Most 4-years colleges have competitive admission policies with requirements such as SAT scores and personal statements. Acceptance rates are an important indicator of your chances of getting into a college.
You can view colleges in a scatter chart and compare them to detailed admissions statistics with SAT scores and tuition information in a comparison table.
The acceptance rate for 33 colleges is very low, less than 10%. In addition, 41 colleges' rate is alo low, between 10% to 20%.
The following table shows the number of colleges by acceptance rate and state for 2024 admission. See and compare colleges by following the link on a number in a column for state and acceptance rate.
State | Lower than 10% | 10% - 20% | 20% - 30% | 30% - 40% | 40% - 50% | 50% - 60% | 60% - 70% | Higher than 70% |
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Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
California | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 60 |
Colorado | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
Connecticut | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
District of Columbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Florida | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Georgia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 26 |
Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Iowa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 36 |
Indiana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 38 |
Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
Louisiana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Massachusetts | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 38 |
Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Maine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
Missouri | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
North Carolina | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 37 |
North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Nebraska | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
New Jersey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 37 |
New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
New York | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 92 |
Ohio | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Oregon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
Pennsylvania | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 93 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
Texas | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 51 |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Virginia | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vermont | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 33 | 41 | 32 | 65 | 104 | 150 | 205 | 1097 |