Pennsylvania Colleges Acceptance Rate 2024

Acceptance Rate of all colleges in Pennsylvania are given here. Colleges are listed from Lowest Acceptance rate in Pennsylvania to the Highest Acceptance rate colleges. Acceptance Rate of Universities and Colleges indicate how tough the admissions selection criteria of an institution is. Acceptance or Admissions Rate of the colleges is obtained by dividing the number of admitted students divided by the total number of applicants who applied for admissions in a single admission calendar. The lower the acceptance rate of a college is, the tougher it is to get admitted to. Hence, the colleges with lower admissions rate are easier to get into.

Some institutions have open admission policy. Open Admission Policy means that all qualifying students who meet the minimum eligibility criteria are offered admission and they start the degree the program without additional qualifications or performance benchmarks. In other words, the institutes having open admission policy have 100% acceptance rate.

Acceptance Rate of all Pennsylvania Colleges 2024 from Lowest to Highest

College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh	73.91%	117
Juniata College, Huntingdon	74.43%	1193
Lycoming College, Williamsport	74.74%	1081
Waynesburg University, Waynesburg	74.96%	1165
Allegheny College, Meadville	75.44%	1538
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing, Wilkes Barre	75.68%	105
Albright College, Reading	76.31%	1366
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove	76.63%	2112
Holy Family University, Philadelphia	77.03%	2141
Messiah University, Mechanicsburg	77.38%	2350
Lebanon Valley College, Annville	77.64%	1635
York College of Pennsylvania, York	77.69%	3452
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, Pleasant Gap	78.01%	168
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia	78.09%	3727
Moravian University, Bethlehem	78.09%	1871
DeSales University, Center Valley	78.22%	2265
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School, Washington	78.41%	266
Walnut Hill College, Philadelphia	78.95%	245
Geneva College, Beaver Falls	79.37%	1072
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown	79.48%	1667
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock	79.5%	6823
Immaculata University, Immaculata	79.58%	1363
Lincoln University, Lincoln University	79.75%	1763
Rosemont College, Rosemont	80.02%	425
Cabrini University, Radnor	80.04%	1292
University of Scranton, Scranton	80.29%	3433
UPMC Mercy School of Nursing, Pittsburgh	81.25%	148
La Salle University, Philadelphia	81.35%	2656
Marywood University, Scranton	81.86%	1719
University of Valley Forge, Phoenixville	81.97%	473
Westminster College, New Wilmington	82.14%	1073
Keystone College, La Plume	82.15%	1055
Point Park University, Pittsburgh	82.32%	2567
Cairn University-Langhorne, Langhorne	82.32%	807
Mercyhurst University, Erie	82.38%	2594
Arcadia University, Glenside	82.42%	1703
Drexel University, Philadelphia	82.63%	14308
Ursinus College, Collegeville	82.71%	1534
Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia	83.09%	4112
Jefferson County Dubois Area Vocational Technical Practical Nursing Program, Reynoldsville	83.33%	18
Gannon University, Erie	83.59%	2681
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia	83.61%	121
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington	83.68%	1151
Neumann University, Aston	84.2%	1682
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh	84.26%	5071
Widener University, Chester	84.53%	2729
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia	85.15%	1395
Yeshivath Beth Moshe, Scranton	85.71%	36
Thiel College, Greenville	88.04%	767
Central Penn College, Summerdale	88.66%	858
College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students