For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania colleges is 61.12%, 501,221 accepted out of 820,025 applicants.
For Pennsylvania college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 35,163 (4.48%) compared to last year, from 784,862 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 776, which is less than -0.94% last year.
Pennsylvania colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.31% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Pennsylvania colleges. The yield decreased by 0.98%.
Among Pennsylvania colleges, Curtis Institute of Music has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.58% with 26 accepted students out of 568 applicants. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 88,478 and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 9,169.
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Pennsylvania. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Institute of Music | 568 122 | 26 -5 | 24 -1 | 4.58% -2.37% | 92.31% 11.66% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 65,226 5,761 | 3,523 34 | 2,395 -21 | 5.40% -0.47% | 67.98% -1.27% |
| Swarthmore College | 13,065 -1,222 | 975 -17 | 427 12 | 7.46% 0.52% | 43.79% 1.96% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 33,941 234 | 3,959 116 | 1,808 100 | 11.66% 0.26% | 45.67% 1.23% |
| Haverford College | 7,341 950 | 908 83 | 387 14 | 12.37% -0.54% | 42.62% -2.59% |
| Central Penn College | 1,208 614 | 223 69 | 186 92 | 18.46% -7.47% | 83.41% 22.37% |
| Williamson College of the Trades | 640 132 | 140 -12 | 113 -7 | 21.88% -8.04% | 80.71% 1.76% |
| Lehigh University | 20,396 1,981 | 5,289 -100 | 1,501 -30 | 25.93% -3.33% | 28.38% -0.03% |
| Villanova University | 23,256 129 | 6,274 464 | 1,740 | 26.98% 1.86% | 27.73% -2.22% |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 9,881 650 | 2,785 -153 | 477 -76 | 28.19% -3.64% | 17.13% -1.69% |
| Bucknell University | 11,377 367 | 3,291 -233 | 991 -39 | 28.93% -3.08% | 30.11% 0.88% |
| Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences | 106 8 | 31 11 | 31 11 | 29.25% 8.84% | 100.00% |
| Bryn Mawr College | 4,094 816 | 1,205 187 | 380 19 | 29.43% -1.63% | 31.54% -3.92% |
| DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | 501 441 | 152 126 | 27 4 | 30.34% -12.99% | 17.76% -70.70% |
| Lafayette College | 10,195 321 | 3,206 99 | 698 1 | 31.45% -0.02% | 21.77% -0.66% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Titusville | 69 13 | 24 -1 | 15 2 | 34.78% -9.86% | 62.50% 10.50% |
| Venango County Area Vocational Technical School | 130 62 | 50 9 | 37 9 | 38.46% -21.83% | 74.00% 5.71% |
| Gettysburg College | 8,366 1,243 | 3,254 -130 | 508 -96 | 38.90% -8.61% | 15.61% -2.24% |
| Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | 512 61 | 211 12 | 86 -7 | 41.21% -2.91% | 40.76% -5.97% |
| Dickinson College | 7,258 73 | 3,055 -40 | 646 121 | 42.09% -0.99% | 21.15% 4.19% |
| Walnut Hill College | 309 229 | 132 56 | 69 27 | 42.72% -52.28% | 52.27% -2.99% |
| ASPIRA City College | 6 3 | 3 | 3 | 50.00% -50.00% | 100.00% |
| Moravian University | 6,192 1,077 | 3,354 592 | 535 20 | 54.17% 0.17% | 15.95% -2.70% |
| Allegheny College | 5,758 713 | 3,142 189 | 326 43 | 54.57% -3.96% | 10.38% 0.80% |
