For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania colleges is 60.82%, 477,343 accepted out of 784,862 applicants.
For Pennsylvania college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 25,160 (3.31%) compared to last year, from 759,702 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 83, which is less than -0.10% last year.
Pennsylvania colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.98% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Pennsylvania colleges. The yield decreased by 0.31%.
Among Pennsylvania colleges, University of Pennsylvania has the lowest acceptance rate of 6.00% with 3,568 accepted students out of 59,465 applicants. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 85,956 and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 8,819.
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Pennsylvania. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | 59,465 4,877 | 3,568 19 | 2,462 53 | 6.00% -0.50% | 69.00% 1.12% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | 446 32 | 31 -9 | 25 -8 | 6.95% -2.71% | 80.65% -1.85% |
| Swarthmore College | 14,287 -420 | 1,000 -19 | 420 -13 | 7.00% 0.07% | 42.00% -0.49% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 33,707 -554 | 3,708 -165 | 1,632 -84 | 11.00% -0.30% | 44.01% -0.30% |
| Haverford College | 6,391 734 | 831 27 | 374 12 | 13.00% -1.21% | 45.01% -0.01% |
| Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences | 98 5 | 20 8 | 20 8 | 20.41% 7.51% | 100.00% |
| Villanova University | 23,127 -708 | 5,782 206 | 1,735 -44 | 25.00% 1.61% | 30.01% -1.89% |
| Central Penn College | 594 -115 | 154 -87 | 94 -50 | 25.93% -8.06% | 61.04% 1.29% |
| Lehigh University | 18,415 3,252 | 5,340 -267 | 1,495 -16 | 29.00% -7.98% | 28.00% 1.05% |
| Williamson College of the Trades | 508 112 | 152 -2 | 120 4 | 29.92% -8.97% | 78.95% 3.63% |
| Bryn Mawr College | 3,278 -316 | 1,016 -89 | 356 -40 | 30.99% 0.24% | 35.04% -0.80% |
| Lafayette College | 9,874 -626 | 3,061 -470 | 673 -84 | 31.00% -2.63% | 21.99% 0.55% |
| Bucknell University | 11,010 -697 | 3,523 -288 | 1,022 -12 | 32.00% -0.55% | 29.01% 1.88% |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 9,231 308 | 2,954 -279 | 561 74 | 32.00% -4.23% | 18.99% 3.93% |
| The Rapha School | 52 | 20 | 20 | 38.46% | 100.00% |
| Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology | 37 7 | 15 -4 | 15 | 40.54% -22.79% | 100.00% 21.05% |
| Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing | 109 92 | 45 38 | 42 37 | 41.28% 0.10% | 93.33% 21.90% |
| Dickinson College | 7,185 -1,076 | 3,090 205 | 525 -52 | 43.01% 8.09% | 16.99% -3.01% |
| DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | 60 3 | 26 2 | 23 10 | 43.33% 1.22% | 88.46% 34.29% |
| Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences | 451 -142 | 198 -73 | 93 -4 | 43.90% -1.80% | 46.97% 11.18% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Titusville | 56 21 | 25 9 | 13 6 | 44.64% -1.07% | 52.00% 8.25% |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 677 115 | 311 62 | 96 30 | 45.94% 1.63% | 30.87% 4.36% |
| Gettysburg College | 7,123 1,327 | 3,419 155 | 615 -29 | 48.00% -8.31% | 17.99% -1.74% |
| Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc | 98 58 | 48 18 | 29 -1 | 48.98% -26.02% | 60.42% -39.58% |
