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College acceptance rates & real net cost

Honest profiles for 300 U.S. colleges — admit rates, SAT/ACT ranges, and what families actually pay after aid. Built on official U.S. Dept. of Education data (June 2026).

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AL

Auburn University — 46% admit
The University of Alabama — 77% admit
Troy University — 96% admit
University of Alabama at Birmingham — 88% admit

AR

Arkansas State University — 82% admit
University of Arkansas — 74% admit

AZ

Arizona State University Campus Immersion — 90% admit
Grand Canyon University — 79% admit
Northern Arizona University — 90% admit
University of Arizona — 86% admit

CA

Cal Poly Maritime Academy — 95% admit
California Institute of Technology — 3% admit
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo — 31% admit
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona — 75% admit
California State University-Chico — 93% admit
California State University-Dominguez Hills — 93% admit
California State University-East Bay — 97% admit
California State University-Fresno — 95% admit
California State University-Fullerton — 91% admit
California State University-Long Beach — 46% admit
California State University-Los Angeles — 91% admit
California State University-Northridge — 93% admit
California State University-Sacramento — 94% admit
California State University-San Bernardino — 94% admit
California State University-San Marcos — 95% admit
Claremont McKenna College — 10% admit
Harvey Mudd College — 13% admit
Minerva University — 3% admit
Pomona College — 7% admit
San Diego State University — 36% admit
San Francisco State University — 96% admit
San Jose State University — 85% admit
Santa Clara University — 48% admit
Stanford University — 4% admit
University of California-Berkeley — 11% admit
University of California-Davis — 42% admit
University of California-Irvine — 29% admit
University of California-Los Angeles — 9% admit
University of California-Riverside — 76% admit
University of California-San Diego — 27% admit
University of California-Santa Barbara — 33% admit
University of California-Santa Cruz — 66% admit
University of Southern California — 10% admit

CO

Colorado College — 18% admit
Colorado School of Mines — 61% admit
Colorado State University-Fort Collins — 89% admit
Metropolitan State University of Denver — 99% admit
University of Colorado Boulder — 78% admit
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus — 75% admit

CT

Trinity College — 29% admit
University of Connecticut — 52% admit
Wesleyan University — 16% admit
Yale University — 4% admit

DC

George Washington University — 47% admit
Georgetown University — 13% admit
Howard University — 41% admit

DE

University of Delaware — 71% admit

FL

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide — 58% admit
Florida Atlantic University — 66% admit
Florida Gulf Coast University — 63% admit
Florida International University — 55% admit
Florida State University — 24% admit
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale — 97% admit
The University of Tampa — 40% admit
University of Central Florida — 40% admit
University of Florida — 24% admit
University of Miami — 19% admit
University of North Florida — 53% admit
University of South Florida — 43% admit
University of West Florida — 58% admit

GA

Emory University — 11% admit
Emory University-Oxford College — 13% admit
Georgia Gwinnett College — 96% admit
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus — 14% admit
Georgia Southern University — 88% admit
Georgia State University — 55% admit
Georgia State University-Perimeter College — 91% admit
Kennesaw State University — 69% admit
Savannah College of Art and Design — 83% admit
University of Georgia — 38% admit
University of North Georgia — 68% admit

HI

University of Hawaii at Manoa — 87% admit

IA

Grinnell College — 15% admit
Iowa State University — 89% admit
University of Iowa — 84% admit

ID

Boise State University — 87% admit
Brigham Young University-Idaho — 96% admit

IL

DePaul University — 76% admit
Illinois State University — 88% admit
Loyola University Chicago — 82% admit
Northern Illinois University — 70% admit
Northwestern University — 8% admit
University of Chicago — 4% admit
University of Illinois Chicago — 77% admit
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — 42% admit

IN

Ball State University — 86% admit
Indiana University-Bloomington — 78% admit
Indiana University-Indianapolis — 76% admit
Purdue University-Main Campus — 50% admit
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology — 77% admit
University of Notre Dame — 11% admit

KS

KY

LA

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College — 73% admit
Southeastern Louisiana University — 99% admit
Tulane University of Louisiana — 14% admit
University of Louisiana at Lafayette — 87% admit

MA

Amherst College — 9% admit
Babson College — 17% admit
Bentley University — 45% admit
Boston College — 16% admit
Boston University — 11% admit
College of the Holy Cross — 18% admit
Harvard University — 4% admit
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — 85% admit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 5% admit
Northeastern University — 5% admit
Tufts University — 11% admit
University of Massachusetts-Amherst — 60% admit
University of Massachusetts-Boston — 84% admit
University of Massachusetts-Lowell — 83% admit
Wellesley College — 14% admit
Williams College — 8% admit
Worcester Polytechnic Institute — 60% admit

MD

Johns Hopkins University — 6% admit
Morgan State University — 82% admit
Towson University — 82% admit
University of Maryland-Baltimore County — 72% admit
University of Maryland-College Park — 45% admit

ME

Bates College — 13% admit
Bowdoin College — 7% admit
Colby College — 7% admit

MI

Central Michigan University — 90% admit
Eastern Michigan University — 80% admit
Grand Valley State University — 83% admit
Kettering University — 79% admit
Michigan State University — 85% admit
Oakland University — 88% admit
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor — 16% admit
Wayne State University — 81% admit
Western Michigan University — 85% admit

MN

Minnesota State University-Mankato — 88% admit
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — 80% admit

