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Colleges in Pennsylvania by Acceptance Rate

108 Pennsylvania colleges ranked from most to least selective, using the latest federal IPEDS admissions data.

# College State Rate Trend Applicants
1 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 5.9% 59,465
2 Swarthmore College Pennsylvania 6.9% 14,287
3 Carnegie Mellon University Pennsylvania 11.4% 33,707
4 Haverford College Pennsylvania 12.9% 6,391
5 Villanova University Pennsylvania 25.1% 23,127
6 Central Penn College Pennsylvania 25.9% 594
7 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 29.3% 18,415
8 Williamson College of the Trades Pennsylvania 29.9% 508
9 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 31.1% 3,278
10 Lafayette College Pennsylvania 31.5% 9,874
11 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 31.8% 9,231
12 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 32% 11,010
13 Dickinson College Pennsylvania 43.1% 7,185
14 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Pennsylvania 45.9% 677
15 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 47.5% 7,123
16 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 49.7% 58,416
17 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Pennsylvania 52.9% 1,942
18 Moravian University Pennsylvania 54% 5,115
19 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Pennsylvania 54.2% 85,956
20 Allegheny College Pennsylvania 58.5% 5,045
21 Saint Vincent College Pennsylvania 59.1% 2,374
22 Moore College of Art and Design Pennsylvania 60.5% 1,322
23 Alvernia University Pennsylvania 62.3% 5,491
24 Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania 64% 4,348
25 Lycoming College Pennsylvania 67.9% 3,225
26 Cabrini University Pennsylvania 69.2% 2,467
27 Chatham University Pennsylvania 70.1% 4,169
28 Thiel College Pennsylvania 70.6% 2,197
29 Juniata College Pennsylvania 71.6% 2,917
30 Grove City College Pennsylvania 73.4% 2,034
31 Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Pennsylvania 74.2% 593
32 Holy Family University Pennsylvania 74.2% 2,653
33 Lebanon Valley College Pennsylvania 74.5% 3,275
34 Rosemont College Pennsylvania 74.5% 1,578
35 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 74.6% 6,119
36 Seton Hill University Pennsylvania 75.8% 2,441
37 Neumann University Pennsylvania 76.4% 4,212
38 Gannon University Pennsylvania 76.7% 6,331
39 Elizabethtown College Pennsylvania 76.8% 3,551
40 Saint Francis University Pennsylvania 76.9% 2,259
41 Drexel University Pennsylvania 77.5% 40,204
42 La Roche University Pennsylvania 77.6% 2,063
43 The University of the Arts Pennsylvania 78.2% 1,367
44 Immaculata University Pennsylvania 78.4% 1,958
45 Lincoln University Pennsylvania 78.4% 5,987
46 Messiah University Pennsylvania 78.5% 2,375
47 DeSales University Pennsylvania 78.6% 3,636
48 Susquehanna University Pennsylvania 78.7% 5,974
49 Duquesne University Pennsylvania 78.9% 14,112
50 Geneva College Pennsylvania 79% 1,575
51 Chestnut Hill College Pennsylvania 79.1% 2,559
52 Arcadia University Pennsylvania 79.2% 6,688
53 West Chester University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 79.2% 16,467
54 Keystone College Pennsylvania 79.6% 1,789
55 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Pennsylvania 80.3% 882
56 Washington & Jefferson College Pennsylvania 81.5% 3,218
57 Temple University Pennsylvania 82.9% 36,399
58 Mercyhurst University Pennsylvania 83.2% 3,500
59 Cairn University-Langhorne Pennsylvania 83.6% 505
60 Marywood University Pennsylvania 83.7% 3,136
61 Widener University Pennsylvania 84% 7,167
62 University of Scranton Pennsylvania 84.4% 9,530
63 Misericordia University Pennsylvania 84.9% 2,508
64 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 85.5% 6,545
65 Westminster College Pennsylvania 85.5% 2,650
66 Thomas Jefferson University Pennsylvania 86.1% 6,084
67 Albright College Pennsylvania 86.2% 5,366
68 La Salle University Pennsylvania 86.2% 4,845
69 Saint Joseph's University Pennsylvania 86.4% 8,751
70 Carlow University Pennsylvania 87.1% 1,326
71 Ursinus College Pennsylvania 87.4% 3,443
72 Millersville University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 89.4% 6,989
73 Wilson College Pennsylvania 90% 1,068
74 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Pennsylvania 90.3% 608
75 Mount Aloysius College Pennsylvania 90.4% 2,377
76 Robert Morris University Pennsylvania 90.6% 7,117
77 University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Pennsylvania 90.8% 4,985
78 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Pennsylvania 91% 714
79 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Pennsylvania 91.1% 816
80 Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Pennsylvania 91.2% 9,422
81 Wilkes University Pennsylvania 91.5% 6,414
82 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Pennsylvania 91.7% 731
83 Waynesburg University Pennsylvania 91.7% 1,806
84 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Pennsylvania 92% 6,575
85 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Pennsylvania 92.2% 1,603
86 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York Pennsylvania 92.2% 2,012
87 Delaware Valley University Pennsylvania 92.5% 2,358
88 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 92.9% 7,398
89 King's College Pennsylvania 93.2% 3,206
90 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington Pennsylvania 93.3% 643
91 Eastern University Pennsylvania 93.6% 2,852
92 Gwynedd Mercy University Pennsylvania 93.6% 1,111
93 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania 94.2% 1,848
94 York College of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 94.2% 4,933
95 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania 94.5% 640
96 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny Pennsylvania 94.7% 581
97 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 94.8% 8,170
98 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Pennsylvania 94.9% 2,240
99 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Pennsylvania 95.3% 2,461
100 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Pennsylvania 95.7% 4,827
101 Manor College Pennsylvania 95.8% 825
102 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Pennsylvania 95.9% 3,246
103 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Pennsylvania 96.4% 10,296
104 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Pennsylvania 97.1% 5,844
105 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Pennsylvania 97.3% 7,134
106 Point Park University Pennsylvania 97.9% 5,291
107 University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Pennsylvania 97.9% 2,936
108 Cedar Crest College Pennsylvania 99.1% 1,152