank #51
Best Undergraduate Teaching #12 Best Value Schools #32
Carleton College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #77
US Rank #10
Undergraduate Research Projects #14
Colorado College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #78
US Rank #30
Undergraduate Research Projects #53
Smith College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #79
US Rank #13
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United States Coast Guard Academy
Lowest Acceptance Rates #80
US Rank —
University of Richmond
Lowest Acceptance Rates #81
US Rank #22
Undergraduate Research Projects #53
University of Texas Austin
Lowest Acceptance Rates #82
US Rank #30
Best Undergraduate Teaching #57 Best Value Schools #48 Most Innovative Schools #22 Top Public Schools #8 Undergraduate Research Projects #32
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Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
Lowest Acceptance Rates #83
US Rank —
Florida State University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #84
US Rank #51
Most Innovative Schools #26 Top Public Schools #24
Skidmore College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #85
US Rank #37
Spelman College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #86
US Rank #37
F
Fairfield University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #87
US Rank #139
F
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Lowest Acceptance Rates #88
US Rank —
J
Johnson C. Smith University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #89
US Rank —
Reed College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #90
US Rank #93
Trinity University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #91
US Rank #37
W
Webb Institute
Lowest Acceptance Rates #92
US Rank —
U
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Lowest Acceptance Rates #93
US Rank #108
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico--Fajardo
Lowest Acceptance Rates #94
US Rank —
Pitzer College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #95
US Rank #37
Bryn Mawr College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #96
US Rank #30
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The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
Lowest Acceptance Rates #97
US Rank —
Macalester College
Lowest Acceptance Rates #98
US Rank #28
Undergraduate Research Projects #53
Villanova University
Lowest Acceptance Rates #99
US Rank #57
Best Undergraduate Teaching #40 Best Value Schools #63
University of California Irvine
Lowest Acceptance Rates #100
US Rank #32
Most Innovative Schools #50 Top Public Schools #8