Top 100 - Lowest Acceptance Rates

Many students aspire for admission to a prestigious college or university, but the supply of open seats often does not meet the demand from applicants. Earning admission to the schools on this list can be especially difficult. With the lowest acceptance rates among all undergraduate institutions surveyed by U.S. News, regardless of ranking category, the 100 colleges and universities listed here are among the most selective, based on the fall 2011 entering class.

Save	School	Fall 2011 acceptance rate
	Pitzer College Claremont, CA	24.1%
	Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	24.2%
	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	24.3%
	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	24.6%
	Barnard College New York, NY	24.9%
	Tulane University New Orleans, LA	25.0%
	Haverford College Haverford, PA	25.1%
	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	25.5%
	Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	25.8%
	University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston-Salem, NC	25.8%
	Texas Southern University Houston, TX	26.2%
	Emory University Atlanta, GA	26.7%
	Bates College Lewiston, ME	27.0%
	Corcoran College of Art and Design Washington, DC	27.2%
	CUNY–Hunter College New York, NY	27.2%
	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	27.4%
	University of Great Falls Great Falls, MT	27.4%
	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	27.6%
	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	28.0%
	Davidson College Davidson, NC	28.0%
	CUNY–Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	28.2%
	Albany State University Albany, GA	28.7%
	Brigham Young University–Hawaii ¹ Laie Oahu, HI	28.9%
	Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, NC	28.9%
	Colby College Waterville, ME	29.4%

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School

Fall 2011 acceptance rate

Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

24.1%

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

24.2%

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

24.3%