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Tightest Washington Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Washington colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. University of Washington-Seattle Campus has the lowest acceptance rate as of 47.52% for academic year 2022-2023 in Washington. 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 Washington.
Tightest Washington Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Public, four-yearsSeattle, WA
47.52%52,48824,9427,38629.61%
2Whitman College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWalla Walla, WA
47.70%5,4972,62233612.81%
3DigiPen Institute of Technology
Private (for-profit), four-yearsRedmond, WA
66.37%89259218631.42%
4Gonzaga University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSpokane, WA
69.74%9,8876,8951,21717.65%
5Cornish College of the Arts
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeattle, WA
71.13%85260612420.46%
6The Evergreen State College
Public, four-yearsOlympia, WA
74.37%1,6231,20727422.70%
7University of Puget Sound
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTacoma, WA
82.66%5,3454,4184059.17%
8Washington State University
Public, four-yearsPullman, WA
83.10%19,40116,1233,99124.75%
9Seattle University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSeattle, WA
85.15%7,9346,7561,00414.86%
10University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Public, four-yearsBothell, WA
88.08%4,5373,99698024.52%