Largest Pennsylvania Public Colleges With Most Students

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is the largest public Pennsylvania college with 50,028 students. The percentage of online students is 0.23% at the school.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus with 33,767 students and Temple University with 33,196 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.

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,818 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,422 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 80.50% and the average SAT score is 1,159 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 Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PAPublic, 4-year	50,028 38,886	41,745	8,283	26,390	23,638	116	15 to 1
2 1	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PAPublic, 4-year	33,767 537	24,420	9,347	14,131	19,636	881	13 to 1
3 1	Temple University Philadelphia, PAPublic, 4-year	33,196 2,430	24,106	9,090	14,232	18,964	2,612	12 to 1
4 -	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PAPublic, 4-year	17,275 339	14,392	2,883	6,780	10,495	1,770	20 to 1
5	Pennsylvania Western University California, PAPublic, 4-year	12,778	9,404	3,374	4,532	8,246	4,509	18 to 1
6	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PAPublic, 4-year	12,074	11,016	1,058	4,596	7,478	1,579	19 to 1
7 2	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PAPublic, 4-year	8,816 482	7,038	1,778	3,431	5,385	720	21 to 1
8 2	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PAPublic, 4-year	8,221 184	6,757	1,464	3,327	4,894	1,306	19 to 1
9 2	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PAPublic, 4-year	7,455 218	6,497	958	3,077	4,378	664	20 to 1
10 2	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PAPublic, 4-year	6,775 416	5,814	961	2,650	4,125	852	18 to 1
	Average	19,039	15,119	3,920	8,315	10,724	1,501	18 to 1

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