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Least Selective Colleges by SAT

Dome SAT gathers a number of different variables measuring academic excellence such as SAT scores and acceptance rate which factor in this list. These variables are then weighted based on our judgement of of how much each factor matters. The result is composite weighted ranking of the least selective colleges and universities by SAT score.
#1
Columbia College

Columbia, MO

Acceptance ratio: 53%
Enrollment: 1,169
Student Faculty Ratio: 12/1
Tuition: $14,576
520 - 660
SAT percentile
 
#2
Paine College

Augusta, GA

Acceptance ratio: 38%
Enrollment: 863
Student Faculty Ratio: 12 / 1
Tuition: $11,225
690 - 819
SAT percentile
 
#3
Acceptance ratio: 90%
Enrollment: 9,291
Student Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Tuition: $0
710 - 900
SAT percentile
 
#4
Acceptance ratio: 43%
Enrollment: 3,291
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
820 - 900
SAT percentile
 
#5
Acceptance ratio: 62%
Enrollment: 3,815
Student Faculty Ratio: 17/1
Tuition: $0
730 - 910
SAT percentile
 
#6
Acceptance ratio: 71%
Enrollment: 390
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/ 1
Tuition: $17,000
710 - 920
SAT percentile
 
#7
Acceptance ratio: 32%
Enrollment: 2,497
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/ 1
Tuition: $0
720 - 920
SAT percentile
 
#8
Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, MS

Acceptance ratio: 85%
Enrollment: 2,626
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
730 - 920
SAT percentile
 
#9
Acceptance ratio: 83%
Enrollment: 647
Student Faculty Ratio: 11/1
Tuition: $18,212
650 - 920
SAT percentile
 
#10
Acceptance ratio: 38%
Enrollment: 4,804
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $0
745 - 930
SAT percentile
 
#11
Acceptance ratio: 47%
Enrollment: 2,975
Student Faculty Ratio: 22 / 1
Tuition: $0
810 - 940
SAT percentile
 
#12
Acceptance ratio: 39%
Enrollment: 3,159
Student Faculty Ratio: 13/1
Tuition: $0
780 - 950
SAT percentile
 
#13
Acceptance ratio: 77%
Enrollment: 2,040
Student Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Tuition: $19,800
760 - 950
SAT percentile
 
#14
Acceptance ratio: 30%
Enrollment: 3,753
Student Faculty Ratio: 17/1
Tuition: $0
810 - 950
SAT percentile
 
#15
Union College

Barbourville, KY

Acceptance ratio: 76%
Enrollment: 820
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $17,969
790 - 950
SAT percentile
 
#16
Atlantic Union College

South Lancaster, MA

Acceptance ratio: 37%
Enrollment: 385
Student Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Tuition: $16,570
670 - 950
SAT percentile
 
#17
Acceptance ratio: 34%
Enrollment: 1,736
Student Faculty Ratio:
Tuition: $0
760 - 960
SAT percentile
 
#18
Acceptance ratio: 77%
Enrollment: 15,588
Student Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Tuition: $0
740 - 970
SAT percentile
 
#19
Acceptance ratio: 78%
Enrollment: 456
Student Faculty Ratio: 15 / 1
Tuition: $0
740 - 970
SAT percentile
 
#20
Acceptance ratio: 57%
Enrollment: 3,380
Student Faculty Ratio: 14 / 1
Tuition: $17,038
830 - 970
SAT percentile
 
#21
Acceptance ratio: 89%
Enrollment: 1,001
Student Faculty Ratio: 11/1
Tuition: $26,620
756 - 970
SAT percentile
 
#22
Acceptance ratio: 62%
Enrollment: 2,028
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $25,465
790 - 980
SAT percentile
 
#23
St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, FL

Acceptance ratio: 91%
Enrollment: 1,122
Student Faculty Ratio: 13/1
Tuition: $21,690
770 - 980
SAT percentile
 
#24
Acceptance ratio: 90%
Enrollment: 1,065
Student Faculty Ratio: 17/1
Tuition: $15,480
820 - 980
SAT percentile
 
#25
Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 1,460
Student Faculty Ratio: 13/1
Tuition: $23,335
770 - 980
SAT percentile
 
#26
Becker College

Worcester, MA

Acceptance ratio: 72%
Enrollment: 0
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $24,780
760 - 980
SAT percentile
 
#27
Brescia University

Owensboro, KY

Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 589
Student Faculty Ratio: 10/ 1
Tuition: $16,040
790 - 990
SAT percentile
 
#28
Acceptance ratio: 44%
Enrollment: 6,114
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Tuition: $0
800 - 990
SAT percentile
 
