Top Colleges in Pennsylvania Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in Pennsylvania is 35.14%, a total of 22,655 applicants applied to the schools and 6,529 accepted.

University of Pennsylvania had the most number of applicants of 65,226 and Muhlenberg College had the least number of applicants of 4,963 among Top Colleges in Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania had the lowest acceptance rate of 5.40% and University of Scranton had the highest rate of 81.23%.

Table. Top Colleges in Pennsylvania Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA65,2263,5232,3955.40%67.98%
2Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA33,9413,9591,80811.66%45.67%
3Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA13,0659754277.46%43.79%
4Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA7,34190838712.37%42.62%
5Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA20,3965,2891,50125.93%28.38%
6Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA23,2566,2741,74026.98%27.73%
7Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA4,9633,57346671.99%13.04%
8Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA11,3773,29199128.93%30.11%
9University of ScrantonScranton, PA9,6667,85288781.23%11.30%
10Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA37,31429,6422,39979.44%8.09%
-Average22,6556,5291,30035%32%