Colleges With 100% Acceptance Rates
- Blue Admission
- Feb 18
- 3 min read
College with 100% acceptance rates (or almost 100%) can be a great resource when searching for safeties during university list building!

When building a university list, balance is key. You need to find colleges and universities that are great fit for your skills, talents, and interests, but you also need to find safety options.Â
Believe it or not, there are a lot of four-year U.S. colleges with 100% acceptance rates. US News and World Report updates this list annually, and it’s reorganized here geographically by state to help facilitate your university list building!
There are some real hidden gems included in the list below -- colleges where you can get a great education and be excited to applying know you WILL likely be admitted!
State | University Name | Acceptance Rate |
ALABAMA | 96 | |
ARKANSAS | 98 | |
ARIZONA | 98 | |
CALIFORNIA | 97 | |
100 | ||
97 | ||
COLORADO | 99 | |
98 | ||
97 | ||
97 | ||
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 97 | |
FLORIDA | 99 | |
100 | ||
97 | ||
99 | ||
GEORGIA | 99 | |
99 | ||
100 | ||
97 | ||
99 | ||
IOWA | 100 | |
98 | ||
99 | ||
ILLINOIS | 97 | |
INDIANA | 99 | |
97 | ||
KANSAS | 98 | |
100 | ||
KENTUCKY | 97 | |
97 | ||
97 | ||
LOUISIANA | 100 | |
MASSACHUSETTS | 97 | |
MAINE | 97 | |
98 | ||
99 | ||
97 | ||
MICHIGAN | 99 | |
100 | ||
100 | ||
MISSOURI | 97 | |
98 | ||
97 | ||
99 | ||
100 | ||
MISSISSIPPI | 100 | |
100 | ||
100 | ||
98 | ||
99 | ||
MONTANA | 100 | |
NORTH CAROLINA | 97 | |
97 | ||
NEW JERSEY | 97 | |
97 | ||
NEW MEXICO | 100 | |
NEW YORK | 97 | |
OHIO | 100 | |
100 | ||
OKLAHOMA | 100 | |
99 | ||
97 | ||
98 | ||
99 | ||
100 | ||
OREGON | 99 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | 98 | |
97 | ||
97 | ||
100 | ||
PUERTO RICO | 98 | |
100 | ||
98 | ||
99 | ||
100 | ||
SOUTH CAROLINA | 99 | |
TENNESSEE | 98 | |
TEXAS | 97 | |
97 | ||
97 | ||
97 | ||
99 | ||
97 | ||
VIRGINIA | 98 | |
97 | ||
99 | ||
97 | ||
99 | ||
99 | ||
98 | ||
WEST VIRGINIA | 98 | |
97 | ||
99 | ||
WISCONSIN | 100 | |
99 | ||
100 | ||
98 | ||
WYOMING | 97 |
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