#29
Acceptance ratio: 61%
Enrollment: 6,171
Student Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Tuition: $0
790 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#30
Acceptance ratio: 72%
Enrollment: 10,913
Student Faculty Ratio: 23/1
Tuition: $0
780 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#31
Acceptance ratio: 58%
Enrollment: 13,947
Student Faculty Ratio: 24/1
Tuition: $0
790 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#32
Acceptance ratio: 83%
Enrollment: 1,714
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $23,126
740 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#33
Acceptance ratio: 80%
Enrollment: 2,388
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
830 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#34
Acceptance ratio: 80%
Enrollment: 4,168
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
790 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#35
Acceptance ratio: 95%
Enrollment: 1,936
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/ 1
Tuition: $19,324
770 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#36
Acceptance ratio: 86%
Enrollment: 2,259
Student Faculty Ratio: 21/1
Tuition: $12,990
790 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#37
Thomas College

Waterville, ME

Acceptance ratio: 81%
Enrollment: 0
Student Faculty Ratio:
Tuition: $20,200
790 - 1010
SAT percentile
 
#38
Bethany College

Scotts Valley, CA

Acceptance ratio: 70%
Enrollment: 441
Student Faculty Ratio: 12/1
Tuition: $0
740 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#39
Post University

Waterbury, CT

Acceptance ratio: 52%
Enrollment: 1,509
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $0
800 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#40
Acceptance ratio: 53%
Enrollment: 548
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $17,850
828 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#41
Emmanuel College

Franklin Springs, GA

Acceptance ratio: 56%
Enrollment: 697
Student Faculty Ratio: 13 / 1
Tuition: $0
790 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#42
Acceptance ratio: 76%
Enrollment: 1,102
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
770 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#43
Acceptance ratio: 81%
Enrollment: 1,190
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
790 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#44
Nichols College

Dudley, MA

Acceptance ratio: 65%
Enrollment: 1,308
Student Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Tuition: $28,040
830 - 1020
SAT percentile
 
#45
Acceptance ratio: 62%
Enrollment: 12,943
Student Faculty Ratio: N/A
Tuition: $0
840 - 1030
SAT percentile
 
#46
Lynn University

Boca Raton, FL

Acceptance ratio: 62%
Enrollment: 2,032
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $30,100
780 - 1030
SAT percentile
 
#47
Acceptance ratio: 93%
Enrollment: 1,043
Student Faculty Ratio:
Tuition: $17,040
820 - 1030
SAT percentile
 
#48
Tabor College

Hillsboro, KS

Acceptance ratio: 94%
Enrollment: 601
Student Faculty Ratio: 11/ 1
Tuition: $19,660
790 - 1030
SAT percentile
 
#49
Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 8,353
Student Faculty Ratio: 17/1
Tuition: $0
810 - 1030
SAT percentile
 
#50
Acceptance ratio: 78%
Enrollment: 1,735
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $25,500
840 - 1030
SAT percentile
 
#51
Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 669
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Tuition: $27,340
830 - 1032
SAT percentile
 
#52
Acceptance ratio: 53%
Enrollment: 0
Student Faculty Ratio:
Tuition: $0
944 - 1037
SAT percentile
 
#53
St. Joseph College

West Hartford, CT

Acceptance ratio: 82%
Enrollment: 1,062
Student Faculty Ratio: 10/1/2010
Tuition: $27,202
860 - 1040
SAT percentile
 
#54
Barry University

Miami Shores, FL

Acceptance ratio: 62%
Enrollment: 5,050
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Tuition: $26,400
860 - 1040
SAT percentile
 
#55
Indiana State University

Terre Haulte, IN

Acceptance ratio: 66%
Enrollment: 8,386
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $0
820 - 1040
SAT percentile
 
#56
Acceptance ratio: 87%
Enrollment: 5,585
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
840 - 1040
SAT percentile
 
#57
Acceptance ratio: 90%
Enrollment: 1,623
Student Faculty Ratio: 9/ 1
Tuition: $19,680
850 - 1040
SAT percentile
 
#58
Acceptance ratio: 54%
Enrollment: 2,003
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
825 - 1040
SAT percentile
 
#59
Acceptance ratio: 77%
Enrollment: 7,519
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
830 - 1045
SAT percentile
 
#60
Acceptance ratio: 70%
Enrollment: 19,245
Student Faculty Ratio: 19/1
Tuition: $0
810 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#61
Acceptance ratio: 75%
Enrollment: 30,235
Student Faculty Ratio: 24/1
Tuition: $0
800 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#62
Acceptance ratio: 63%
Enrollment: 8,496
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
860 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#63
Acceptance ratio: 43%
Enrollment: 5,921
Student Faculty Ratio: 18 / 1
Tuition: $0
870 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#64
Acceptance ratio: 70%
Enrollment: 1,323
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/ 1
Tuition: $20,590
810 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#65
Acceptance ratio: 66%
Enrollment: 2,454
Student Faculty Ratio: 13/1
Tuition: $15,500
810 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#66
Acceptance ratio: 75%
Enrollment: 2,199
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
850 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#67
Lindenwood University

