Ranked

783 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 Barnard College New York, New York $69,888 $89,538 26% 87% 1520 9%
762 Cornell University Ithaca, New York $69,314 $88,140 18% 87% 1535 9%
763 Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts $68,560 $84,860 5% 81% 1533 8%
764 Rice University Houston, Texas $64,144 $79,788 6% 87% 1553 8%
765 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois $68,322 $91,250 17% 87% 1533 8%
766 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pennsylvania $65,494 $84,103 11% 86% 1534 7%
767 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine $67,832 $85,100 8% 90% 1520 7%
768 Colby College Waterville, Maine $69,600 $85,420 9% 87% 1501 7%
769 Pomona College Claremont, California $65,420 $85,300 9% 85% 1534 7%
770 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland $65,230 $85,947 9% 82% 1553 6%
771 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee $67,498 $89,590 10% 84% 1549 6%
772 Duke University Durham, North Carolina $68,758 $87,072 14% 89% 1548 6%
773 Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire $68,268 $87,793 12% 87% 1534 5%
774 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $68,686 $89,028 10% 84% 1553 5%
775 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island $71,412 $87,648 10% 87% 1546 5%
776 Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts $66,162 $84,641 27% 79% 1497 5%
777 Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey $62,688 $84,040 2% 86% 1553 5%
778 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts $62,396 $82,730 7% 92% 1560 5%
779 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois $70,662 $90,360 5% 87% 1554 4%
780 Yale University New Haven, Connecticut $67,250 $88,300 5% 86% 1534 4%
781 Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts $61,676 $85,540 4% 71% 1553 4%
782 Stanford University Stanford, California $65,910 $87,833 6% 90% 1553 4%
783 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California $65,898 $86,886 4% — — 3%

Questions

Easiest admission in the US: which university leads?
Barnard College — 9% 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.