Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Pennsylvania Public Colleges to Get In is 80.80% for the academic year 2024-2025.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $20,932 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,255 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PAPublic, 4-year | 95.21% 2.71% | 17.36% | 1,155 | $26,584 ($14,710) | 1,321 | 40.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Pennsylvania Western University California, PAPublic, 4-year | 94.33% 0.68% | 27.33% | 1,060 | $16,054 ($11,436) | 10,834 | 52.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 1 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PAPublic, 4-year | 92.05% 0.83% | 18.95% | 1,080 | $19,202 ($11,236) | 5,633 | 43.00% | 21 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PAPublic, 4-year | 90.77% 0.43% | 23.96% | 1,080 | $16,297 ($11,380) | 9,073 | 56.00% | 23 to 1 |
| 5 3 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PAPublic, 4-year | 90.75% 4.08% | 18.39% | 1,210 | $16,330 ($11,206) | 7,467 | 54.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 6 1 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PAPublic, 4-year | 86.50% 0.95% | 17.51% | - | $15,824 ($13,570) | 5,161 | 56.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PAPublic, 4-year | 86.19% 3.22% | 18.25% | 1,110 | $22,952 ($11,128) | 6,975 | 58.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 8 - | Temple University Philadelphia, PAPublic, 4-year | 80.41% 2.51% | 15.19% | - | $38,805 ($23,005) | 29,640 | 75.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 9 - | West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PAPublic, 4-year | 78.40% 0.80% | 22.42% | 1,180 | $22,599 ($10,775) | 17,171 | 71.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PAPublic, 4-year | 71.47% 3.15% | 33.51% | 1,090 | $14,676 ($10,568) | 8,376 | 66.00% | 20 to 1 |
| Average | 86.61% | 21.29% | 1,121 | $20,932 ($12,901) | 10,165 | 57.10% | 19 to 1 |