Best Colleges: Top 100 - Lowest Acceptance Rates
| Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 4.8 % |
| Juilliard School New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 7.7 % |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 9.2 % |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 9.7 % |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 9.9 % |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 10.3 % |
| Columbia University New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 10.6 % |
| Cooper Union New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 10.7 % |
| United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 11.8 % |
| College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 11.8 % |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 12.5 % |
| Brown University Providence, RI | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 14.0 % |
| National-Louis University Chicago, IL | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 14.3 % |
| United States Military Academy West Point, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 15.0 % |
| Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 15.3 % |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.0 % |
| Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.2 % |
| Pomona College Claremont, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.3 % |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 16.9 % |
| Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.3 % |
| United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.5 % |
| Amherst College Amherst, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.6 % |
| Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 17.7 % |
| Williams College Williamstown, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 18.4 % |
| Brigham Young University--Hawaii Laie Oahu, HI | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 18.9 % |
| Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 19.0 % |
| Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 20.6 % |
| Georgetown University Washington, DC | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 20.8 % |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 21.4 % |
| Duke University Durham, NC | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 23.0 % |
| University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 23.3 % |
| University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 23.6 % |
| Crichton College Memphis, TN | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 24.1 % |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 24.3 % |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 24.5 % |
| Bethune-Cookman University Daytona Beach, FL | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 24.8 % |
| Rice University Houston, TX | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.1 % |
| Haverford College Haverford, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.1 % |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.3 % |
| Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MS | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.4 % |
| Colgate University Hamilton, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.6 % |
| CUNY--Baruch College New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 25.8 % |
| Pitzer College Claremont, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 26.2 % |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 26.3 % |
| United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 26.5 % |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 26.8 % |
| Bard College Annandale on Hudson, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.1 % |
| Purchase College--SUNY Purchase, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.1 % |
| Emory University Atlanta, GA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.2 % |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.3 % |
| Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.4 % |
| Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.4 % |
| Tufts University Medford, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.5 % |
| Hamilton College Clinton, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.7 % |
| San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 27.9 % |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.0 % |
| Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.1 % |
| Davidson College Davidson, NC | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.2 % |
| Manhattan School of Music New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.4 % |
| Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.6 % |
| Albany State University Albany, GA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.7 % |
| Barnard College New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.8 % |
| Lake Erie College Painesville, OH | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 28.9 % |
| Delta State University Cleveland, MS | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.2 % |
| Kenyon College Gambier, OH | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.2 % |
| Berea College Berea, KY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.3 % |
| Grambling State University Grambling, LA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.5 % |
| Bates College Lewiston, ME | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.6 % |
| Carleton College Northfield, MN | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.8 % |
| Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 29.9 % |
| CUNY--Hunter College New York, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 30.2 % |
| Philander Smith College Little Rock, AR | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 30.3 % |
| Lane College Jackson, TN | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 30.3 % |
| Life University Marietta, GA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 30.4 % |
| Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 30.5 % |
| Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.1 % |
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.3 % |
| Edward Waters College Jacksonville, FL | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.3 % |
| CUNY--Lehman College Bronx, NY | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.6 % |
| Colby College Waterville, ME | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.8 % |
| Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Normal, AL | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.8 % |
| Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.9 % |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 31.9 % |
| Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 32.2 % |
| California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 32.3 % |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 32.8 % |
| Spelman College Atlanta, GA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 % |
| College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.0 % |
| Myers University Cleveland, OH | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.3 % |
| College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.7 % |
| Morgan State University Baltimore, MD | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 33.7 % |
| Trinity College Hartford, CT | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.2 % |
| Washington and Jefferson College Washington, PA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.3 % |
| Reed College Portland, OR | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.3 % |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.4 % |
| Connecticut College New London, CT | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.5 % |
| Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.6 % |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.7 % |
| Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.8 % |
| University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 34.8 % |
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