For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Private Graduate Schools is 53.48%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 17.35%. A total of 442,480 have applied, 236,622 admitted, and 41,049 students have enrolled one of Pennsylvania Private Graduate Schools.

Of the Pennsylvania colleges, University of Pennsylvania is the tightest school to admit with 6.50% acceptance rate, and Swarthmore College has the second lowest acceptance rate of 6.93%.

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Pennsylvania Private Graduate Schools
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
Albright CollegeReading, PA5,5784,734401 84.87%8.47%
All-State Career SchoolEssington, PA-----
All-State Career School-PittsburghWest Mifflin, PA-----
Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA4,1482,889289 69.65%10.00%
Altoona Beauty School IncAltoona, PA-----
Alvernia UniversityReading, PA5,7033,365497 59.00%14.77%
American Barber and Beauty AcademyReading, PA-----
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA6,3214,903489 77.57%9.97%
ASPIRA City CollegePhiladelphia, PA332 100.00%66.67%
Automotive Training Center-ExtonExton, PA-----
Automotive Training Center-WarminsterWarminster, PA-----
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA-----
Barber and Beauty Academy of PennsylvaniaHarrisburg, PA-----
Barber School of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA-----
Beaver Falls Beauty AcademyBeaver Falls, PA-----
Bella Capelli AcademyMonroeville, PA-----
Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA57946378 79.97%16.85%
Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA3,5941,105396 30.75%35.84%
Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA11,7073,8111,034 32.55%27.13%
Bucks County School of Beauty Culture IncFeasterville, PA-----
Butler Beauty AcademyButler, PA-----
Butler Beauty Academy-Kittanning Beauty AcademyKittanning, PA-----
Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty AcademyNew Castle, PA-----
Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA3,4032,672282 78.52%10.55%
Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA468379202 80.98%53.30%
Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA1,1241,042199 92.70%19.10%
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA34,2613,8731,716 11.30%44.31%
CDE Career InstituteTannersville, PA-----
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA946797133 84.25%16.69%
Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA709241144 33.99%59.75%
Central Pennsylvania Diesel InstituteLiverpool, PA-----
Champ's Barber SchoolLancaster, PA-----
Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA3,5142,331306 66.33%13.13%
Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA1,5431,515144 98.19%9.50%
Citizens School of NursingTarentum, PA4255 11.90%100.00%
Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA34222377 65.20%34.53%
Commonwealth Technical InstituteJohnstown, PA-----
Cortiva InstituteKing of Prussia, PA-----
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA4144033 9.66%82.50%
Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA2,2992,194438 95.43%19.96%
DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA3,6622,826509 77.17%18.01%
Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA8,2612,885577 34.92%20.00%
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, PA572413 42.11%54.17%
Douglas Education CenterMonessen, PA-----
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA37,04029,4872,935 79.61%9.95%
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA12,37610,8281,441 87.49%13.31%
Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA2,9941,893464 63.23%24.51%
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA2,9772,415463 81.12%19.17%
Empire Beauty School-Lehigh ValleyWhitehall, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-Center City PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-CheltenhamWyncote, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-HanoverHanover, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-LancasterLancaster, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-LebanonLebanon, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-MonroevilleMonroeville, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-NE PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-North HillsPittsburgh, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-PottsvillePottsville, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-ReadingReading, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-Shamokin DamShamokin Dam, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-SpringfieldSpringfield, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-West MifflinWest Mifflin, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming ValleyMoosic, PA-----
Empire Beauty School-YorkYork, PA-----
Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, PA-----
European Medical School of MassageSinking Spring, PA-----
Falcon Institute of Health and ScienceBethlehem, PA162162162 100.00%100.00%
Fortis Institute-Forty FortForty Fort, PA-----
Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, PA-----
Fountain of Youth Academy of CosmetologyBellevue, PA-----
Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA8,9233,233487 36.23%15.06%
Gannon UniversityErie, PA6,6785,399642 80.85%11.89%
Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA1,5751,245274 79.05%22.01%
Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA5,7963,264644 56.31%19.73%
Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA-----
Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie, PA-----
Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA2,1741,543609 70.98%39.47%
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA1,063621152 58.42%24.48%
Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, PA-----
Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA1,160978139 84.31%14.21%
Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA5,657804362 14.21%45.02%
Health and Technology Training InstitutePhiladelphia, PA-----
Heritage Valley Kennedy School of NursingMcKees Rocks, PA1775 41.18%71.43%
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA1,9861,538339 77.44%22.04%
Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA2,1881,526207 69.74%13.56%
Institute of Medical CareersPittsburgh, PA-----
Jean Madeline Aveda InstitutePhiladelphia, PA-----
Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, PA-----
Johnson CollegeScranton, PA332319188 96.08%58.93%
Joseph F McCloskey School of NursingPottsville, PA-----
Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA2,5631,952296 76.16%15.16%
Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA1,5721,268199 80.66%15.69%
King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA3,2163,087369 95.99%11.95%
La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA3,2223,137128 97.36%4.08%
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA5,2144,914557 94.25%11.33%
Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA-----
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA10,5003,531757 33.63%21.44%
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, PA-----
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA351341184 97.15%53.96%
Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic BodyworkLancaster, PA-----
Lansdale School of BusinessNorth Wales, PA-----
Lansdale School of Cosmetology IncLansdale, PA-----
Laurel Business InstituteUniontown, PA162136116 83.95%85.29%
Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, PA12511957 95.20%47.90%
Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA3,1302,402428 76.74%17.82%
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA15,1635,6071,511 36.98%26.95%
Lehigh Valley Barber SchoolBethlehem, PA-----
Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, PA-----
Lincoln Technical Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA-----
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA3,0392,286296 75.22%12.95%
Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA795741126 93.21%17.00%
Marywood UniversityScranton, PA2,6452,136445 80.76%20.83%
Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA3,6252,920547 80.55%18.73%
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA2,4381,936587 79.41%30.32%
Metro Beauty AcademyAllentown, PA-----
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical InstituteWyomissing, PA-----
Miller-Motte College-McCann-AllentownAllentown, PA-----
Miller-Motte College-McCann-LewisburgLewisburg, PA-----
Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA2,1961,948369 88.71%18.94%
Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA1,510803113 53.18%14.07%
Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA3,2842,201426 67.02%19.35%
Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA1,8651,603295 85.95%18.40%
Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA4,3292,836420 65.51%14.81%
Neumann UniversityAston, PA3,5012,992392 85.46%13.10%
New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, PA-----
New Castle School of Trades - PulaskiPulaski, PA-----
Orleans Technical CollegePhiladelphia, PA996545 65.66%69.23%
Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA-----
Penn Commercial Business/Technical SchoolWashington, PA966250 64.58%80.65%
Pennco Tech-BristolBristol, PA-----
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA18316719 91.26%11.38%
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA56224966 44.31%26.51%
Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA59327197 45.70%35.79%
Pennsylvania Gunsmith SchoolPittsburgh, PA-----
Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA-----
Philadelphia Technician TrainingPhiladelphia, PA-----
PITC InstituteWyncote, PA-----
Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, PA-----
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science IncPittsburgh, PA403030 75.00%100.00%
Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA-----
PMCA Pittsburgh Multicultural Cosmetology AcademyPittsburgh, PA-----
Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA6,0334,950559 82.05%11.29%
Premier Barber InstituteNorristown, PA-----
Prism Career Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA-----
Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesReading, PA931212 12.90%100.00%
Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA4,6844,392589 93.77%13.41%
Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, PA268200121 74.63%60.50%
Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA95071880 75.58%11.14%
Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of NursingPhiladelphia, PA-----
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA433 75.00%100.00%
Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA2,1671,583335 73.05%21.16%
Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA9,7088,6091,096 88.68%12.73%
Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA2,1631,587342 73.37%21.55%
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA2,6682,090384 78.34%18.37%
Sharon Regional School of NursingSharon, PA-----
South Hills Beauty AcademyPittsburgh, PA-----
South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState College, PA14113872 97.87%52.17%
South Hills School of Business and Technology-AltoonaAltoona, PA-----
St Lukes Hospital School of NursingBethlehem, PA-----
Strayer University-Allentown CampusAllentown, PA-----
Strayer University-Center City CampusPhiladelphia, PA-----
Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA-----
Studio IncamminatiPhiladelphia, PA222 100.00%100.00%
Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA6,3754,889578 76.69%11.82%
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA14,7071,019433 6.93%42.49%
Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA403532 87.50%91.43%
The Beauty InstituteWhitehall, PA-----
The Beauty InstituteStroudsburg, PA-----
The Beauty Institute - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA-----
The Beauty Institute-AmblerAmbler, PA-----
The Rapha SchoolHome, PA-----
The Salon Professional AcademyCollegeville, PA-----
The Salon Professional Academy-AltoonaAltoona, PA-----
The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA1,086869182 80.02%20.94%
Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA1,8781,546229 82.32%14.81%
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA5,7235,085756 88.85%14.87%
Triangle Tech Inc-BethlehemBethlehem, PA-----
Triangle Tech Inc-DuboisFalls Creek, PA-----
Triangle Tech Inc-GreensburgGreensburg, PA-----
Triangle Tech Inc-PittsburghPittsburgh, PA-----
Triangle Tech Inc-SunburySunbury, PA-----
Triangle Tech-ChambersburgChambersburg, PA-----
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania IncExton, PA-----
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA54,5883,5492,409 6.50%67.88%
University of ScrantonScranton, PA9,5308,0391,058 84.35%13.16%
University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA370305125 82.43%40.98%
UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, PA131211 92.31%91.67%
UPMC Jameson School of Nursing - UPMC HamotErie, PA-----
UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, PA161613 100.00%81.25%
UPMC Shadyside - at UPMC HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA-----
UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, PA191614 84.21%87.50%
UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, PA1098 90.00%88.89%
Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA3,2372,661381 82.21%14.32%
Valley Forge Military CollegeWayne, PA-----
Venus Beauty AcademySharon Hill, PA-----
Vet Tech InstitutePittsburgh, PA-----
Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA23,8355,5761,779 23.39%31.90%
Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA13313373 100.00%54.89%
Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA3,4143,007348 88.08%11.57%
Washington Health System School of NursingWashington, PA-----
Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA2,1571,630299 75.57%18.34%
Welder Training and Testing InstituteAllentown, PA-----
West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteIrwin, PA-----
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of NursingPittsburgh, PA151111 73.33%100.00%
Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA2,2251,675289 75.28%17.25%
Widener UniversityChester, PA5,9615,227536 87.69%10.25%
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA4,7984,517478 94.14%10.58%
Williamson College of the TradesMedia, PA396154116 38.89%75.32%
Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA739695136 94.05%19.57%
Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA11119 100.00%81.82%
York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA4,5294,330749 95.61%17.30%
YTI Career Institute-AltoonaAltoona, PA-----
YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, PA-----
Average4,1742,23238753.48%17.35%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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