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Tightest Missouri Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Missouri colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Washington University in St Louis has the lowest acceptance rate as of 11.76% for academic year 2022-2023 in Missouri. 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 Missouri.
Tightest Missouri Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Washington University in St Louis
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Louis, MO
11.76%32,0143,7641,81348.17%
2College of the Ozarks
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPoint Lookout, MO
21.13%2,23947335875.69%
3William Jewell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLiberty, MO
40.99%1,67668724335.37%
4Truman State University
Public, four-yearsKirksville, MO
45.05%4,9122,21369931.59%
5University of Missouri-St Louis
Public, four-yearsSaint Louis, MO
51.11%3,9132,00044322.15%
6Webster University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaint Louis, MO
55.10%3,7682,07642820.62%
7Kansas City Art Institute
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsKansas City, MO
58.48%99057918732.30%
8Missouri Valley College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMarshall, MO
61.24%1,8241,11738134.11%
9William Woods University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFulton, MO
61.47%1,48791421323.30%
10Drury University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpringfield, MO
63.43%2,3821,51140326.67%