美国著名的学术研究调查机构 Niche 根据各学校回报给美国教育部 (Department of Education) 的录取率（占60%）以及 SAT 和 ACT 录取分数（占40%）发布了这份报告，列出了美国各州最难申请进入的大学院校。加州理工学院 (California Institute of Technology) 荣登全美最难申请进入的大学，录取率仅8.8%，SAT 录取分数最低的 Percentile 也要1500分。
不过这份报告缺少了 Alaska, Delaware, Nevada 和 Wyoming 四州的结果，原因是数据数据不足。
Alabama: University of AlabamaAcceptance rate: 51.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 990-1250
Arizona: Arizona Christian UniversityAcceptance rate: 56.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 840-1090
Arkansas: University of ArkansasAcceptance rate: 62%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1010-1230
California: California Institute of TechnologyAcceptance rate: 8.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1500-1600
Colorado: Colorado CollegeAcceptance rate: 17.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1240-1430
Connecticut: Yale UniversityAcceptance rate: 6.3%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1410-1600
District of Columbia (D.C.): Georgetown UniversityAcceptance rate: 17.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1520
Florida: University of MiamiAcceptance rate: 38.2%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1220-1420
Georgia: Emory UniversityAcceptance rate: 26.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1280-1460
Hawaii: Brigham Young University at HawaiiAcceptance rate: 34.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 970-1170
Idaho: Northwest Nazarene UniversityAcceptance rate: 65.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 900-1180
Illinois: University of ChicagoAcceptance rate: 8.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1435-1600
Indiana: University of Notre DameAcceptance rate: 21.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1340-1520
Iowa: Grinnell CollegeAcceptance rate: 28.0%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1290-1500
Kansas: Sterling College-KansasAcceptance rate: 44.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 820-1040
Kentucky: Berea CollegeAcceptance rate: 33.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1020-1226
Louisiana: Tulane UniversityAcceptance rate: 28%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1230-1410
Maine: Bowdoin CollegeAcceptance rate: 14.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1340-1520
Maryland: Johns Hopkins UniversityAcceptance rate: 16.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1510
Massachusetts: Harvard UniversityAcceptance rate: 6%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1410-1600
Michigan: University of Michigan at Ann ArborAcceptance rate: 32.2%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1280-1480
Minnesota: Carleton CollegeAcceptance rate: 22.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1510
Mississippi: Mississippi Valley State UniversityAcceptance rate: 16.3%
ACT 25th-75th percentile: 15-19
Missouri: Washington University in St. LouisAcceptance rate: 17.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1420-1570
Montana: Carroll CollegeAcceptance rate: 57.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 990-1250
Nebraska: Union CollegeAcceptance rate: 52.1%
ACT 25th-75th percentile: 19-25
New Hampshire: Dartmouth CollegeAcceptance rate: 11.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1550
New Jersey: Princeton UniversityAcceptance rate: 7.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1400-1600
New Mexico: New Mexico Institute of Mining & TechnologyAcceptance rate: 36.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1120-1310
New York: Columbia UniversityAcceptance rate: 7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1390-1570
North Carolina: Duke UniversityAcceptance rate: 11.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1370-1550
North Dakota: University of JamestownAcceptance rate: 64.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1066-1227
Ohio: Kenyon CollegeAcceptance rate: 25.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1230-1420
Oklahoma: University of TulsaAcceptance rate: 40.3%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1130-1410
Oregon: Reed CollegeAcceptance rate: 38.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1290-1480
Pennsylvania: University of PennsylvaniaAcceptance rate: 10.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1550
Rhode Island: Brown UniversityAcceptance rate: 8.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1330-1550
South Carolina: Clemson UniversityAcceptance rate: 51.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1150-1340
South Dakota: Augustana CollegeAcceptance rate: 61.3%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1010-1230
Tennessee: Vanderbilt UniversityAcceptance rate: 13.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1430-1580
Texas: Rice UniversityAcceptance rate: 15.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1390-1550
Utah: Brigham Young UniversityAcceptance rate: 47%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1150-1370
Vermont: Middlebury CollegeAcceptance rate: 17.2%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1260-1470
Virginia: Washington & Lee UniversityAcceptance rate: 19.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1460
Washington: Whitman CollegeAcceptance rate: 41%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1200-1430
West Virginia: Concord UniversityAcceptance rate: 37.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 860-1060
Wisconsin: University of WisconsinAcceptance rate: 56.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1180-1400
来源: Business Insider
