Colleges With a 20% to 30% Acceptance Rate
22 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database have a 20 to 30 percent acceptance rate, spread across 12 states: 6 public and 16 private. The median admitted-student SAT (75th percentile) in this band is 1425. Ranked from most to least selective, the list starts with Carleton College, Florida A&M University, and Hillsdale College. Schools admitting one in five to one in three applicants are reaches for most and targets for the strongest profiles; treat every one as competitive.
- Carleton College20%acceptanceHighly selectiveMN · SAT 1510
- Florida A&M University21%acceptanceHighly selectiveFL · SAT 1130
- Hillsdale College21%acceptanceHighly selectiveMI · SAT 1400
- Skidmore College21%acceptanceHighly selectiveNY · SAT 1390
- Smith College21%acceptanceHighly selectiveMA · SAT 1440
- University of Richmond22%acceptanceHighly selectiveVA · SAT 1430
- Wake Forest University22%acceptanceHighly selectiveNC · SAT 1490
- Crown College23%acceptanceHighly selectiveMN · SAT 1080
- Florida State University24%acceptanceHighly selectiveFL · SAT 1380
- University of Florida24%acceptanceHighly selectiveFL · SAT 1440
- Lehigh University26%acceptanceSelectivePA · SAT 1430
- Trinity University (TX)26%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1230
- UC San Diego27%acceptanceSelectiveCA · SAT 1490
- University of Texas at Austin27%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1460
- Villanova University27%acceptanceSelectivePA · SAT 1460
- Franklin & Marshall College28%acceptanceSelectivePA · SAT 1420
- Bucknell University29%acceptanceSelectivePA · SAT 1410
- UC Irvine29%acceptanceSelectiveCA · SAT 1420
- Bryn Mawr College29%acceptanceSelectivePA · SAT 1430
- Macalester College29%acceptanceSelectiveMN · SAT 1440
- Mississippi College29%acceptanceSelectiveMS · SAT 1150
- Trinity College29%acceptanceSelectiveCT · SAT 1400
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.