| Chester County Intermediate Unit | 77 61 | 38 22 | 23 7 | 49.35% -50.65% | 60.53% -39.47% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 58,416 5,344 | 29,208 3,129 | 4,673 283 | 50.00% 0.86% | 16.00% -0.83% |
| Orleans Technical College | 129 30 | 65 | 48 3 | 50.39% -15.27% | 73.85% 4.62% |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | 1,942 775 | 1,029 -34 | 710 120 | 52.99% -38.10% | 69.00% 13.50% |
| Moravian University | 5,115 1,831 | 2,762 561 | 525 99 | 54.00% -13.02% | 19.01% -0.34% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 85,956 172 | 46,416 -944 | 8,819 -397 | 54.00% -1.21% | 19.00% -0.46% |
| Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing | 95 3 | 53 -6 | 42 9 | 55.79% -8.34% | 79.25% 23.32% |
| Allegheny College | 5,045 897 | 2,977 88 | 298 9 | 59.01% -10.64% | 10.01% 0.01% |
| Saint Vincent College | 2,374 211 | 1,401 -186 | 294 -48 | 59.01% -14.36% | 20.99% -0.56% |
| Venango County Area Vocational Technical School | 68 12 | 41 10 | 28 9 | 60.29% 4.93% | 68.29% 7.00% |
| Moore College of Art and Design | 1,322 -188 | 806 3 | 113 | 60.97% 7.79% | 14.02% -0.05% |
| Alvernia University | 5,491 -212 | 3,404 39 | 408 -89 | 61.99% 2.99% | 11.99% -2.78% |
| Muhlenberg College | 4,348 19 | 2,783 -53 | 417 -3 | 64.01% -1.50% | 14.98% 0.17% |
| UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing | 66 47 | 43 27 | 43 29 | 65.15% -19.06% | 100.00% 12.50% |
| Lycoming College | 3,225 186 | 2,193 -93 | 285 -11 | 68.00% -7.22% | 13.00% 0.05% |
| Cabrini University | 2,467 -936 | 1,702 -970 | 68 -214 | 68.99% -9.53% | 4.00% -6.55% |
| Chatham University | 4,169 655 | 2,918 587 | 321 15 | 69.99% 3.66% | 11.00% -2.13% |
| Thiel College | 2,197 319 | 1,560 14 | 218 -11 | 71.01% -11.31% | 13.97% -0.84% |
| Juniata College | 2,917 354 | 2,100 148 | 399 103 | 71.99% -4.17% | 19.00% 3.84% |
| Vet Tech Institute | 103 | 75 | 45 | 72.82% | 60.00% |
| Grove City College | 2,034 -140 | 1,485 -58 | 549 -60 | 73.01% 2.03% | 36.97% -2.50% |
| Penn Commercial Business/Technical School | 90 -6 | 66 4 | 42 -8 | 73.33% 8.75% | 63.64% -17.01% |
| Holy Family University | 2,653 667 | 1,963 425 | 471 132 | 73.99% -3.45% | 23.99% 1.95% |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 593 14 | 439 -24 | 75 -3 | 74.03% -5.94% | 17.08% 0.23% |
| UPMC Jameson School of Nursing | 58 45 | 43 31 | 29 18 | 74.14% -18.17% | 67.44% -24.23% |
| UPMC Mercy School of Nursing | 47 31 | 35 19 | 30 17 | 74.47% -25.53% | 85.71% 4.46% |
| Lebanon Valley College | 3,275 145 | 2,456 54 | 491 63 | 74.99% -1.75% | 19.99% 2.17% |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 6,119 528 | 4,589 433 | 1,560 101 | 75.00% 0.67% | 33.99% -1.12% |
| Rosemont College | 1,578 628 | 1,184 466 | 107 27 | 75.03% -0.55% | 9.04% -2.10% |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | 49 9 | 37 2 | 34 2 | 75.51% -11.99% | 91.89% 0.46% |
| Seton Hill University | 2,441 -227 | 1,855 -235 | 315 -69 | 75.99% -2.35% | 16.98% -1.39% |
| Neumann University | 4,212 711 | 3,201 209 | 352 -40 | 76.00% -9.46% | 11.00% -2.10% |
| Jefferson County Dubois Area Vocational Technical Practical Nursing Program | 13 -2 | 10 2 | 10 2 | 76.92% 23.59% | 100.00% |
| Saint Francis University | 2,259 92 | 1,739 156 | 383 48 | 76.98% 3.93% | 22.02% 0.86% |
| Rosedale Technical College | 252 -16 | 194 -6 | 138 17 | 76.98% 2.35% | 71.13% 10.63% |
| Elizabethtown College | 3,551 574 | 2,734 319 | 519 56 | 76.99% -4.13% | 18.98% -0.19% |
