For the 2025 Pennsylvania college admission cycle, a total of 18,994 enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 3,668 students submitted ACT scores to Pennsylvania colleges.
The average SAT score for Pennsylvania colleges is 1,207 and the average ACT composite score is 27. Compared to the previous year, the Pennsylvania's average SAT score increased by 16 points from 1,190 to 1,207, representing a 1.3% change. The average ACT score increased by 1 points, from 26 to 27.
The average acceptance rate for Pennsylvania colleges with available SAT data is 57.92% with a yield rate of 16.92%. This represents a 2.89 percentage point decrease in selectivity compared to the previous admission cycle.
Among Pennsylvania colleges, University of Pennsylvania has the highest SAT score of 1,550.
The following table compares the SAT scores 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 | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | 1,550 10 | 35 | 5.40% -0.47% | 67.98% -1.27% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 1,540 | 35 | 11.66% 0.26% | 45.67% 1.23% |
| Swarthmore College | 1,540 10 | 34 | 7.46% 0.52% | 43.79% 1.96% |
| Haverford College | 1,510 20 | 34 | 12.37% -0.54% | 42.62% -2.59% |
| Villanova University | 1,450 -10 | 33 | 26.98% 1.86% | 27.73% -2.22% |
| Lehigh University | 1,440 10 | 32 | 25.93% -3.33% | 28.38% -0.03% |
| Lafayette College | 1,430 20 | 31 -1 | 31.45% -0.02% | 21.77% -0.66% |
| Bucknell University | 1,400 30 | 32 | 28.93% -3.08% | 30.11% 0.88% |
| Bryn Mawr College | 1,390 | 31 -1 | 29.43% -1.63% | 31.54% -3.92% |
| Dickinson College | 1,380 | 32 | 42.09% -0.99% | 21.15% 4.19% |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 1,375 -15 | 32 1 | 28.19% -3.64% | 17.13% -1.69% |
| Gettysburg College | 1,370 20 | 31 2 | 38.90% -8.61% | 15.61% -2.24% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 1,360 | 31 | 58.08% 8.38% | 12.99% -2.68% |
| Drexel University | 1,340 10 | 30 | 79.44% 1.91% | 8.09% -1.16% |
| Muhlenberg College | 1,330 20 | 30 | 71.99% 7.98% | 13.04% -2.30% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 1,330 20 | 30 1 | 60.56% 6.34% | 17.11% -2.29% |
| Ursinus College | 1,305 25 | 29 -2 | 91.77% 4.40% | 12.47% -0.99% |
| Grove City College | 1,265 14 | 27 | 72.32% -1.08% | 37.29% -0.02% |
| Duquesne University | 1,260 10 | 29 2 | 83.56% 4.71% | 13.38% 0.11% |
| Immaculata University | 1,260 110 | - | 85.76% 7.31% | 13.11% -5.18% |
| Moore College of Art and Design | 1,260 -45 | 30 3 | 56.46% -4.05% | 16.55% 3.05% |
| Allegheny College | 1,250 | 29 | 54.57% -3.96% | 10.38% 0.80% |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 1,250 | 29 1 | 88.83% 2.44% | 14.11% -1.71% |
| Lebanon Valley College | 1,240 50 | - | 83.77% 9.24% | 19.38% -0.28% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | 1,240 -10 | 27 -3 | 80.97% -5.17% | 12.15% -2.79% |
| Messiah University | 1,230 20 | 27 1 | 78.97% 0.49% | 29.06% -2.91% |
| University of Scranton | 1,230 | 27 | 81.23% -3.12% | 11.30% -1.49% |
| Susquehanna University | 1,230 20 | 26 1 | 81.43% 2.72% | 13.59% 1.30% |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 1,230 10 | 29 7 | 91.15% 10.88% | 30.86% -16.46% |
| Juniata College | 1,220 40 | 27 2 | 78.91% 7.26% | 16.74% -1.92% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 1,220 10 | 27 1 | 96.83% 1.12% | 14.52% -4.22% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 1,220 10 | 27 -1 | 97.60% 1.21% | 11.24% -0.95% |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 1,210 40 | - | 90.75% -4.08% | 18.39% -2.27% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | 1,210 -10 | - | 97.37% 3.16% | 14.00% -2.26% |
| Elizabethtown College | 1,200 20 | 27 | 77.87% 1.10% | 17.65% -1.76% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre | 1,200 55 | - | 96.99% 2.46% | 15.03% 0.15% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 1,200 | 27 4 | 95.65% 3.45% | 9.52% -1.64% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 1,200 -10 | - | 98.11% 2.78% | 16.81% -2.03% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 1,200 | - | 96.41% 5.37% | 25.89% -4.88% |