| Penn Commercial Business/Technical School | 197 107 | 110 44 | 61 19 | 55.84% -17.49% | 55.45% -8.19% |
| Lancaster Bible College | 1,732 1,337 | 968 592 | 326 147 | 55.89% -39.30% | 33.68% -13.93% |
| Moore College of Art and Design | 1,541 219 | 870 70 | 144 36 | 56.46% -4.05% | 16.55% 3.05% |
| Alvernia University | 5,715 224 | 3,318 -104 | 442 28 | 58.06% -4.26% | 13.32% 1.22% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 60,898 2,482 | 35,372 6,338 | 4,596 47 | 58.08% 8.38% | 12.99% -2.68% |
| Chester County Intermediate Unit | 24 -53 | 14 -24 | 11 -12 | 58.33% 8.98% | 78.57% 18.04% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 88,478 2,522 | 53,579 6,974 | 9,169 129 | 60.56% 6.34% | 17.11% -2.29% |
| Marywood University | 4,236 1,100 | 2,566 -59 | 438 16 | 60.58% -23.13% | 17.07% 0.99% |
| University of Valley Forge | 616 213 | 377 62 | 105 10 | 61.20% -16.96% | 27.85% -2.31% |
| Saint Vincent College | 2,613 239 | 1,613 210 | 329 36 | 61.73% 2.63% | 20.40% -0.48% |
| Chatham University | 3,446 -723 | 2,135 -788 | 272 -60 | 61.96% -8.15% | 12.74% 1.38% |
| Lincoln University | 5,248 -739 | 3,449 -1,243 | 424 -127 | 65.72% -12.65% | 12.29% 0.55% |
| Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career | 87 25 | 58 6 | 44 4 | 66.67% -17.20% | 75.86% -1.06% |
| Widener University | 9,350 2,183 | 6,632 610 | 916 22 | 70.93% -13.09% | 13.81% -1.04% |
| Misericordia University | 3,733 1,225 | 2,648 519 | 463 55 | 70.93% -13.96% | 17.48% -1.68% |
| Holy Family University | 3,449 796 | 2,450 481 | 518 47 | 71.04% -3.18% | 21.14% -2.78% |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | 1,456 -486 | 1,037 9 | 676 -32 | 71.22% 18.28% | 65.19% -3.68% |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 6,464 345 | 4,620 54 | 1,548 11 | 71.47% -3.15% | 33.51% -0.15% |
| Thiel College | 2,903 706 | 2,077 526 | 236 17 | 71.55% 0.95% | 11.36% -2.76% |
| Muhlenberg College | 4,963 615 | 3,573 790 | 466 39 | 71.99% 7.98% | 13.04% -2.30% |
| Grove City College | 2,095 61 | 1,515 22 | 565 8 | 72.32% -1.08% | 37.29% -0.02% |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 7,657 2,724 | 5,646 999 | 822 17 | 73.74% -20.46% | 14.56% -2.76% |
| Lycoming College | 2,896 -329 | 2,145 -44 | 269 -24 | 74.07% 6.19% | 12.54% -0.85% |
| Gannon University | 6,547 216 | 4,855 -1 | 554 -65 | 74.16% -2.54% | 11.41% -1.34% |
| Chestnut Hill College | 2,964 405 | 2,207 182 | 158 -20 | 74.46% -4.67% | 7.16% -1.63% |
| Northern Tier Career Center | 51 37 | 38 25 | 38 25 | 74.51% -18.35% | 100.00% |
| Rosedale Technical College | 296 44 | 222 28 | 156 19 | 75.00% -1.98% | 70.27% -0.35% |
| La Roche University | 1,976 -87 | 1,497 -104 | 146 -26 | 75.76% -1.85% | 9.75% -0.99% |
| Albright College | 5,754 388 | 4,392 -231 | 325 -23 | 76.33% -9.82% | 7.40% -0.13% |
| Rosemont College | 1,450 -128 | 1,107 -69 | 87 -14 | 76.34% 1.82% | 7.86% -0.73% |
| Saint Francis University | 2,623 364 | 2,015 278 | 394 15 | 76.82% -0.07% | 19.55% -2.27% |
| Laurel Technical Institute | 337 52 | 259 15 | 158 -7 | 76.85% -8.76% | 61.00% -6.62% |
| DeSales University | 3,977 341 | 3,066 209 | 511 67 | 77.09% -1.49% | 16.67% 1.13% |
| Vet Tech Institute | 98 -5 | 76 1 | 45 | 77.55% 4.73% | 59.21% -0.79% |
