Utah 4-Years Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 5 Utah colleges that have competitive admission is 79.80% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.83%. The acceptance rate at 2 Utah colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.

Midwives College of Utah has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 60.00%. Westminster University (68.98%) and Brigham Young University (69.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Utah 4-Years Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Midwives College of Utah stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Westminster University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,108 and graduate tuition & fees is $16,843 for the academic year 2023-2024.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.
Table. Tightest Utah 4-Years Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Midwives College of Utah Salt Lake City, UTPrivate, 4-year 60.00%
17.14%
83.33%-$8,256282-5 to 1
2
1
Westminster University Salt Lake City, UTPrivate, 4-year 68.98%
0.77%
12.99%1,245$41,4161,28064.00%8 to 1
3
1
Brigham Young University Provo, UTPrivate, 4-year 69.00%
2.33%
80.00%1,360$6,49634,46478.00%21 to 1
4
-
Southern Utah University Cedar City, UTPublic, 4-year 80.00%
3.85%
15.00%-$20,586
($6,770)
14,33057.00%22 to 1
5
1
University of Utah Salt Lake City, UTPublic, 4-year 87.00%
2.13%
28.00%1,280$29,837
($9,315)
34,73464.00%18 to 1
6
2
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences Draper, UTPrivate, 4-year 88.89%
8.53%
98.75%-$18,1952,30470.00%23 to 1
7
2
Neumont College of Computer Science Salt Lake City, UTPrivate, 4-year 88.98%
1.43%
17.98%970$27,37551759.00%41 to 1
8
1
Utah State University Logan, UTPublic, 4-year 94.00%
0.27%
24.00%1,180$24,223
($8,305)
27,94354.00%19 to 1
9
-
Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City Murray, UTPrivate, 4-year 100.00%
-
32.56%-$22,586258-20 to 1
Average81.87%43.62%1,207$22,108
($8,130)
12,90163.71%20 to 1