| Gannon University | 6,331 -347 | 4,875 -524 | 634 -8 | 77.00% -3.85% | 13.01% 1.12% |
| University of Valley Forge | 403 33 | 314 9 | 94 -31 | 77.92% -4.51% | 29.94% -11.04% |
| University of the Arts | 1,367 281 | 1,066 197 | 245 63 | 77.98% -2.04% | 22.98% 2.04% |
| La Roche University | 2,063 -1,159 | 1,609 -1,528 | 177 49 | 77.99% -19.37% | 11.00% 6.92% |
| Immaculata University | 1,958 -230 | 1,527 1 | 275 68 | 77.99% 8.25% | 18.01% 4.45% |
| Drexel University | 40,204 3,164 | 31,359 1,872 | 2,822 -113 | 78.00% -1.61% | 9.00% -0.95% |
| Lincoln University | 5,987 -712 | 4,670 -730 | 560 159 | 78.00% -2.61% | 11.99% 4.56% |
| Messiah University | 2,375 -63 | 1,853 -83 | 593 6 | 78.02% -1.39% | 32.00% 1.68% |
| DeSales University | 3,636 -26 | 2,872 46 | 460 -49 | 78.99% 1.82% | 16.02% -1.99% |
| Susquehanna University | 5,974 -401 | 4,719 -170 | 566 -12 | 78.99% 2.30% | 11.99% 0.17% |
| Duquesne University | 14,112 1,736 | 11,148 320 | 1,449 8 | 79.00% -8.49% | 13.00% -0.31% |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 16,467 1,689 | 13,009 27 | 3,122 116 | 79.00% -8.85% | 24.00% 0.84% |
| Arcadia University | 6,688 367 | 5,284 381 | 423 -66 | 79.01% 1.44% | 8.01% -1.96% |
| Chestnut Hill College | 2,559 1,016 | 2,022 507 | 182 38 | 79.02% -19.17% | 9.00% -0.51% |
| Keystone College | 1,789 217 | 1,431 163 | 186 -13 | 79.99% -0.67% | 13.00% -2.69% |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 882 25 | 706 6 | 332 33 | 80.05% -1.63% | 47.03% 4.32% |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 3,218 -196 | 2,639 -368 | 317 -31 | 82.01% -6.07% | 12.01% 0.44% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | 1,290 130 | 1,058 80 | 148 9 | 82.02% -2.29% | 13.99% -0.22% |
| Mercyhurst University | 3,500 -125 | 2,905 -15 | 581 34 | 83.00% 2.45% | 20.00% 1.27% |
| Temple University | 36,399 -2,267 | 30,211 -606 | 3,625 -1,039 | 83.00% 3.30% | 12.00% -3.13% |
| Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career | 62 23 | 52 21 | 40 16 | 83.87% 4.38% | 76.92% -0.50% |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | 505 37 | 424 45 | 263 61 | 83.96% 2.98% | 62.03% 8.73% |
| Marywood University | 3,136 491 | 2,634 498 | 421 -24 | 83.99% 3.23% | 15.98% -4.85% |
| Widener University | 7,167 1,206 | 6,020 793 | 903 367 | 84.00% -3.69% | 15.00% 4.75% |
| University of Scranton | 9,530 | 8,005 -34 | 1,041 -17 | 84.00% -0.35% | 13.00% -0.16% |
| Greene County Career and Technology Center | 20 14 | 17 11 | 15 9 | 85.00% -15.00% | 88.24% -11.76% |
| Misericordia University | 2,508 312 | 2,132 184 | 405 36 | 85.01% -3.70% | 19.00% 0.06% |
| UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing | 7 -3 | 6 -3 | 6 -2 | 85.71% -4.29% | 100.00% 11.11% |
| Laurel Business Institute | 285 123 | 245 109 | 167 51 | 85.96% 2.01% | 68.16% -17.13% |
| Westminster College | 2,650 425 | 2,279 604 | 319 30 | 86.00% 10.72% | 14.00% -3.25% |
| Saint Joseph's University | 8,751 -957 | 7,526 -1,083 | 1,204 108 | 86.00% -2.68% | 16.00% 3.27% |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 6,545 178 | 5,629 39 | 1,126 47 | 86.00% -1.80% | 20.00% 0.70% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | 6,084 361 | 5,232 147 | 785 29 | 86.00% -2.85% | 15.00% 0.13% |
| Albright College | 5,366 -212 | 4,615 -119 | 369 -32 | 86.00% 1.13% | 8.00% -0.47% |
