For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Colleges is 76.65%. Compared to last year's rate, the 2023 acceptance rate increased by 2.03%.
Over the past 5 years, the acceptance rate of Pennsylvania Colleges has increased by 6.9% from 69.75% to 76.65%. Of the 121 Pennsylvania Colleges, which are 4-year schools and have competitive admission, 88 schools's acceptance rate is higher and 30 schools' rate is lower than 5 years ago.
You can check 2023 acceptance rate along with number of applicants, admitted, and enrolled students at Pennsylvania Colleges admission statistics comparison table.
Comparison Table of Acceptance Rate Changes for Pennsylvania Colleges
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Acceptance Rate Changes from 2018 to 2023 at Pennsylvania Colleges | School Name | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 5-Year Change |
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Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA | 88.80% | 91.76%
2.96% | 77.71%
14.04% | 90.56%
12.85% | 79.97%
10.6% | 8.83% |
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Albright CollegeReading, PA | 62.00% | 85.16%
23.17% | 82.10%
3.06% | 76.31%
5.79% | 84.87%
8.56% | 22.87% |
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Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA | 63.61% | 62.15%
1.45% | 73.15%
11% | 75.44%
2.29% | 69.65%
5.8% | 6.04% |
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DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA | 78.53% | 78.82%
0.29% | 81.77%
2.95% | 78.22%
3.55% | 77.17%
1.05% | 1.36% |
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Alvernia UniversityReading, PA | 68.38% | 64.22%
4.16% | 70.02%
5.81% | 57.77%
12.25% | 59.00%
1.23% | 9.38% |
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Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA | 50.71% | 40.58%
10.13% | 61.89%
21.31% | 58.27%
3.61% | 65.20%
6.93% | 14.49% |
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Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA | 64.16% | 65.67%
1.51% | 73.63%
7.96% | 82.42%
8.79% | 77.57%
4.85% | 13.41% |
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Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA | 34.08% | 33.07%
1.01% | 38.36%
5.28% | 39.34%
0.98% | 30.75%
8.59% | 3.34% |
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Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA | 33.04% | 34.23%
1.19% | 37.53%
3.3% | 34.50%
3.03% | 32.55%
1.95% | 0.49% |
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Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA | 71.89% | 75.83%
3.93% | 61.67%
14.16% | 80.04%
18.37% | 78.52%
1.52% | 6.63% |
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Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 86.64% | 91.82%
5.18% | 94.46%
2.64% | 92.05%
2.41% | 92.70%
0.65% | 6.07% |
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Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 17.12% | 15.44%
1.68% | 17.27%
1.83% | 13.54%
3.74% | 11.30%
2.23% | 5.82% |
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Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA | 57.19% | 60.87%
3.69% | 52.46%
8.41% | 68.78%
16.32% | 84.25%
15.47% | 27.06% |
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Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA | 72.40% | 84.34%
11.94% | 82.85%
1.49% | 88.66%
5.82% | 33.99%
54.67% | 38.41% |
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Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 55.38% | 62.19%
6.81% | 66.19%
4% | 73.39%
7.2% | 66.33%
7.05% | 10.96% |
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Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 96.03% | 64.93%
31.1% | 71.14%
6.21% | 97.91%
26.77% | 98.19%
0.27% | 2.15% |
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Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA | 4.55% | 3.93%
0.62% | 2.44%
1.49% | 4.80%
2.36% | 9.66%
4.86% | 5.12% |
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Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA | 65.66% | 92.72%
27.06% | 91.58%
1.14% | 92.83%
1.24% | 95.43%
2.61% | 29.77% |
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Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA | 49.14% | 40.06%
9.08% | 51.65%
11.59% | 48.08%
3.56% | 34.92%
13.16% | 14.21% |
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Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 76.94% | 74.70%
2.24% | 77.19%
2.5% | 82.63%
5.44% | 79.61%
3.02% | 2.67% |
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Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 71.85% | 74.33%
2.49% | 77.19%
2.86% | 84.26%
7.06% | 87.49%
3.24% | 15.65% |
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East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA | 81.56% | 84.70%
3.14% | 90.50%
5.8% | 93.39%
2.88% | 93.63%
0.24% | 12.06% |
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Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA | 68.43% | 61.12%
7.3% | 64.25%
3.12% | 68.70%
4.45% | 63.23%
5.48% | 5.2% |
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Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA | 75.72% | 80.82%
5.1% | 85.73%
4.91% | 79.48%
6.25% | 81.12%
1.64% | 5.4% |
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Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA | 35.32% | 30.39%
4.93% | 36.50%
6.11% | 37.54%
1.03% | 36.23%
1.31% | 0.91% |
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Gannon UniversityErie, PA | 80.85% | 75.52%
5.33% | 79.24%
3.72% | 83.59%
4.34% | 80.85%
2.74% | 0.01% |
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Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA | 63.32% | 53.23%
