Largest Pennsylvania Private Colleges With Most Students

University of Pennsylvania is the largest private Pennsylvania college with 28,201 students. The percentage of online students is 9.69% at the school.

Drexel University with 22,344 students and Carnegie Mellon University with 16,002 students are following it in the largetst Pennsylvania college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Pennsylvania online colleges.

University of Pennsylvania stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Drexel University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $56,661 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,084 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 56.80% and the average SAT score is 1,345 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.


Table. Largest Pennsylvania Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 28,201
163
11,25016,95112,36615,8352,7338 to 1
2
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Drexel University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 22,344
872
14,0218,32310,17412,1704,4779 to 1
3
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Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 16,002
945
7,0598,9438,9737,0295725 to 1
4
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Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year 10,383
487
6,9893,3944,8005,5831,26710 to 1
5
1
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 8,286
16
3,7714,5152,2226,0641,35313 to 1
6
1
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 8,107
193
5,0953,0122,9345,17365912 to 1
7
1
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 7,861
1,397
5,0712,7903,2004,6611,80510 to 1
8
1
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year 7,394
131
5,6241,7703,9943,40043110 to 1
9
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Widener University Chester, PAPrivate, 4-year 5,416
459
2,5552,8611,8623,5541,12811 to 1
10
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University of Scranton Scranton, PAPrivate, 4-year 4,731
39
3,5931,1381,9902,74143312 to 1
Average11,8736,5035,3705,2526,6211,48610 to 1
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