MO

College of the Ozarks — 12% admit
Missouri State University-Springfield — 91% admit
University of Missouri-Columbia — 78% admit
Washington University in St Louis — 12% admit

MS

Mississippi State University — 78% admit
University of Mississippi — 97% admit
University of Southern Mississippi — 99% admit

MT

Montana State University — 82% admit

NC

Appalachian State University — 90% admit
Davidson College — 13% admit
Duke University — 6% admit
East Carolina University — 89% admit
North Carolina A & T State University — 50% admit
North Carolina State University at Raleigh — 42% admit
University of North Carolina Wilmington — 64% admit
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — 15% admit
University of North Carolina at Charlotte — 80% admit
University of North Carolina at Greensboro — 89% admit
Western Carolina University — 82% admit

ND

North Dakota State University-Main Campus — 95% admit
University of North Dakota — 77% admit

NE

University of Nebraska at Omaha — 87% admit
University of Nebraska-Lincoln — 87% admit

NH

Dartmouth College — 5% admit
Southern New Hampshire University — 100% admit
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus — 88% admit

NJ

Kean University — 76% admit
Montclair State University — 88% admit
Princeton University — 5% admit
Rowan University — 78% admit
Rutgers University-New Brunswick — 58% admit
Stevens Institute of Technology — 48% admit

NM

New Mexico State University-Main Campus — 89% admit
University of New Mexico-Main Campus — 95% admit

NV

University of Nevada-Las Vegas — 96% admit
University of Nevada-Reno — 74% admit

NY

Barnard College — 9% admit
Binghamton University — 39% admit
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College — 48% admit
CUNY Brooklyn College — 58% admit
CUNY City College — 60% admit
CUNY Hunter College — 54% admit
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice — 57% admit
CUNY Lehman College — 57% admit
CUNY New York City College of Technology — 80% admit
CUNY Queens College — 64% admit
Colgate University — 14% admit
College of Staten Island CUNY — 92% admit
Columbia University in the City of New York — 4% admit
Cornell University — 9% admit
Farmingdale State College — 63% admit
Fordham University — 59% admit
Hamilton College — 14% admit
Helene Fuld College of Nursing — 17% admit
New York University — 9% admit
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — 63% admit
Rochester Institute of Technology — 67% admit
SUNY Maritime College — 72% admit
St. John's University-New York — 83% admit
Stony Brook University — 49% admit
Syracuse University — 46% admit
United States Merchant Marine Academy — 34% admit
University at Albany — 69% admit
University at Buffalo — 74% admit
Vassar College — 19% admit

OH

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus — 81% admit
Denison University — 17% admit
Kent State University at Kent — 86% admit
Miami University-Oxford — 75% admit
Ohio State University-Main Campus — 61% admit
Ohio University-Main Campus — 85% admit
University of Akron Main Campus — 60% admit
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus — 85% admit
University of Toledo — 92% admit

OK

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus — 75% admit
University of Central Oklahoma — 78% admit
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — 77% admit

OR

PA

Bucknell University — 29% admit
Carnegie Mellon University — 12% admit
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania — 93% admit
Drexel University — 79% admit
Haverford College — 12% admit
Lafayette College — 31% admit
Lehigh University — 26% admit
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — 61% admit
Swarthmore College — 7% admit
Temple University — 80% admit
University of Pennsylvania — 5% admit
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — 58% admit
Villanova University — 27% admit
West Chester University of Pennsylvania — 78% admit

PR

University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez — 57% admit

RI

Brown University — 5% admit
Bryant University — 65% admit
Rhode Island School of Design — 19% admit
University of Rhode Island — 72% admit

SC

Clemson University — 38% admit
Coastal Carolina University — 75% admit
College of Charleston — 60% admit
University of South Carolina-Columbia — 60% admit

SD

South Dakota State University — 98% admit

TN

East Tennessee State University — 86% admit
Middle Tennessee State University — 69% admit
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga — 81% admit
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville — 42% admit
University of Memphis — 72% admit
Vanderbilt University — 6% admit

TX

Baylor University — 51% admit
East Texas A&M University — 92% admit
Rice University — 8% admit
Sam Houston State University — 90% admit
Tarleton State University — 90% admit
Texas A&M University-College Station — 57% admit
Texas Christian University — 44% admit
Texas State University — 89% admit
Texas Tech University — 73% admit
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley — 94% admit
The University of Texas at Arlington — 80% admit
The University of Texas at Austin — 27% admit
The University of Texas at Dallas — 65% admit
The University of Texas at El Paso — 100% admit
The University of Texas at San Antonio — 87% admit
University of Houston — 74% admit
University of Houston-Downtown — 90% admit
University of North Texas — 72% admit

UT

Brigham Young University — 68% admit
Southern Utah University — 82% admit
University of Utah — 86% admit
Utah State University — 92% admit

VA

George Mason University — 87% admit
James Madison University — 72% admit
Liberty University — 99% admit
Old Dominion University — 90% admit
University of Virginia-Main Campus — 17% admit
Virginia Commonwealth University — 93% admit
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — 55% admit
Washington and Lee University — 14% admit

VT

Middlebury College — 11% admit
University of Vermont — 65% admit

WA

University of Washington-Seattle Campus — 39% admit
Washington State University — 87% admit
Western Washington University — 93% admit

WI

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse — 76% admit
University of Wisconsin-Madison — 45% admit
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — 91% admit
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater — 86% admit

WV

West Virginia University — 89% admit