U.S. Map Shows The Most Selective Colleges By State

eCollegeFinder coming in hot with another map. This one shows which colleges have the lowest acceptance rate by state, using data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Top 10 Most Selective States
∙ Pennsylvania – Curtis Institute of Music – 5%
∙ Massachusetts – Harvard University – 6%
∙ California – Stanford University – 6%
∙ Connecticut – Yale University – 7%
∙ Maryland – United States Naval Academy – 7%
∙ New Jersey – Princeton University – 7%
∙ New York – The Juilliard School – 7%
∙ Illinois – University of Chicago – 9%
∙ Rhode Island – Brown University – 9%
∙ New Hampshire – Dartmouth University – 10%

[via eCollegeFinder]

  1. Dthesmith

    The most selective school in Arizona has an enrollment of over 40K and is owned by a publicly traded corporation. Good job, Arizona.

    10 years ago at 2:02 pm
  2. PKP_1904_SC

    Virginia’s is pretty damn accurate. I went to Washington and Lee for 2 years, still no fucking clue how I got in…

    10 years ago at 2:06 pm
    1. LexVA

      Crazy shit, I live in Lexington. Were you there for the deck collapse a couple years back?

      10 years ago at 9:32 pm
  3. NightriderNoisewater

    Yeah i’d hope the priests and nuns of Mt. St. Mary’s is much more selective than Wisconsin.

    10 years ago at 3:01 pm
  4. carlosthewhite

    This is bullshit. Dickinson State is just above a community college and recently almost lost accreditation because they were selling degrees to foreigners who never attended.

    10 years ago at 3:11 pm
    1. FratN

      Please tell me more about how many championship rings you personally have? Oh thats what i thought, you dont play sports. So you would never win anything.

      10 years ago at 7:49 am
  5. fratbag32

    Many of these schools are not difficult to get into, but they pad their stats by encouraging terrible students to apply.

    10 years ago at 4:49 pm
    1. Black Santa

      It’s a tiny liberal arts in Lexington va. 80+% greek life population. Also has a great business school. It was my #1 choice in high school but I got denied haha

      10 years ago at 9:54 pm
      1. Das Boot

        W&L has a great business major, it doesn’t have a graduate business school. But yes, we’re the shit.

        10 years ago at 1:52 am
  6. RedWhiteAndBrews119

    Bullshit SC. I live like 3 miles from Lander University, there’s no way in hell it’s selective. It’s where the poor go.

    10 years ago at 12:25 am
  7. FratterNation

    “Now college men from sea to sea
    May sing of colors true,
    But who has better right than we
    To hoist a symbol hue?”

    10 years ago at 1:36 am