The hardest college to get into in every state

November 05, 2024

With an acceptance rate of just 5% and typical SAT scores between 1430 and 1600, Harvard University is America's hardest college to get into, a list from academic review site

Alabama: Spring Hill College

Acceptance rate: 44%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1000-1190

Alaska: University of Alaska Southeast

Acceptance rate: 49%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: N/A

Arizona: Grand Canyon University

Acceptance rate: 57%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: N/A

Arkansas: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Acceptance rate: 42%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 838-1065

California: Stanford University

Acceptance rate: 5%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1380-1580

Colorado: United States Air Force Academy

Acceptance rate: 15%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1220-1410

Connecticut: Yale University

Acceptance rate: 6%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1420-1600

Delaware: Delaware State University

Acceptance rate: 41%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 820-970

District of Columbia (DC): Georgetown University

Acceptance rate: 17%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1520

Florida: University of Miami

Acceptance rate: 38%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1210-1390

Georgia: Georgia Institute of Technology

Acceptance rate: 26%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1500

Hawaii: Brigham Young University at Hawaii

Acceptance rate: 27%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 973-1158

Idaho: Northwest Nazarene University

Acceptance rate: 56%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1000-1240

Illinois: University of Chicago

Acceptance rate: 8%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1450-1600

Indiana: University of Notre Dame

Acceptance rate: 19%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1350-1540

Iowa: Grinnell College

Acceptance rate: 20%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1530

Kansas: Sterling College-Kansas

Acceptance rate: 37%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 880-1030

Kentucky: Alice Lloyd College

Acceptance rate: 22%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 910-1130

Louisiana: Tulane University

Acceptance rate: 26%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1240-1410

Maine: Bowdoin College

Acceptance rate: 15%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1510

Maryland: Johns Hopkins University

Acceptance rate: 13%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1400-1570

Massachusetts: Harvard University

Acceptance rate: 5%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1430-1600

Michigan: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Acceptance rate: 29%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1310-1500

Minnesota: Carleton College

Acceptance rate: 23%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1540

Mississippi: Belhaven University

Acceptance rate: 43%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 902-1180

Missouri: Washington University in St. Louis

Acceptance rate: 17%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1400-1570

Montana: Rocky Mountain College

Acceptance rate: 62%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 878-1106

Nebraska: College of St. Mary

Acceptance rate: 60%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: N/A

Nevada: University of Nevada, Reno

Acceptance rate: 83%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 970-1200

New Hampshire: Dartmouth College

Acceptance rate: 11%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1350-1560

New Jersey: Princeton University

Acceptance rate: 7%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1400-1590

New Mexico: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

Acceptance rate: 23%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1110-1350

New York: Columbia University

Acceptance rate: 7%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1410-1590

North Carolina: Duke University

Acceptance rate: 11%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1380-1570

North Dakota: University of Jamestown

Acceptance rate: 57%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 890-1140

Ohio: Kenyon College

Acceptance rate: 27%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1230-1440

Oklahoma: University of Tulsa

Acceptance rate: 40%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1100-1390

Oregon: Reed College

Acceptance rate: 31%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1280-1480

Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania

Acceptance rate: 9%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1380-1570

Rhode Island: Brown University

Acceptance rate: 9%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1370-1570

South Carolina: Clemson University

Acceptance rate: 51%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1150-1340

South Dakota: Augustana University

Acceptance rate: 69%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 930-1230

Tennessee: Vanderbilt University

Acceptance rate: 11%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1420-1590

Texas: Rice University

Acceptance rate: 15%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1410-1570

Utah: Brigham Young University

Acceptance rate: 51%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1160-1380

Vermont: Middlebury College

Acceptance rate: 16%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1280-1495

Virginia: Washington & Lee University

Acceptance rate: 24%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1460

Washington: University of Washington

Acceptance rate: 45%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1120-1370

West Virginia: Alderson Broaddus College

Acceptance rate: 41%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 870-1030

Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin

Acceptance rate: 53%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1200-1420

Wyoming: University of Wyoming

Acceptance rate: 95%

SAT 25th-75th percentile: 960-1210

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