10.09% | 73.14%
19.91% | 79.37%
6.23% | 79.05%
0.32% | 15.73% |
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Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA | 45.41% | 48.04%
2.63% | 48.24%
0.2% | 56.33%
8.1% | 56.31%
0.02% | 10.9% |
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Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA | 79.05% | 79.43%
0.38% | 77.59%
1.85% | 72.57%
5.01% | 70.98%
1.6% | 8.08% |
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Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA | 92.00% | 95.15%
3.14% | 88.03%
7.12% | 90.60%
2.57% | 58.42%
32.18% | 33.58% |
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Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA | 18.79% | 16.32%
2.47% | 18.23%
1.91% | 17.84%
0.4% | 14.21%
3.62% | 4.58% |
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Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 71.98% | 72.77%
0.79% | 77.70%
4.93% | 77.03%
0.67% | 77.44%
0.41% | 5.46% |
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Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA | 80.76% | 81.01%
0.25% | 82.43%
1.42% | 79.58%
2.85% | 69.74%
9.84% | 11.02% |
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, PA | 93.00% | 93.00%
0.01% | 93.10%
0.1% | 94.20%
1.1% | 91.94%
2.26% | 1.05% |
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Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA | 70.17% | 70.78%
0.61% | 67.46%
3.31% | 74.43%
6.96% | 76.16%
1.73% | 5.99% |
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Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA | 70.60% | 78.74%
8.14% | 78.74% | 82.15%
3.41% | 80.66%
1.48% | 10.06% |
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King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA | 77.59% | 80.94%
3.35% | 86.61%
5.68% | 95.84%
9.23% | 95.99%
0.15% | 18.4% |
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Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA | 83.10% | 89.92%
6.82% | 93.19%
3.27% | 97.25%
4.06% | 96.14%
1.12% | 13.04% |
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La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 99.39% | 99.43%
0.04% | 68.91%
30.52% | 98.13%
29.22% | 97.36%
0.77% | 2.03% |
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La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 81.18% | 77.71%
3.48% | 76.35%
1.36% | 81.35%
5.01% | 94.25%
12.9% | 13.07% |
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Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA | 29.39% | 31.48%
2.08% | 35.57%
4.09% | 40.74%
5.17% | 33.63%
7.11% | 4.24% |
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Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA | 63.57% | 96.01%
32.44% | 96.68%
0.66% | 96.00%
0.68% | 97.15%
1.15% | 33.58% |
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Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA | 78.21% | 79.58%
1.36% | 77.80%
1.78% | 77.64%
0.16% | 76.74%
0.9% | 1.47% |
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Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA | 22.33% | 32.10%
9.77% | 49.54%
17.45% | 45.97%
3.57% | 36.98%
8.99% | 14.65% |
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Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA | 49.27% | 82.77%
33.5% | 90.34%
7.57% | 79.75%
10.59% | 80.61%
0.86% | 31.34% |
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Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA | 65.60% | 62.30%
3.3% | 65.48%
3.18% | 74.74%
9.26% | 75.22%
0.48% | 9.62% |
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Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA | 93.82% | 85.55%
8.27% | 90.95%
5.41% | 95.26%
4.31% | 93.21%
2.05% | 0.61% |
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Marywood UniversityScranton, PA | 76.36% | 77.76%
1.4% | 82.03%
4.27% | 81.86%
0.17% | 80.76%
1.1% | 4.4% |
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Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA | 59.81% | 86.44%
26.63% | 88.02%
1.58% | 82.38%
5.65% | 80.55%
1.83% | 20.74% |
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Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA | 78.89% | 75.87%
3.02% | 77.52%
1.65% | 77.38%
0.14% | 79.41%
2.03% | 0.52% |
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Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA | 77.96% | 79.27%
1.31% | 84.55%
5.28% | 96.37%
11.82% | 92.42%
3.95% | 14.47% |
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Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA | 82.63% | 85.78%
3.15% | 83.29%
2.49% | 89.10%
5.81% | 88.71%
0.4% | 6.08% |
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Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA | 51.95% | 46.99%
4.96% | 50.04%
3.06% | 58.13%
8.09% | 53.18%
4.95% | 1.23% |
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Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA | 72.82% | 75.18%
2.36% | 80.10%
4.93% | 78.09%
2.01% | 67.02%
11.07% | 5.8% |
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Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA | 91.63% | 94.88%
3.25% | 95.24%
0.36% | 92.37%
2.86% | 85.95%
6.42% | 5.68% |
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Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA | 61.79% | 66.24%
4.45% | 62.18%
4.06% | 67.75%
5.57% | 65.51%
2.24% | 3.72% |
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Neumann UniversityAston, PA | 69.02% | 62.32%
6.71% | 80.34%
18.02% | 84.20%
3.87% | 85.46%