St. Charles, MO

Acceptance ratio: 40%
Enrollment: 6,343
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $13,300
890 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#68
Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 783
Student Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Tuition: $28,360
860 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#69
Acceptance ratio: 84%
Enrollment: 4,142
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $0
830 - 1050
SAT percentile
 
#70
Acceptance ratio: 67%
Enrollment: 24,034
Student Faculty Ratio: 22/1
Tuition: $0
820 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#71
Acceptance ratio: 73%
Enrollment: 1,256
Student Faculty Ratio: 9/1
Tuition: $28,308
790 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#72
Acceptance ratio: 55%
Enrollment: 3,598
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $12,936
930 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#73
Acceptance ratio: 58%
Enrollment: 9,230
Student Faculty Ratio: 18 / 1
Tuition: $0
900 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#74
Acceptance ratio: 82%
Enrollment: 2,540
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
850 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#75
Acceptance ratio: 84%
Enrollment: 6,756
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
840 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#76
Bethany College

Lindsborg, KS

Acceptance ratio: 65%
Enrollment: 587
Student Faculty Ratio: 9/ 1
Tuition: $19,065
790 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#77
Avila University

Kansas City, MO

Acceptance ratio: 50%
Enrollment: 1,213
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $20,900
980 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#78
St Josephs College

Rensselaer, IN

Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 1,076
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $24,530
840 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#79
Acceptance ratio: 70%
Enrollment: 1,414
Student Faculty Ratio: 12/1
Tuition: $23,060
840 - 1060
SAT percentile
 
#80
Acceptance ratio: 66%
Enrollment: 6,907
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $0
840 - 1070
SAT percentile
 
#81
St. Leo University

Saint leo, FL

Acceptance ratio: 73%
Enrollment: 2,503
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $17,346
900 - 1070
SAT percentile
 
#82
University of St. Mary

Leavenworth, KS

Acceptance ratio: 69%
Enrollment: 651
Student Faculty Ratio: 11/ 1
Tuition: $0
820 - 1070
SAT percentile
 
#83
Acceptance ratio: 60%
Enrollment: 4,582
Student Faculty Ratio: 17/1
Tuition: $0
860 - 1070
SAT percentile
 
#84
Acceptance ratio: 88%
Enrollment: 9,320
Student Faculty Ratio: 18/1
Tuition: $0
840 - 1070
SAT percentile
 
#85
Bay Path College

Longmeadow, MA

Acceptance ratio: 83%
Enrollment: 1,409
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Tuition: $24,530
850 - 1070
SAT percentile
 
#86
Acceptance ratio: 73%
Enrollment: 8,112
Student Faculty Ratio: 19/1
Tuition: $0
870 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#87
Menlo College

Atherton, CA

Acceptance ratio: 59%
Enrollment: 669
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Tuition: $32,120
840 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#88
Acceptance ratio: 81%
Enrollment: 1,859
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $25,452
860 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#89
Brenau University

Gainesville, GA

Acceptance ratio: 42%
Enrollment: 836
Student Faculty Ratio: 10 / 1
Tuition: $19,356
910 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#90
Acceptance ratio: 72%
Enrollment: 2,420
Student Faculty Ratio: 20 / 1
Tuition: $0
880 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#91
Piedmont College

Demorest, GA

Acceptance ratio: 62%
Enrollment: 1,135
Student Faculty Ratio: 15 / 1
Tuition: $18,000
880 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#92
Acceptance ratio: 70%
Enrollment: 1,025
Student Faculty Ratio: 13 / 1
Tuition: $16,670
880 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#93
Acceptance ratio: 74%
Enrollment: 3,293
Student Faculty Ratio: 20/1
Tuition: $0
820 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#94
Acceptance ratio: 96%
Enrollment: 11,578
Student Faculty Ratio: 17/1
Tuition: $0
860 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#95
Midway College

Midway, KY

Acceptance ratio: 79%
Enrollment: 1,256
Student Faculty Ratio: 14/1
Tuition: $18,000
840 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#96
Acceptance ratio: 83%
Enrollment: 8,053
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
860 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#97
Acceptance ratio: 55%
Enrollment: 5,977
Student Faculty Ratio: 15/1
Tuition: $0
860 - 1080
SAT percentile
 
#98
Acceptance ratio: 60%
Enrollment: 31,428
Student Faculty Ratio: 24/1
Tuition: $0
880 - 1090
SAT percentile
 
#99
Acceptance ratio: 73%
Enrollment: 801
Student Faculty Ratio: 10/1
Tuition: $27,200
838 - 1090
SAT percentile
 
#100
Acceptance ratio: 63%
Enrollment: 5,092
Student Faculty Ratio: 16/1
Tuition: $0
910 - 1090
SAT percentile