How Acceptance Rate Changes over Past 5 Years for Pennsylvania Public Colleges

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Public Colleges is 88.77%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate increased by 2.32%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Public Colleges has increased by 12.32% from 76.45% to 88.77%. Of the 36 Pennsylvania Public Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 31 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 3 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Pennsylvania Public Colleges admission statistics comparison table.

Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Pennsylvania Public Colleges

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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Pennsylvania Public Colleges
School Name2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-235-Year Change
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA81.56%84.70%
3.14%
90.50%
5.8%
93.39%
2.88%
93.63%
0.24%
12.06%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, PA93.00%93.00%
0.01%
93.10%
0.1%
94.20%
1.1%
91.94%
2.26%
1.05%
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA83.10%89.92%
6.82%
93.19%
3.27%
97.25%
4.06%
96.14%
1.12%
13.04%
Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA49.27%82.77%
33.5%
90.34%
7.57%
79.75%
10.59%
80.61%
0.86%
31.34%
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA77.96%79.27%
1.31%
84.55%
5.28%
96.37%
11.82%
92.42%
3.95%
14.47%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA89.12%---95.44% 6.32%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA80.05%---91.45% 11.4%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA74.55%---86.98% 12.43%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA86.01%---95.25% 9.25%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA82.28%---93.99% 11.71%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA85.36%---94.08% 8.72%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA90.88%---95.76% 4.88%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA64.33%---93.20% 28.87%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA87.23%---97.29% 10.06%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA87.75%---95.55% 7.8%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA86.85%---96.19% 9.34%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA84.59%---92.37% 7.77%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA80.45%---80.73% 0.28%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA85.84%---89.91% 4.08%
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA56.49%75.94%
19.45%
78.27%
2.33%
92.26%
14%
55.21%
37.06%
1.28%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA87.28%---87.65% 0.37%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA76.17%---91.30% 15.12%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA84.75%---93.41% 8.66%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA73.67%---85.78% 12.1%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA85.34%---92.87% 7.53%
University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA49.13%72.88%
23.75%
79.19%
6.31%
73.29%
5.9%
93.55%
20.26%
44.42%
University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA64.03%83.83%
19.8%
90.02%
6.19%
90.86%
0.84%
97.60%
6.74%
33.57%
University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA65.11%78.54%
13.42%
86.62%
8.08%
91.94%
5.32%
97.41%
5.46%
32.29%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA59.27%56.65%
2.62%
63.88%
7.22%
66.68%
2.81%
49.14%
17.54%
10.13%
Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA87.62%91.23%
3.61%
93.92%
2.69%
93.12%
0.8%
87.80%
5.32%
0.18%
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA73.17%70.65%
2.52%
73.98%
3.33%
79.50%
5.52%
74.33%
5.16%
1.17%
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA58.51%60.04%
1.54%
71.42%
11.38%
72.33%
0.91%
79.70%
7.37%
21.19%
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA74.44%75.32%
0.88%
86.25%
10.93%
89.36%
3.11%
87.85%
1.51%
13.41%
Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA54.26%---81.68% 27.42%
Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA----93.96%-
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA----93.62%-
Average76.45%78.20%
1.74%
83.94%
5.75%
86.45%
2.51%
88.77%
2.32%
12.32%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)
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