I was wondering if someone could help me find small liberal arts colleges/universities that have a generally high acceptance rate. Anything about 80% and above. Cost and location are no concern. The only ones I’ve been able to find are Lewis-Clark State College and Mansville University. Help would be appreciated and thanks 
Hope College in Michigan? Google Says 82%, but US News says 70%, which may be a more updated acceptance rate.
Yay! Thanks for commenting. I’m going to go research that college @MrDoctor
How small is small?
I’d say around 1500-2000 or so students @surfcity
Look at Drew University in Madison NJ. So many things to love about that school.
Linfield College in Oregon and Hendrix College in Arkansas are worth a look.
Look at the USNWR list of LAC…you can start in the back and work your way forward to see schools you might be interested in that meet your admission requirements. If you click on the schools you should get the acceptance rates.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges.
That’s so helpful. Thank you so much!!! @happy1
Acceptance rates are misleading. Check the average test scores for schools along with the acceptance rate and compare your stats to begin the search process.
St John’s, Santa Fe, a Great Books program (82%, pop 350 I think you can do a year at the Annapolis campus)
St John’s, Annapolis, Great Books program (82%, pop 450, can spend a year in Santa Fe)
Univ of Wisconsin-Parkside (70%, pop 4,500)
Juniata College, PA (75%, pop 1,600))
University of Mary Washington, VA (81%, pop 4,500)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, MD (73%, pop 1,800)
Hampshire College in Amherst MA. Great college town!
Also Goucher College in Baltimore and Whittier College in CA.
College Board has 412 results when I search for 75% admit rate and above and under 2000 students!
Ohio Wesleyan:
a) <1900 students;
b) admissions are not too difficult, but graduation isn’t easy;
c) very generous need and merit financial aid;
d) and a very solid, 170+ year academic/professional reputation (for many decades, it had – maybe it still does – the highest percentage of alumni with advanced degrees).
Saw your stats on the other thread, and they are probably better than you are thinking.
For small liberal arts colleges, there would be a larger selection in the midwest & south. Are you able to travel for college? If so look at Earlham and College of Wooster.
In addition to the schools listed above, here are some of the many smallish schools with admittance rates > 75%: Eckerd, Elmira, Grove City, Gordon, Hartwick, Hood, McDaniel, John Carroll, Messiah, Moravian, Pacific Lutheran, Pacific Univ., Randolph, Ripon, Seattle Pacific, Seton Hall, Susquehanna, Transylvania, Ursinus, Univ. of Scranton, Wilkes, Willamette, Wittenberg, Wofford.
Concordia College in Moorhead, MN has 78% acceptance rate and 2400 students. Fargo-Moorhead has also just been named as the best college town in which to land a job after graduation.
Be aware that Grove City, Gordon, Hope, Messiah, and Wofford are Christian evangelical colleges with creed and behavior requirements.
I second Earlham, Hendrix, Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan, Susquehanna, Ursinus, Willamette, Eckerd, UMW, St Mary’s of Maryland (the state’s public honors college).
What about Simmons, in Boston, St Catherine’s in Minneapolis, or Chatham in Pittsburgh? (women only - no men to compete with for admissions so higher admission rates, but excellent quality of education and all located in thriving cities).
What about Luther, Flagler, College of the Atlantic, Wells, Capital (Ohio), Knox, Albion, Alma, Baldwin Wallace, Blackburn, Bradley, Caldwell, Cal Lutheran, Canisius, Cornell College, Hiram, Elizabethtown, Kettering, Lebanon-Valley, Maryville(MO), Mitchell, Mercyhurst, Mount St Mary’s (MD), Nebraska Wesleyan, Pine Manor (MA), Randolph (VA), St Mary’s of CA, St Michael’s (VT). Most of these have interesting characteristics, either academically or non academically (work program, location, partnership, curriculum, etc.)
(I also used last year “space availability” survey since these would still admit many students.)
Evergreen State College might be slightly larger, but it’s still small enough to qualify for inclusion among the Colleges That Change Lives. It has near-open, rolling admissions.
Just an FYI about Chatham; it has started to admit male undergraduates (and BTW it has a lovely campus).
Also, my daughter has been admitted to a few of the small LACs listed above. I noticed that Wittenberg was not mentioned. Do any of you have any thoughts about that school? My daughter and I had a great initial visit there last summer and it seems to have some strong programs to support student success in the transition to college but I worry about its reputation as compared to the other schools and its fairly low endowment. There is nothing recent in its CC college forum. Thanks in advance!