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Tightest Michigan Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Michigan colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor has the lowest acceptance rate as of 17.69% for academic year 2022-2023 in Michigan. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Michigan.
Tightest Michigan Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Public, four-yearsAnn Arbor, MI
17.69%84,28914,9147,05047.27%
2Hillsdale College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHillsdale, MI
20.58%3,01762138762.32%
3Baker College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOwosso, MI
36.65%2,08276332342.33%
4Spring Arbor University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpring Arbor, MI
47.32%2,3121,09422820.84%
5College for Creative Studies
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDetroit, MI
49.20%1,62279826032.58%
6University of Michigan-Dearborn
Public, four-yearsDearborn, MI
54.10%12,0266,5061,00515.45%
7Alma College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAlma, MI
64.65%3,3722,18033315.28%
8Madonna University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLivonia, MI
64.84%1,9881,28924919.32%
9Siena Heights University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAdrian, MI
64.98%1,5451,00427927.79%
10University of Michigan-Flint
Public, four-yearsFlint, MI
66.35%6,1404,07452112.79%