Colleges / Pennsylvania Colleges in Pennsylvania. All 115 four-year colleges in Pennsylvania that report admissions (36 public, 79 private), with acceptance rates, SAT ranges, average price after grants and the first 2026–27 deadline. Most applied to first. Open a college to check your chances.
College Admitted SAT middle 50% Net price First deadline Penn State University Park 55% 1280–1410 $27,450 EA Nov 1 Penn Philadelphia 4.9% 1510–1570 $26,017 ED Nov 1 Pitt Pittsburgh 59% 1280–1450 $24,338 Rolling Temple University Philadelphia 86% 1030–1310 $29,641 EA Nov 1 Drexel University Philadelphia 70% 1260–1430 $42,342 ED Nov 15 Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh 11% 1500–1560 $32,964 ED Nov 2 Villanova Villanova 28% 1420–1490 $37,946 ED Nov 1 Lehigh Bethlehem 29% 1380–1480 $33,289 ED Nov 1 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester 76% 1110–1260 $21,684 Rolling Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown 97% 1160–1335 $22,406 – Duquesne University Pittsburgh 86% 1130–1333 $35,125 EA Nov 15 Swarthmore Swarthmore 7.5% 1480–1550 $17,930 ED Nov 15 Bucknell University Lewisburg 32% 1170–1360 $38,486 ED Nov 1 Lafayette College Easton 31% 1360–1490 $34,728 ED Nov 15 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona 97% 1120–1290 $22,506 – Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster 32% 1310–1470 $37,475 ED Nov 15 University of Scranton Scranton 80% 1160–1300 $32,100 ED Nov 15 Widener University Chester 71% 1060–1283 $30,720 EA Nov 1 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia 86% 1140–1300 $36,392 – Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre 94% 1065–1280 $28,508 EA Nov 29 Gettysburg College Gettysburg 39% 1270–1460 $35,729 ED Nov 1 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington 94% 1100–1303 $17,561 – Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg 91% 980–1190 $18,004 – Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana 92% 970–1180 $17,665 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie 96% 1150–1320 $20,964 – Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown 89% 1070–1280 $21,856 Rolling Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia 81% 1150–1350 $29,097 EA Nov 1 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg 93% 970–1170 $15,318 Rolling Robert Morris University Moon Township 91% – $26,215 Rolling Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville 89% 1030–1210 $20,860 Rolling Haverford College Haverford 13% 1460–1530 $22,828 ED Nov 15 Arcadia University Glenside 79% 1095–1310 $26,994 Rolling Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg 88% 990–1200 $23,344 Rolling Gannon University Erie 77% – $23,942 Rolling Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock 75% 1000–1190 $18,407 – Pennsylvania Western University California 94% 940–1170 $19,579 Rolling Allegheny College Meadville 59% 1155–1360 $27,929 ED Nov 1 Dickinson College Carlisle 42% 1340–1440 $40,242 ED Nov 15 Moravian University Bethlehem 74% 1030–1240 $30,720 EA Nov 15 Lincoln University Lincoln University 64% 870–1050 $12,910 EA Feb 1 Alvernia University Reading 62% 1066–1253 $26,166 Rolling Albright College Reading 86% – $22,116 Rolling Susquehanna University Selinsgrove 79% 1100–1290 $27,258 – York College of Pennsylvania York 94% 1030–1230 $21,036 – University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford 89% 980–1220 $17,015 – La Salle University Philadelphia 86% – $20,119 EA Nov 1 Point Park University Pittsburgh 98% 1035–1240 $25,477 Rolling Muhlenberg College Allentown 64% 1230–1390 $31,814 ED Nov 16 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr 28% 1300–1470 $39,383 ED Nov 15 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading 97% 1120–1323 $22,450 – Washington & Jefferson College Washington 81% 1030–1260 $26,051 ED Dec 15 Neumann University Aston 93% 815–1038 $29,298 EA Nov 15 DeSales University Center Valley 79% 1120–1300 $30,524 Rolling Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown 77% 1090–1280 $27,019 Rolling Mercyhurst University Erie 83% – $26,962 Rolling Chatham University Pittsburgh 62% 1080–1270 $29,051 EA Nov 1 Ursinus College Collegeville 87% 1160–1360 $31,625 EA Nov 10 University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown 95% 1020–1260 $17,909 – Lycoming College Williamsport 77% 1070–1255 $20,733 ED Nov 15 Immaculata University Immaculata 87% 1200–1325 $29,499 Rolling Lebanon Valley College Annville 75% 1093–1300 $28,640 EA Nov 1 King's College Wilkes-Barre 93% 1060–1240 $25,608 – Juniata College Huntingdon 79% 1150–1320 $28,925 ED Nov 15 University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg 93% 1040–1250 $17,196 – Marywood University Scranton 84% 1050–1240 $24,712 Rolling Eastern University Saint Davids 91% – $21,900 – Misericordia University Dallas 89% 928–1218 $25,090 Rolling Holy Family University Philadelphia 74% 950–1130 $13,016 – Westminster College New Wilmington 86% – $21,089 ED Nov 1 Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia 79% – $28,583 Rolling Messiah University Mechanicsburg 81% 1150–1350 $29,882 Rolling Cabrini University Radnor 69% 1069–1257 $24,733 – Seton Hill University Greensburg 76% 1070–1270 $23,732 Rolling Mount Aloysius College Cresson 90% 900–1105 $20,570 Rolling Delaware Valley University Doylestown 93% 1070–1270 $28,401 Rolling Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media 97% 1120–1340 $21,739 – Saint Francis University Loretto 77% 1020–1250 $27,421 Rolling Thiel College Greenville 71% – $22,490 Rolling La Roche University Pittsburgh 78% 1055–1235 $24,638 Rolling Grove City College Grove City 73% 1128–1374 $24,184 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore 95% 1110–1300 $18,239 – Waynesburg University Waynesburg 92% 1000–1220 $22,837 Rolling Saint Vincent College Latrobe 79% 1045–1210 $23,857 Rolling Keystone College La Plume 80% 910–1130 $21,461 Rolling Rosemont College Rosemont 75% – $19,297 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York 95% 1070–1280 $19,159 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley 95% 1070–1340 $19,070 – Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley 90% 1043–1170 $26,733 Rolling University of the Arts Philadelphia 78% – $44,510 – Carlow University Pittsburgh 87% – $20,561 EA Dec 1 Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia 61% 1233–1411 $44,371 Rolling Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg 82% – $14,882 Rolling Cedar Crest College Allentown 99% 1000–1230 $23,036 Rolling Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca 94% 1168–1265 $19,329 – Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park 85% 1100–1280 $21,171 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven 80% 1065–1218 $20,317 – Wilson College Chambersburg 90% 940–1110 $21,567 Rolling Manor College Jenkintown 96% 725–935 $15,983 RD Jul 30 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster 46% – $30,437 Rolling Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington 87% 1100–1360 $19,294 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace 90% 1075–1350 $18,780 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton 91% 1093–1268 $19,920 – Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn 74% 1060–1298 $19,204 EA Nov 15 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto 96% 1085–1183 $20,294 – Cairn University-Langhorne Langhorne 84% 1050–1260 $27,603 Rolling Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport 91% 1045–1288 $14,933 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas 97% 1098–1203 $16,275 – Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster Lancaster 44% – $33,565 – Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia 7.0% – $21,615 – University of Valley Forge Phoenixville 78% – $27,854 – Lancaster Bible College Lancaster 95% 1080–1270 $22,872 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois 93% 1100–1240 $18,960 – Clarks Summit University Clarks Summit 90% – $23,070 – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia 88% – $45,518 – Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon 90% 980–1058 $14,895 –
ED = early decision, EA = early action, REA = restrictive early action, RD = regular decision. Deadlines are from Common App’s requirements grid; colleges not on the Common App show a dash. Admit rates come from each college’s Common Data Set when it publishes one, otherwise IPEDS (fall 2023 ). All application deadlines .
Hardest colleges to get into in Pennsylvania Penn admitted 4.9% of 72,544 applicants.Swarthmore admitted 7.5% of 12,995 applicants.Carnegie Mellon admitted 11% of 34,867 applicants.Haverford College admitted 13% of 6,730 applicants.Villanova admitted 28% of 25,841 applicants.Which of these fit you?
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