Ranked

780 uS universities with the highest acceptance rates

Acceptance rate, highest first. An open door is a policy, not a verdict — the repayment and earnings columns matter more.

#UniversityIn-stateCost of attendance BorrowPaying downSATAcceptance
761 Rice University Houston, Texas $64,144 $79,788 6% 87% 1553 8%
762 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois $68,322 $91,250 17% 87% 1533 8%
763 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania $65,494 $84,103 11% 86% 1534 7%
764 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine $67,832 $85,100 8% 90% 1520 7%
765 Colby College Waterville, Maine $69,600 $85,420 9% 87% 1501 7%
766 Pomona College Claremont, California $65,420 $85,300 9% 85% 1534 7%
767 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland $65,230 $85,947 9% 82% 1553 6%
768 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee $67,498 $89,590 10% 84% 1549 6%
769 Duke University Durham, North Carolina $68,758 $87,072 14% 89% 1548 6%
770 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire $68,268 $87,793 12% 87% 1534 5%
771 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $68,686 $89,028 10% 84% 1553 5%
772 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island $71,412 $87,648 10% 87% 1546 5%
773 Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts $66,162 $84,641 27% 79% 1497 5%
774 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey $62,688 $84,040 2% 86% 1553 5%
775 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts $62,396 $82,730 7% 92% 1560 5%
776 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois $70,662 $90,360 5% 87% 1554 4%
777 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut $67,250 $88,300 5% 86% 1534 4%
778 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts $61,676 $85,540 4% 71% 1553 4%
779 Stanford University Stanford, California $65,910 $87,833 6% 90% 1553 4%
780 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California $65,898 $86,886 4% — — 3%

Questions

Easiest admission in the US: which university leads?
Rice University — 8% of applicants admitted.
Where does this data come from?
The US Department of Education College Scorecard, which publishes what institutions charge, what students borrow and repay, and the test scores of admitted students. Nothing here is estimated — universities without a published figure are left out of the ranking.
Is the cheapest university the best value?
Not necessarily. Price is one half of value; the other is what graduates earn and whether they clear the debt. Each university page links to its earnings and repayment record.
All university data Cheapest tuition Most expensive Best loan repayment Fewest borrowers Highest SAT

Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard. Universities without a published figure for the ranked measure are not listed.