| Arcadia University | 1,190 -5 | - | 80.22% 1.03% | 7.38% -0.55% |
| Delaware Valley University | 1,190 20 | 27 1 | 93.21% 0.72% | 19.60% -2.64% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington | 1,190 80 | - | 95.29% 1.98% | 22.05% 1.22% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 1,190 | - | 98.52% 3.65% | 8.57% -2.58% |
| DeSales University | 1,180 -10 | 28 1 | 77.09% -1.49% | 16.67% 1.13% |
| Chatham University | 1,180 -10 | 26 | 61.96% -8.15% | 12.74% 1.38% |
| Lancaster Bible College | 1,180 10 | - | 55.89% -39.30% | 33.68% -13.93% |
| Moravian University | 1,180 30 | 25 | 54.17% 0.17% | 15.95% -2.70% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 1,180 20 | 26 2 | 98.06% 0.75% | 10.26% -2.11% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 1,180 -30 | 20 -7 | 98.67% 1.54% | 9.43% -0.98% |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 1,180 | 27 1 | 78.40% -0.80% | 22.42% -1.25% |
| Widener University | 1,180 10 | - | 70.93% -13.09% | 13.81% -1.04% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 1,175 -5 | 26 3 | 96.77% 4.74% | 11.18% -3.84% |
| Alvernia University | 1,170 10 | - | 58.06% -4.26% | 13.32% 1.22% |
| King's College | 1,170 20 | - | 93.11% -0.09% | 14.18% 0.93% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly | 1,170 10 | - | 95.47% 3.81% | 13.96% -3.50% |
| Lycoming College | 1,160 -5 | - | 74.07% 6.19% | 12.54% -0.85% |
| Marywood University | 1,160 10 | 24 | 60.58% -23.13% | 17.07% 0.99% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 1,160 35 | - | 96.47% 1.81% | 19.46% -3.09% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 1,160 -10 | - | 98.21% 7.91% | 24.42% 0.19% |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 1,160 30 | 24 -1 | 73.74% -20.46% | 14.56% -2.76% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 1,155 -15 | 25 1 | 95.21% -2.71% | 17.36% 3.86% |
| Saint Francis University | 1,140 | 25 1 | 76.82% -0.07% | 19.55% -2.27% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 1,130 70 | - | 96.64% 5.59% | 20.00% -1.13% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 1,130 -40 | 25 | 97.41% 5.21% | 10.73% 0.76% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 1,120 -30 | 24 -3 | 88.54% -2.27% | 8.34% 1.49% |
| Wilkes University | 1,120 -15 | 27 5 | 90.64% -0.82% | 9.32% 0.57% |
| Saint Vincent College | 1,115 5 | 22 -2 | 61.73% 2.63% | 20.40% -0.48% |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 1,110 -10 | - | 86.19% -3.22% | 18.25% -0.55% |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | 1,110 -30 | - | 88.17% 4.61% | 45.17% -16.44% |
| Seton Hill University | 1,110 -70 | 23 -2 | 79.53% 3.74% | 14.25% -2.99% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 1,100 -40 | 25 -3 | 94.84% -1.06% | 17.85% 2.62% |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 1,090 -20 | - | 89.63% -3.98% | 17.04% -0.65% |
| La Roche University | 1,090 -50 | 16 | 75.76% -1.85% | 9.75% -0.99% |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 1,090 10 | 22 | 71.47% -3.15% | 33.51% -0.15% |
| Waynesburg University | 1,090 -30 | 21 | 89.82% -1.87% | 18.96% -1.33% |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 1,090 | - | 93.09% -1.66% | 29.17% -4.05% |
| Carlow University | 1,080 | - | 86.95% -0.15% | 15.74% -3.91% |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 1,080 10 | 23 | 92.05% -0.83% | 18.95% -1.38% |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 1,080 30 | 22 1 | 90.77% -0.43% | 23.96% 0.31% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois | 1,080 -50 | - | 97.12% 4.60% | 28.08% 6.06% |
| DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | 1,070 30 | - | 30.34% -12.99% | 17.76% -70.70% |
| Mount Aloysius College | 1,070 40 | - | 82.05% -8.36% | 24.57% 9.49% |
| Holy Family University | 1,060 30 | - | 71.04% -3.18% | 21.14% -2.78% |
| Pennsylvania Western University | 1,060 -10 | 21 -1 | 94.33% 0.68% | 27.33% -0.57% |
| Wilson College | 1,000 -20 | - | 92.11% 2.13% | 21.48% 1.29% |
| Lincoln University | 920 -50 | - | 65.72% -12.65% | 12.29% 0.55% |
| Manor College | 820 | - | 94.86% -0.90% | 10.57% -4.49% |