美国BusinessInsider网站结合学术评论网站Niche.com的学院名单，基于美国教育部报告的分数，大学录取率占60%、SAT/ACT分数占40%，最终得出全美47个州最难进入的大学(阿拉斯加州、特拉华州、内华达州和怀俄明州因为没有足够的学院数据也就没有排名)。
从榜单中，我们还可以看出，美国各州的教育水平差距还是很大的，从5%到60%+都有;而不同州来看，最难被录取的大学也不是一成不变的，比如华盛顿特区今年最难被录取的是惠特曼学院，而之前是乔治城大学。录取率最低的当然要数马萨诸塞州的哈佛大学，而SAT/ACT分数分数最高的则是加州的加州理工大学。
还需要注意的是，最难录取不等于SAT要求最高，需要结合录取率来看。
下面是各州最难被录取的大学榜单汇总。
(榜单按A-Z排列)
Alabama: University of Alabama
亚拉巴马州：亚拉巴马大学
Acceptance rate: 51.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 990-1250
Arizona: Arizona Christian University
亚利桑那州：亚利桑那基督教大学
Acceptance rate: 56.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 840-1090
Arkansas: University of Arkansas
阿肯色州：阿肯色大学
Acceptance rate: 62%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1010-1230
California: California Institute of Technology
加州: 加州理工学院
Acceptance rate: 8.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1500-1600
Colorado: Colorado College
科罗拉多州：科罗拉多学院
Acceptance rate: 17.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1240-1430
Connecticut: Yale University
康涅狄格州: 耶鲁大学
Acceptance rate: 6.3%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1410-1600
District of Columbia (D.C.): Georgetown University
哥伦比亚特区：乔治城大学
Acceptance rate: 17.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1520
Florida: University of Miami
佛罗里达州: 迈阿密大学
Acceptance rate: 38.2%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1220-1420
Georgia: Emory University
乔治亚州: 埃默里大学
Acceptance rate: 26.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1280-1460
Hawaii: Brigham Young University at Hawaii
夏威夷州：杨百翰大学夏威夷分校
Acceptance rate: 34.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 970-1170
Idaho: Northwest Nazarene University
爱达荷州：西北拿撒勒大学
Acceptance rate: 65.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 900-1180
Illinois: University of Chicago
伊利诺斯州: 芝加哥大学
Acceptance rate: 8.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1435-1600
Indiana: University of Notre Dame
印第安纳州: 圣母大学
Acceptance rate: 21.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1340-1520
Iowa: Grinnell College
艾奥瓦州：格林内尔学院
Acceptance rate: 28.0%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1290-1500
Kansas: Sterling College-Kansas
堪萨斯州：斯特林学院
Acceptance rate: 44.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 820-1040
Kentucky: Berea College
肯塔基州：伯利亚学院
Acceptance rate: 33.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1020-1226
Louisiana: Tulane University
路易斯安娜州：杜兰大学
Acceptance rate: 28%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1230-1410
Maine: Bowdoin College
缅因州：鲍登学院
Acceptance rate: 14.9%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1340-1520
Maryland: Johns Hopkins University
马里兰州：约翰霍普金斯大学
Acceptance rate: 16.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1510
Massachusetts: Harvard University
马萨诸塞州：哈佛大学
Acceptance rate: 6%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1410-1600
Michigan: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
密歇根州：密歇根大学安娜堡分校
Acceptance rate: 32.2%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1280-1480
Minnesota: Carleton College
明尼苏达州：卡尔顿学院
Acceptance rate: 22.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1510
Mississippi: Mississippi Valley State University
密西西比州：密西西比河谷州立大学
Acceptance rate: 16.3%
ACT 25th-75th percentile: 15-19
Missouri: Washington University in St. Louis
密苏里州：圣路易斯华盛顿大学
Acceptance rate: 17.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1420-1570
Montana: Carroll College
蒙大拿州：卡罗尔学院
Acceptance rate: 57.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 990-1250
Nebraska: Union College
内布拉斯加州：联合学院
Acceptance rate: 52.1%
ACT 25th-75th percentile: 19-25
New Hampshire: Dartmouth College
新罕布什尔州：达特茅斯学院
Acceptance rate: 11.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1550
New Jersey: Princeton University
新泽西州：普林斯顿大学
Acceptance rate: 7.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1400-1600
New Mexico: New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology
新墨西哥州：新墨西哥矿业技术学院
Acceptance rate: 36.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1120-1310
New York: Columbia University
纽约州：哥伦比亚大学
Acceptance rate: 7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1390-1570
North Carolina: Duke University
北卡罗莱纳州：杜克大学
Acceptance rate: 11.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1370-1550
North Dakota: University of Jamestown
北达科他州：詹姆斯敦大学
Acceptance rate: 64.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1066-1227
Ohio: Kenyon College
俄亥俄州：凯尼恩学院
Acceptance rate: 25.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1230-1420
Oklahoma: University of Tulsa
俄克拉何马州：塔尔萨大学
Acceptance rate: 40.3%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1130-1410
Oregon: Reed College
俄勒冈州：里德学院
Acceptance rate: 38.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1290-1480
Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania
宾夕法尼亚州：宾夕法尼亚大学
Acceptance rate: 10.4%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1360-1550
Rhode Island: Brown University
罗得岛州：布朗大学
Acceptance rate: 8.7%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1330-1550
South Carolina: Clemson University
南加州：克莱姆森大学
Acceptance rate: 51.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1150-1340
South Dakota: Augustana College
南达科他州：奥古斯塔那学院
Acceptance rate: 61.3%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1010-1230
Tennessee: Vanderbilt University
田纳西州：范德堡大学
Acceptance rate: 13.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1430-1580
Texas: Rice University
德克萨斯州：莱斯大学
Acceptance rate: 15.1%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1390-1550
Utah: Brigham Young University
犹他州：杨百翰大学
Acceptance rate: 47%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1150-1370
Vermont: Middlebury College
佛蒙特州：明德学院
Acceptance rate: 17.2%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1260-1470
Virginia: Washington & Lee University
维吉尼亚州：华盛顿与李大学
Acceptance rate: 19.5%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1320-1460
Washington: Whitman College
华盛顿特区: 惠特曼学院
(之前是乔治城大学)
Acceptance rate: 41%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 1200-1430
West Virginia: Concord University
西弗吉尼亚州：康科德大学
Acceptance rate: 37.8%
SAT 25th-75th percentile: 860-1060
Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin
威斯康星州：威斯康星州大学
Acceptance rate: 56.9%