| Elizabethtown College | 3,624 73 | 2,822 96 | 498 -31 | 77.87% 1.10% | 17.65% -1.76% |
| UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing | 653 587 | 509 466 | 32 -11 | 77.95% 12.80% | 6.29% -93.71% |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17,193 726 | 13,479 437 | 3,022 -65 | 78.40% -0.80% | 22.42% -1.25% |
| Juniata College | 2,779 -138 | 2,193 103 | 367 -23 | 78.91% 7.26% | 16.74% -1.92% |
| Messiah University | 2,458 83 | 1,941 77 | 564 -32 | 78.97% 0.49% | 29.06% -2.91% |
| Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing | 53 -42 | 42 -11 | 7 -35 | 79.25% 23.46% | 16.67% -62.58% |
| Drexel University | 37,314 -2,890 | 29,642 -1,529 | 2,399 -484 | 79.44% 1.91% | 8.09% -1.16% |
| Orleans Technical College | 122 -7 | 97 32 | 60 12 | 79.51% 29.12% | 61.86% -11.99% |
| Seton Hill University | 2,911 470 | 2,315 465 | 330 11 | 79.53% 3.74% | 14.25% -2.99% |
| Arcadia University | 10,163 3,475 | 8,153 2,857 | 602 182 | 80.22% 1.03% | 7.38% -0.55% |
| Temple University | 39,754 3,355 | 31,966 1,785 | 4,857 1,094 | 80.41% -2.51% | 15.19% 2.72% |
| Jefferson County DuBois Area Vocational Technical School | 41 28 | 33 23 | 32 22 | 80.49% 3.57% | 96.97% -3.03% |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 3,947 729 | 3,183 559 | 402 88 | 80.64% -0.90% | 12.63% 0.66% |
| UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing | 104 97 | 84 78 | 13 7 | 80.77% -4.94% | 15.48% -84.52% |
| Eastern Center for Arts and Technology | 99 95 | 80 76 | 80 76 | 80.81% -19.19% | 100.00% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | 7,087 1,003 | 5,738 497 | 697 -86 | 80.97% -5.17% | 12.15% -2.79% |
| Mercyhurst University | 3,567 67 | 2,890 -23 | 588 17 | 81.02% -2.21% | 20.35% 0.75% |
| University of Scranton | 9,666 136 | 7,852 -187 | 887 -141 | 81.23% -3.12% | 11.30% -1.49% |
| Neumann University | 4,215 3 | 3,426 208 | 349 -20 | 81.28% 4.88% | 10.19% -1.28% |
| Susquehanna University | 5,513 -461 | 4,489 -213 | 610 32 | 81.43% 2.72% | 13.59% 1.30% |
| Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing | 39 -70 | 32 -13 | 32 -10 | 82.05% 40.77% | 100.00% 6.67% |
| Mount Aloysius College | 1,577 -800 | 1,294 -855 | 318 -6 | 82.05% -8.36% | 24.57% 9.49% |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 598 5 | 496 56 | 55 -20 | 82.94% 8.74% | 11.09% -5.96% |
| Citizens School of Nursing | 18 1 | 15 -2 | 15 2 | 83.33% -16.67% | 100.00% 23.53% |
| Duquesne University | 12,893 -1,219 | 10,773 -355 | 1,441 -36 | 83.56% 4.71% | 13.38% 0.11% |
| Lebanon Valley College | 2,729 -546 | 2,286 -155 | 443 -37 | 83.77% 9.24% | 19.38% -0.28% |
| Cedar Crest College | 1,362 210 | 1,145 3 | 155 | 84.07% -15.06% | 13.54% -0.03% |
| Keystone College | 1,974 185 | 1,674 250 | 180 -11 | 84.80% 5.20% | 10.75% -2.66% |
| Laurel Technical Institute | 102 -32 | 87 -38 | 67 -23 | 85.29% -7.99% | 77.01% 5.01% |
| Immaculata University | 2,571 613 | 2,205 669 | 289 8 | 85.76% 7.31% | 13.11% -5.18% |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 7,662 673 | 6,604 355 | 1,205 30 | 86.19% -3.22% | 18.25% -0.55% |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 7,224 679 | 6,249 650 | 1,094 -3 | 86.50% 0.95% | 17.51% -2.08% |
