For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Private Colleges is 71.02%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2024 acceptance rate decreased by 0.4%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Private Colleges has increased by 2.26% from 68.77% to 71.02%. Of the 84 Pennsylvania Private Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 44 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 39 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2024 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Pennsylvania Private Colleges admission statistics comparison table.
| School Name | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 5-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA | 91.76% | 77.71% 14.04% | 90.56% 12.85% | 79.97% 10.6% | 74.03% 5.94% | 17.73% |
| Albright CollegeReading, PA | 85.16% | 82.10% 3.06% | 76.31% 5.79% | 84.87% 8.56% | 86.00% 1.14% | 0.84% |
| Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA | 62.15% | 73.15% 11% | 75.44% 2.29% | 69.65% 5.8% | 59.01% 10.64% | 3.15% |
| DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA | 78.82% | 81.77% 2.95% | 78.22% 3.55% | 77.17% 1.05% | 78.99% 1.82% | 0.17% |
| Alvernia UniversityReading, PA | 64.22% | 70.02% 5.81% | 57.77% 12.25% | 59.00% 1.23% | 61.99% 2.99% | 2.22% |
| Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA | 40.58% | 61.89% 21.31% | 58.27% 3.61% | 65.20% 6.93% | 90.10% 24.89% | 49.52% |
| Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA | 65.67% | 73.63% 7.96% | 82.42% 8.79% | 77.57% 4.85% | 79.01% 1.44% | 13.34% |
| Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA | 33.07% | 38.36% 5.28% | 39.34% 0.98% | 30.75% 8.59% | 30.99% 0.25% | 2.08% |
| Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA | 34.23% | 37.53% 3.3% | 34.50% 3.03% | 32.55% 1.95% | 32.00% 0.55% | 2.23% |
| Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA | 75.83% | 61.67% 14.16% | 80.04% 18.37% | 78.52% 1.52% | 68.99% 9.53% | 6.84% |
| Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 91.82% | 94.46% 2.64% | 92.05% 2.41% | 92.70% 0.65% | 87.03% 5.68% | 4.79% |
| Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 15.44% | 17.27% 1.83% | 13.54% 3.74% | 11.30% 2.23% | 11.00% 0.3% | 4.44% |
| Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA | 60.87% | 52.46% 8.41% | 68.78% 16.32% | 84.25% 15.47% | 98.96% 14.71% | 38.09% |
| Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA | 84.34% | 82.85% 1.49% | 88.66% 5.82% | 33.99% 54.67% | 25.93% 8.07% | 58.42% |
| Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 62.19% | 66.19% 4% | 73.39% 7.2% | 66.33% 7.05% | 69.99% 3.66% | 7.8% |
| Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 64.93% | 71.14% 6.21% | 97.91% 26.77% | 98.19% 0.27% | 79.02% 19.17% | 14.08% |
| Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA | 3.93% | 2.44% 1.49% | 4.80% 2.36% | 9.66% 4.86% | 6.95% 2.71% | 3.02% |
| Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA | 92.72% | 91.58% 1.14% | 92.83% 1.24% | 95.43% 2.61% | 91.98% 3.45% | 0.74% |
| Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA | 40.06% | 51.65% 11.59% | 48.08% 3.56% | 34.92% 13.16% | 43.01% 8.08% | 2.95% |
| Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 74.70% | 77.19% 2.5% | 82.63% 5.44% | 79.61% 3.02% | 78.00% 1.61% | 3.3% |
| Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 74.33% | 77.19% 2.86% | 84.26% 7.06% | 87.49% 3.24% | 79.00% 8.5% | 4.66% |
| Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA | 61.12% | 64.25% 3.12% | 68.70% 4.45% | 63.23% 5.48% | 94.00% 30.78% | 32.88% |
| Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA | 80.82% | 85.73% 4.91% | 79.48% 6.25% | 81.12% 1.64% | 76.99% 4.13% | 3.83% |
| Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA | 30.39% | 36.50% 6.11% | 37.54% 1.03% | 36.23% 1.31% | 32.00% 4.23% | 1.61% |
| Gannon UniversityErie, PA | 75.52% | 79.24% 3.72% | 83.59% 4.34% | 80.85% 2.74% | 77.00% 3.85% | 1.48% |
| Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA | 48.04% | 48.24% 0.2% | 56.33% 8.1% | 56.31% 0.02% | 48.00% 8.32% | 0.04% |
| Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA | 79.43% | 77.59% 1.85% | 72.57% 5.01% | 70.98% 1.6% | 73.01% 2.03% | 6.43% |
| Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA | 95.15% | 88.03% 7.12% | 90.60% 2.57% | 58.42% 32.18% | 93.97% 35.55% | 1.18% |
| Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA | 16.32% | 18.23% 1.91% | 17.84% 0.4% | 14.21% 3.62% | 13.00% 1.21% | 3.32% |
| Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 72.77% | 77.70% 4.93% | 77.03% 0.67% | 77.44% 0.41% | 73.99% 3.45% | 1.22% |
| Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA | 81.01% | 82.43% 1.42% | 79.58% 2.85% | 69.74% 9.84% | 77.99% 8.24% | 3.02% |
| Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA | 70.78% | 67.46% 3.31% | 74.43% 6.96% | 76.16% 1.73% | 71.99% 4.17% | 1.22% |
| Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA | 78.74% | 78.74% | 82.15% 3.41% | 80.66% 1.48% | 79.99% 0.67% | 1.25% |
| King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA | 80.94% | 86.61% 5.68% | 95.84% 9.23% | 95.99% 0.15% | 93.01% 2.98% | 12.07% |
| La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 99.43% | 68.91% 30.52% | 98.13% 29.22% | 97.36% 0.77% | 77.99% 19.37% | 21.43% |
| La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 77.71% | 76.35% 1.36% | 81.35% 5.01% | 94.25% 12.9% | 86.01% 8.24% | 8.3% |
| Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA | 31.48% | 35.57% 4.09% | 40.74% 5.17% | 33.63% 7.11% | 31.00% 2.63% | 0.47% |
| Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA | 96.01% | 96.68% 0.66% | 96.00% 0.68% | 97.15% 1.15% | 94.94% 2.21% | 1.08% |
| Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA | 79.58% | 77.80% 1.78% | 77.64% 0.16% | 76.74% 0.9% | 74.99% 1.75% | 4.58% |
| Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA | 32.10% | 49.54% 17.45% | 45.97% 3.57% | 36.98% 8.99% | 29.00% 7.98% | 3.1% |
| Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA | 62.30% | 65.48% 3.18% | 74.74% 9.26% | 75.22% 0.48% | 68.00% 7.22% | 5.7% |
| Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA | 85.55% | 90.95% 5.41% | 95.26% 4.31% | 93.21% 2.05% | 96.00% 2.79% | 10.45% |
| Marywood UniversityScranton, PA | 77.76% | 82.03% 4.27% | 81.86% 0.17% | 80.76% 1.1% | 83.99% 3.24% | 6.24% |
| Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA | 86.44% | 88.02% 1.58% | 82.38% 5.65% | 80.55% 1.83% | 83.00% 2.45% | 3.44% |
| Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA | 75.87% | 77.52% 1.65% | 77.38% 0.14% | 79.41% 2.03% | 78.02% 1.39% | 2.15% |
| Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA | 85.78% | 83.29% 2.49% | 89.10% 5.81% | 88.71% 0.4% | 85.01% 3.7% | 0.77% |
| Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA | 46.99% | 50.04% 3.06% | 58.13% 8.09% | 53.18% 4.95% | 60.97% 7.79% | 13.98% |
| Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA | 75.18% | 80.10% 4.93% | 78.09% 2.01% | 67.02% 11.07% | 54.00% 13.02% | 21.18% |
| Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA | 94.88% | 95.24% 0.36% | 92.37% 2.86% | 85.95% 6.42% | 89.99% 4.04% | 4.9% |
| Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA | 66.24% | 62.18% 4.06% | 67.75% 5.57% | 65.51% 2.24% | 64.01% 1.51% | 2.23% |
| Neumann UniversityAston, PA | 62.32% | 80.34% 18.02% | 84.20% 3.87% | 85.46% 1.26% | 76.00% 9.46% | 13.68% |
| Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 88.37% | 87.79% 0.58% | 83.61% 4.18% | 91.26% 7.65% | 88.02% 3.24% | 0.35% |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA | 43.34% | 47.09% 3.75% | 51.34% 4.25% | 44.31% 7.03% | 45.94% 1.63% | 2.6% |
| University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 7.66% | 8.98% 1.31% | 5.87% 3.11% | 6.50% 0.64% | 6.00% 0.5% | 1.66% |
| University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 73.34% | 75.82% 2.48% | 85.15% 9.33% | 80.02% 5.13% | 77.98% 2.04% | 4.64% |
| Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA | 82.78% | 81.45% 1.33% | 82.32% 0.87% | 80.98% 1.34% | 83.96% 2.98% | 1.18% |
| Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 73.11% | 69.51% 3.6% | 82.32% 12.82% | 82.05% 0.28% | 98.00% 15.95% | 24.89% |
| Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 97.84% | 74.75% 23.08% | 78.95% 4.19% | 100.00% 21.05% | 95.00% 5% | 2.84% |
| Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA | 84.45% | 85.63% 1.18% | 93.95% 8.32% | 93.77% 0.19% | 90.99% 2.77% | 6.54% |
| Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA | 92.09% | 69.10% 22.99% | 80.02% 10.92% | 75.58% 4.44% | 75.03% 0.55% | 17.06% |
| Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA | 74.54% | 59.35% 15.19% | 73.34% 13.99% | 73.05% 0.29% | 76.98% 3.93% | 2.44% |
| Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 74.98% | 80.07% 5.09% | 83.09% 3.02% | 88.68% 5.59% | 86.00% 2.68% | 11.02% |
| Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA | 67.70% | 72.12% 4.42% | 73.03% 0.9% | 73.37% 0.34% | 59.01% 14.36% | 8.69% |
| University of ScrantonScranton, PA | 76.32% | 78.73% 2.41% | 80.29% 1.56% | 84.35% 4.07% | 84.00% 0.36% | 7.68% |
| Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA | 75.70% | 78.67% 2.97% | 73.81% 4.86% | 78.34% 4.53% | 75.99% 2.34% | 0.29% |
| Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 75.00% 25% | 100.00% 25% | - |
| Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA | 72.03% | 73.04% 1.01% | 76.63% 3.59% | 76.69% 0.06% | 78.99% 2.3% | 6.97% |
| Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA | 8.93% | 9.06% 0.13% | 7.79% 1.28% | 6.93% 0.86% | 7.00% 0.07% | 1.93% |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | 75.47% | 84.78% 9.31% | 73.47% 11.31% | 87.50% 14.03% | 75.51% 11.99% | 0.04% |
| Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA | 79.37% | 83.51% 4.15% | 88.04% 4.52% | 82.32% 5.71% | 71.01% 11.32% | 8.36% |
| Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 65.88% | 69.84% 3.96% | 78.09% 8.25% | 88.85% 10.76% | 86.00% 2.86% | 20.12% |
| Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA | 79.09% | 80.44% 1.34% | 82.71% 2.28% | 82.21% 0.51% | 86.99% 4.78% | 7.89% |
| University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA | 62.69% | 63.03% 0.34% | 81.97% 18.94% | 82.43% 0.46% | 77.92% 4.52% | 15.23% |
| Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA | 28.24% | 30.66% 2.41% | 25.24% 5.41% | 23.39% 1.85% | 25.00% 1.61% | 3.24% |
| Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA | 85.23% | 90.18% 4.95% | 83.68% 6.5% | 88.08% 4.4% | 82.01% 6.07% | 3.22% |
| Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA | 92.51% | 89.96% 2.55% | 74.96% 15% | 75.57% 0.61% | 92.03% 16.46% | 0.48% |
| Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA | 66.53% | 76.51% 9.98% | 82.14% 5.63% | 75.28% 6.86% | 86.00% 10.72% | 19.47% |
| Widener UniversityChester, PA | 71.90% | 74.58% 2.68% | 84.53% 9.95% | 87.69% 3.16% | 84.00% 3.69% | 12.1% |
| Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA | 78.62% | 91.77% 13.15% | 94.77% 3% | 94.14% 0.63% | 91.00% 3.14% | 12.38% |
| Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA | 92.80% | 92.20% 0.6% | 92.87% 0.66% | 94.05% 1.18% | 89.98% 4.06% | 2.82% |
| Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA | 85.71% | 83.33% 2.38% | 85.71% 2.38% | 100.00% 14.29% | 100.00% | 14.29% |
| York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA | 68.96% | 70.77% 1.81% | 77.69% 6.92% | 95.61% 17.92% | 94.00% 1.61% | 25.04% |
| Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA | 78.24% | 54.19% 24.05% | 49.09% 5.1% | 45.70% 3.39% | 43.90% 1.8% | 34.34% |
| Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA | - | - | - | 84.31% | 82.02% 2.29% | 2.29% |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineScranton, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-Center City CampusPhiladelphia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-Allentown CampusAllentown, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - Philadelphia & CamdenPhiladelphia, PA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average | 68.77% | 69.64% 0.87% | 72.57% 2.93% | 71.42% 1.14% | 71.02% 0.4% | 2.26% |