USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Lowest acceptance rates

Lowest acceptance rates

Following are the schools with the lowest acceptance rates, making them the nation's most competitive in terms of admissions.

School	Percent
Juilliard School (NY)	7%
Curtis Institute of Music (PA)	7%
Yale University (CT)	9%
Harvard University (MA)	9%
Cooper Union (NY)	10%
Princeton University (NJ)	10%
Stanford University (CA)	11%
Columbia University (NY)	12%
College of the Ozarks (MO)	12%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13%
Brown University (RI)	14%
United States Naval Academy (MD)*	14%
United States Military Academy (NY)*	15%
Dartmouth College (NH)	16%
California Institute of Technology	17%
Pomona College (CA)	18%
University of Pennsylvania	18%
United States Air Force Academy (CO)*	19%
Amherst College (MA)	19%
Brigham Young University–Hawaii	19%
Swarthmore College (PA)	19%
Williams College (MA)	19%
CUNY–York College *	20%
Tougaloo College (MS)	20%
Washington University in St. Louis	21%
Bowdoin College (ME)	22%
Middlebury College (VT)	22%
Georgetown University (DC)	22%
Claremont McKenna College (CA)	22%
Duke University (NC)	23%
College of the Southwest (NM)	23%
Rice University (TX)	24%
University of California–Berkeley *	24%
United States Coast Guard Academy (CT)*	24%
Cornell University (NY)	25%
University of Southern California	25%
Barnard College (NY)	26%
University of California–Los Angeles *	26%
Haverford College (PA)	26%
Flagler College (FL)	26%
Tufts University (MA)	27%
Johns Hopkins University (MD)	27%
University of Notre Dame (IN)	27%
Washington and Lee University (VA)	27%
United States Merchant Marine Academy (NY)*	28%
University of Puerto Rico–Ponce *	28%
Wesleyan University (CT)	28%
Pepperdine University (CA)	28%
Colgate University (NY)	28%
Manhattan School of Music (NY)	28%
Bard College (NY)	29%
Boston College	29%
Berea College (KY)	29%
Northwestern University (IL)	30%
Kendall College (IL)	30%
Vassar College (NY)	30%
SUNY–Purchase College *	30%
New England Conservatory of Music (MA)	30%
Philander Smith College (AR)	30%
Lane College (TN)	30%
Davidson College (NC)	30%
Harvey Mudd College (CA)	30%
Edward Waters College (FL)	31%
CUNY–Baruch College *	31%
University of Puerto Rico–Arecibo	31%
California Institute of the Arts	31%
Delta State University (MS)*	32%
LeMoyne-Owen College (TN)	32%
Carleton College (MN)	32%
Bates College (ME)	32%
Emory University (GA)	32%
Mississippi Valley State University *	32%
Berklee College of Music (MA)	32%
College of William and Mary (VA)*	32%
La Sierra University (CA)	33%
Kenyon College (OH)	33%
Bucknell University (PA)	33%
Colby College (ME)	33%
Myers University (OH)	33%
Hamilton College (NY)	33%
Rhode Island School of Design	33%
CUNY–Hunter College *	34%
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)	34%
Vanderbilt University (TN)	34%
Oberlin College (OH)	34%
Colorado College	34%
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill *	34%
Webb Institute (NY)	34%
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education–Colima	34%
College of the Holy Cross (MA)	34%
Emmanuel College (GA)	35%
CUNY–Lehman College *	35%
Wellesley College (MA)	36%
New York University	36%
Washington and Jefferson College (PA)	36%
Brandeis University (MA)	36%
Pitzer College (CA)	37%
Babson College (MA)	37%
Lafayette College (PA)	37%
Spelman College (GA)	37%
Atlanta Christian College	37%
Kentucky State University *	37%
Hampton University (VA)	37%
University of Virginia *	37%

* denotes a public school.

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USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008

Lowest acceptance rates

Following are the schools with the lowest acceptance rates, making them the nation's most competitive in terms of admissions.

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