The 50 Most Difficult Colleges to Get Into
16. Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute acceptance rate: 2%
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Niche compiled this list by considering U.S. Department of Education data, SAT and ACT scores of applicants and acceptance rates. To arrive at these rankings, acceptance rates are weighted at 60 percent, and SAT/ACT scores are weighted at 40 percent. So you’ll see that some higher-ranking schools may have higher acceptance rates; those schools have higher bars for test scores.
Here are the 50 most difficult schools to get into:
50. Vassar College
acceptance rate: 24%
49. Emory University
acceptance rate: 22%
48. Tulane University
acceptance rate: 21%
47. Washington and Lee University
acceptance rate: 22%
46. Pitzer College
acceptance rate: 16%
45. Davidson College
acceptance rate: 20%
44. University of California — Los Angeles
acceptance rate: 16%
43. Colorado College
acceptance rate: 15%
42. Haverford College
acceptance rate: 22%
41. United States Military Academy at West Point
acceptance rate: 10%
40. Carleton College
acceptance rate: 21%
39. Carnegie Mellon University
acceptance rate: 22%
38. University of California — Berkeley
acceptance rate: 17%
37. the United States Air Force Academy
acceptance rate: 12%
36. University of Southern California
acceptance rate: 17%
35. Wesleyan University
acceptance rate: 16%
34. Colby College
acceptance rate: 16%
33. Middlebury College