Listworthy: America’s Best Colleges that Admit Half or More of the Applicant Pool

For those of you who just can’t go without a list of some sort, this one is brought to you by… me! If you know me, then you know just how silly I think these lists can be, so I have created my own, ostensibly to show you, my readers, just how many amazing schools exist that are not incredibly hard to get into, yet they deliver world-class opportunities for personal and professional development and avenues for both employment and graduate school. It includes big schools, small schools, and schools located all over this great nation. This list is not a ranked order but delivered in alphabetical order (so don’t mind the numbers). Could this list be double in size? Heck yes! But there’s only so much research I’m doing this month. 😉

With that said, sit back, relax and enjoy our stroll through a biased list of America’s top undergraduate schools that admit at least 50% of the high school students that apply!

1. Auburn University (AL) 2. Brigham Young University (UT)

3. Clarkson University (NY) 4. Clemson University (SC) 5. DePauw University (IN) 6. Drexel University (PA)

7. Elon University (NC)

8. Furman University (SC) 9. Indiana University – Bloomington (IN)

10. James Madison University (VA)

11. Kalamazoo College (MI)

12. Loyola University – Chicago (IL)

13. Marquette University (WI)

14. Michigan State University (MI)

15. Penn State University (PA)

16. Purdue University (IN)

17. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (IN)

18. Santa Clara University (CA)

19. Sarah Lawrence College (NY)

20. Texas A&M University (TX)

21. University of Colorado - Boulder (CO)

22. University of Denver (CO)

23. University of Georgia (GA)

24. University of Iowa (IA)

25. University of Portland (OR)

26. University of San Diego (CA)

27. University of San Francisco (CA)

28. Virginia Tech (VA)

29. Wheaton College (IL)

30. Whitman College (WA)