| Carlow University | 1,264 -62 | 1,099 -56 | 173 -54 | 86.95% -0.15% | 15.74% -3.91% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | 1,423 133 | 1,243 188 | 119 -26 | 87.35% 5.57% | 9.57% -4.17% |
| UPMC Mercy School of Nursing | 190 143 | 167 132 | 24 -6 | 87.89% 13.42% | 14.37% -71.34% |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | 575 70 | 507 85 | 229 -31 | 88.17% 4.61% | 45.17% -16.44% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 4,075 -910 | 3,608 -919 | 301 -9 | 88.54% -2.27% | 8.34% 1.49% |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 10,631 1,880 | 9,443 1,883 | 1,332 136 | 88.83% 2.44% | 14.11% -1.71% |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 1,388 277 | 1,244 204 | 212 28 | 89.63% -3.98% | 17.04% -0.65% |
| Waynesburg University | 1,562 -244 | 1,403 -253 | 266 -70 | 89.82% -1.87% | 18.96% -1.33% |
| Robert Morris University | 6,933 -184 | 6,232 -214 | 633 -133 | 89.89% -0.68% | 10.16% -1.72% |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | 41 -8 | 37 | 32 -2 | 90.24% 14.73% | 86.49% -5.40% |
| Wilkes University | 7,660 1,246 | 6,943 1,077 | 647 134 | 90.64% -0.82% | 9.32% 0.57% |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 7,536 -634 | 6,839 -909 | 1,258 -343 | 90.75% -4.08% | 18.39% -2.27% |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 8,238 -1,184 | 7,478 -1,115 | 1,792 -240 | 90.77% -0.43% | 23.96% 0.31% |
| Eastern University | 3,108 256 | 2,821 151 | 591 88 | 90.77% -2.85% | 20.95% 2.11% |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 1,198 316 | 1,092 384 | 337 2 | 91.15% 10.88% | 30.86% -16.46% |
| Ursinus College | 3,304 -139 | 3,032 24 | 378 -27 | 91.77% 4.40% | 12.47% -0.99% |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 7,953 555 | 7,321 450 | 1,387 -10 | 92.05% -0.83% | 18.95% -1.38% |
| Wilson College | 925 -143 | 852 -109 | 183 -11 | 92.11% 2.13% | 21.48% 1.29% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango | 205 -4 | 189 -1 | 53 -20 | 92.20% 1.29% | 28.04% -10.38% |
| Westminster College | 2,392 -258 | 2,214 -52 | 269 -41 | 92.56% 7.05% | 12.15% -1.53% |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 8,891 1,158 | 8,277 950 | 2,414 -20 | 93.09% -1.66% | 29.17% -4.05% |
| King's College | 3,235 29 | 3,012 24 | 427 31 | 93.11% -0.09% | 14.18% 0.93% |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,343 -15 | 2,184 3 | 428 -57 | 93.21% 0.72% | 19.60% -2.64% |
| Pennsylvania Western University | 5,930 -259 | 5,594 -202 | 1,529 -88 | 94.33% 0.68% | 27.33% -0.57% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 2,422 -824 | 2,297 -816 | 410 -64 | 94.84% -1.06% | 17.85% 2.62% |
| Manor College | 1,147 322 | 1,088 298 | 115 -4 | 94.86% -0.90% | 10.57% -4.49% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 2,275 -661 | 2,166 -709 | 376 -12 | 95.21% -2.71% | 17.36% 3.86% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington | 595 -48 | 567 -33 | 125 | 95.29% 1.98% | 22.05% 1.22% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly | 728 -3 | 695 25 | 97 -20 | 95.47% 3.81% | 13.96% -3.50% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 1,703 100 | 1,629 151 | 155 -10 | 95.65% 3.45% | 9.52% -1.64% |
| Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology | 184 47 | 177 47 | 126 29 | 96.20% 1.31% | 71.19% -3.43% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 585 -129 | 564 -86 | 146 -54 | 96.41% 5.37% | 25.89% -4.88% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 538 -43 | 519 -31 | 101 -23 | 96.47% 1.81% | 19.46% -3.09% |
| La Salle University | 4,782 -63 | 4,619 443 | 437 -28 | 96.59% 10.40% | 9.46% -1.68% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 864 48 | 835 92 | 167 10 | 96.64% 5.59% | 20.00% -1.13% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 6,620 45 | 6,406 355 | 716 -193 | 96.77% 4.74% | 11.18% -3.84% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 6,378 1,551 | 6,176 1,556 | 897 31 | 96.83% 1.12% | 14.52% -4.22% |
| Point Park University | 5,279 -12 | 5,116 -63 | 521 2 | 96.91% -0.97% | 10.18% 0.16% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre | 631 -9 | 612 7 | 92 2 | 96.99% 2.46% | 15.03% 0.15% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois | 451 -30 | 438 -7 | 123 25 | 97.12% 4.60% | 28.08% 6.06% |
| South Hills School of Business & Technology | 110 -15 | 107 -17 | 77 -6 | 97.27% -1.93% | 71.96% 5.02% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | 1,827 -21 | 1,779 38 | 249 -34 | 97.37% 3.16% | 14.00% -2.25% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 1,933 -79 | 1,883 28 | 202 17 | 97.41% 5.21% | 10.73% 0.76% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 9,316 -980 | 9,092 -832 | 1,022 -188 | 97.60% 1.21% | 11.24% -0.95% |
| Johnson College | 435 121 | 426 123 | 244 12 | 97.93% 1.43% | 57.28% -19.29% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 8,447 1,313 | 8,283 1,341 | 850 -9 | 98.06% 0.75% | 10.26% -2.11% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 2,431 -30 | 2,385 39 | 401 -41 | 98.11% 2.78% | 16.81% -2.03% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 613 5 | 602 53 | 147 14 | 98.21% 7.91% | 24.42% 0.19% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 2,155 -85 | 2,123 -2 | 182 -55 | 98.52% 3.65% | 8.57% -2.58% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 6,030 186 | 5,950 274 | 561 -30 | 98.67% 1.54% | 9.43% -0.98% |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 397 -280 | 394 83 | 128 33 | 99.24% 53.30% | 32.49% 1.94% |
| UPMC Jameson School of Nursing | 226 168 | 225 182 | 27 -2 | 99.56% 25.42% | 12.00% -55.44% |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe | 10 -5 | 10 -5 | 10 -4 | 100.00% | 100.00% 6.67% |
| Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook | 10 -2 | 10 -2 | 10 -2 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County | 7 -2 | 7 -2 | 7 -2 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Franklin County Career and Technology Center | 10 -3 | 10 -2 | 10 -2 | 100.00% 7.69% | 100.00% |
| Studio Incamminati | 1 -1 | 1 -1 | 1 | 100.00% | 100.00% 50.00% |
| Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program | 25 10 | 25 10 | 25 10 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Falcon Institute of Health and Science | 33 7 | 33 7 | 33 7 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing | 25 -3 | 25 -2 | 19 | 100.00% 3.57% | 76.00% 5.63% |
| Greene County Career and Technology Center | 6 -14 | 6 -11 | 6 -9 | 100.00% 15.00% | 100.00% 11.76% |