| La Salle University | 4,845 -369 | 4,167 -747 | 458 -99 | 86.01% -8.24% | 10.99% -0.35% |
| Ursinus College | 3,443 206 | 2,995 334 | 389 8 | 86.99% 4.78% | 12.99% -1.33% |
| Carlow University | 1,326 202 | 1,154 112 | 231 32 | 87.03% -5.67% | 20.02% 0.92% |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | 192 9 | 169 2 | 19 | 88.02% -3.24% | 11.24% -0.14% |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 6,989 483 | 6,220 207 | 1,182 -22 | 89.00% -3.42% | 19.00% -1.02% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 608 -70 | 547 -72 | 131 -59 | 89.97% -1.33% | 23.95% -6.74% |
| Wilson College | 1,068 329 | 961 266 | 192 56 | 89.98% -4.07% | 19.98% 0.41% |
| Mount Aloysius College | 2,377 512 | 2,139 536 | 321 26 | 89.99% 4.04% | 15.01% -3.39% |
| Clarks Summit University | 202 -140 | 182 -41 | 66 -11 | 90.10% 24.90% | 36.26% 1.73% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango | 209 17 | 190 23 | 72 21 | 90.91% 3.93% | 37.89% 7.35% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 4,985 -86 | 4,536 -208 | 318 21 | 90.99% -2.56% | 7.01% 0.75% |
| Robert Morris University | 7,117 2,433 | 6,476 2,084 | 777 188 | 90.99% -2.78% | 12.00% -1.41% |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 9,422 819 | 8,574 664 | 2,058 280 | 91.00% -0.94% | 24.00% 1.52% |
| Wilkes University | 6,414 1,616 | 5,837 1,320 | 525 47 | 91.00% -3.14% | 8.99% -1.59% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 714 129 | 650 124 | 202 53 | 91.04% 1.13% | 31.08% 2.75% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 816 -112 | 743 -53 | 156 -21 | 91.05% 5.27% | 21.00% -1.24% |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,358 59 | 2,169 -25 | 477 39 | 91.98% -3.45% | 21.99% 2.03% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 2,012 7 | 1,851 -11 | 185 -7 | 92.00% -0.87% | 9.99% -0.32% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 6,575 112 | 6,049 12 | 907 22 | 92.00% -1.41% | 14.99% 0.33% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 1,603 -104 | 1,475 -116 | 162 -6 | 92.01% -1.19% | 10.98% 0.42% |
| Waynesburg University | 1,806 -351 | 1,662 32 | 332 33 | 92.03% 16.46% | 19.98% 1.64% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly | 731 -141 | 673 -31 | 114 12 | 92.07% 11.34% | 16.94% 2.45% |
| Franklin County Career and Technology Center | 13 -10 | 12 -2 | 12 1 | 92.31% 31.44% | 100.00% 21.43% |
| Northern Tier Career Center | 14 -13 | 13 -6 | 13 -5 | 92.86% 22.49% | 100.00% 5.26% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois | 481 -30 | 447 -25 | 98 | 92.93% 0.56% | 21.92% 1.16% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington | 643 -35 | 598 -22 | 126 -8 | 93.00% 1.55% | 21.07% -0.54% |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 7,398 1,719 | 6,880 1,563 | 1,376 223 | 93.00% -0.63% | 20.00% -1.69% |
| King's College | 3,206 -10 | 2,982 -105 | 388 19 | 93.01% -2.98% | 13.01% 1.06% |
| Laurel Technical Institute | 134 9 | 125 6 | 90 33 | 93.28% -1.92% | 72.00% 24.10% |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 1,111 48 | 1,044 423 | 188 36 | 93.97% 35.55% | 18.01% -6.47% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | 1,848 42 | 1,737 38 | 278 11 | 93.99% -0.09% | 16.00% 0.28% |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 4,933 404 | 4,637 307 | 788 39 | 94.00% -1.61% | 16.99% -0.31% |
| Eastern University | 2,852 -142 | 2,681 788 | 509 45 | 94.00% 30.77% | 18.99% -5.52% |
| Pennsylvania Western University | 6,189 -2,274 | 5,818 -2,105 | 1,629 -402 | 94.01% 0.39% | 28.00% 2.37% |
| Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology | 137 16 | 130 30 | 98 -2 | 94.89% 12.25% | 75.38% -24.62% |
| Lancaster Bible College | 395 44 | 375 34 | 180 -4 | 94.94% -2.21% | 48.00% -5.96% |
| Walnut Hill College | 80 -53 | 76 -57 | 42 -31 | 95.00% -5.00% | 55.26% 0.37% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre | 640 -13 | 608 -14 | 91 -36 | 95.00% -0.25% | 14.97% -5.45% |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 7,733 -1,837 | 7,346 -1,646 | 2,424 234 | 95.00% 1.04% | 33.00% 8.65% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 2,461 21 | 2,338 -9 | 444 45 | 95.00% -1.19% | 18.99% 1.99% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 2,240 -57 | 2,128 -31 | 234 5 | 95.00% 1.01% | 11.00% 0.39% |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 8,170 922 | 7,762 794 | 1,630 30 | 95.01% -1.13% | 21.00% -1.96% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 581 -91 | 552 -37 | 127 12 | 95.01% 7.36% | 23.01% 3.49% |
| Johnson College | 314 -18 | 301 -18 | 232 44 | 95.86% -0.22% | 77.08% 18.15% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 4,827 464 | 4,634 470 | 880 51 | 96.00% 0.56% | 18.99% -0.92% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 3,246 -224 | 3,116 -264 | 467 -51 | 96.00% -1.41% | 14.99% -0.34% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 10,296 371 | 9,884 401 | 1,186 -11 | 96.00% 0.45% | 12.00% -0.62% |
| Manor College | 825 30 | 792 51 | 119 -7 | 96.00% 2.79% | 15.03% -1.97% |
| Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing | 28 13 | 27 16 | 19 8 | 96.43% 23.10% | 70.37% -29.63% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 7,134 -389 | 6,920 -284 | 830 -75 | 97.00% 1.24% | 11.99% -0.57% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 5,844 239 | 5,669 216 | 567 -65 | 97.01% -0.28% | 10.00% -1.59% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 2,936 -67 | 2,877 -54 | 374 -35 | 97.99% 0.39% | 13.00% -0.95% |
| Point Park University | 5,291 -742 | 5,185 235 | 519 -40 | 98.00% 15.95% | 10.01% -1.28% |
| Cedar Crest College | 1,152 206 | 1,140 343 | 160 27 | 98.96% 14.71% | 14.04% -2.65% |
| South Hills School of Business & Technology | 125 -16 | 124 -14 | 83 11 | 99.20% 1.33% | 66.94% 14.77% |
| Eastern Center for Arts and Technology | 4 -17 | 4 -9 | 4 -9 | 100.00% 38.10% | 100.00% |
| Studio Incamminati | 2 | 2 | 1 -1 | 100.00% | 50.00% -50.00% |
| Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County | 9 -1 | 9 -1 | 9 -1 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Citizens School of Nursing | 17 -25 | 17 12 | 13 8 | 100.00% 88.10% | 76.47% -23.53% |
| Falcon Institute of Health and Science | 26 -136 | 26 -136 | 26 -136 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program | 15 -5 | 15 -2 | 15 -2 | 100.00% 15.00% | 100.00% |
| Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia | 69 | 69 | 36 | 100.00% | 52.17% |
| ASPIRA City College | 3 | 3 | 3 1 | 100.00% | 100.00% 33.33% |
| Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook | 12 8 | 12 9 | 12 9 | 100.00% 25.00% | 100.00% |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe | 15 4 | 15 4 | 14 5 | 100.00% | 93.33% 11.51% |