1.26% | 16.44% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA | 89.12% | - | - | - | 95.44% | 6.32% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA | 80.05% | - | - | - | 91.45% | 11.4% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA | 74.55% | - | - | - | 86.98% | 12.43% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA | 86.01% | - | - | - | 95.25% | 9.25% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA | 82.28% | - | - | - | 93.99% | 11.71% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA | 85.36% | - | - | - | 94.08% | 8.72% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA | 90.88% | - | - | - | 95.76% | 4.88% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA | 64.33% | - | - | - | 93.20% | 28.87% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA | 87.23% | - | - | - | 97.29% | 10.06% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA | 87.75% | - | - | - | 95.55% | 7.8% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA | 86.85% | - | - | - | 96.19% | 9.34% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA | 84.59% | - | - | - | 92.37% | 7.77% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA | 80.45% | - | - | - | 80.73% | 0.28% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA | 85.84% | - | - | - | 89.91% | 4.08% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA | 56.49% | 75.94%
19.45% | 78.27%
2.33% | 92.26%
14% | 55.21%
37.06% | 1.28% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA | 87.28% | - | - | - | 87.65% | 0.37% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA | 76.17% | - | - | - | 91.30% | 15.12% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA | 84.75% | - | - | - | 93.41% | 8.66% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA | 73.67% | - | - | - | 85.78% | 12.1% |
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA | 85.34% | - | - | - | 92.87% | 7.53% |
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 90.17% | 88.37%
1.8% | 87.79%
0.58% | 83.61%
4.18% | 91.26%
7.65% | 1.08% |
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Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA | 43.52% | 43.34%
0.18% | 47.09%
3.75% | 51.34%
4.25% | 44.31%
7.03% | 0.78% |
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University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | 8.41% | 7.66%
0.74% | 8.98%
1.31% | 5.87%
3.11% | 6.50%
0.64% | 1.9% |
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The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA | 75.17% | 73.34%
1.83% | 75.82%
2.48% | 85.15%
9.33% | 80.02%
5.13% | 4.85% |
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Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA | 76.07% | 82.78%
6.71% | 81.45%
1.33% | 82.32%
0.87% | 80.98%
1.34% | 4.92% |
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University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA | 49.13% | 72.88%
23.75% | 79.19%
6.31% | 73.29%
5.9% | 93.55%
20.26% | 44.42% |
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University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA | 64.03% | 83.83%
19.8% | 90.02%
6.19% | 90.86%
0.84% | 97.60%
6.74% | 33.57% |
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University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA | 65.11% | 78.54%
13.42% | 86.62%
8.08% | 91.94%
5.32% | 97.41%
5.46% | 32.29% |
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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA | 59.27% | 56.65%
2.62% | 63.88%
7.22% | 66.68%
2.81% | 49.14%
17.54% | 10.13% |
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Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA | 65.07% | 73.11%
8.04% | 69.51%
3.6% | 82.32%
12.82% | 82.05%
0.28% | 16.98% |
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Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA | 92.56% | 97.84%
5.28% | 74.75%
23.08% | 78.95%
4.19% | 100.00%
21.05% | 7.44% |
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Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA | 84.13% | 84.45%
0.32% | 85.63%
1.18% | 93.95%
8.32% | 93.77%
0.19% | 9.64% |
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Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA | 88.66% | 92.09%
3.43% | 69.10%
22.99% | 80.02%
10.92% | 75.58%
4.44% | 13.08% |
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Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA | 75.38% | 74.54%
0.84% | 59.35%
15.19% | 73.34%
13.99% | 73.05%
0.29% | 2.33% |
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Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 76.32% | 74.98%
1.34% | 80.07%
5.09% | 83.09%
3.02% | 88.68%
5.59% | 12.36% |
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Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA | 68.35% | 67.70%
0.65% | 72.12%
4.42% | 73.03%
0.9% | 73.37%
0.34% | 5.02% |
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University of ScrantonScranton, PA | 73.19% | 76.32%
3.13% | 78.73%
2.41% | 80.29%
1.56% | 84.35%
4.07% | 11.16% |
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Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA | 74.99% | 75.70%
0.71% | 78.67%
2.97% | 73.81%
4.86% | 78.34%
4.53% | 3.35% |
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Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA | 87.62% | 91.23%
3.61% | 93.92%
2.69% | 93.12%
0.8% | 87.80%
5.32% | 0.18% |
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Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA | 73.17% | 70.65%
2.52% | 73.98%
3.33% | 79.50%
5.52% | 74.33%
5.16% | 1.17% |
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Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA | 91.30% | 100.00%
8.7% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 75.00%
25% | 16.3% |
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Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA | 72.41% | 72.03%
0.39% | 73.04%
1.01% | 76.63%
3.59% | 76.69%
0.06% | 4.28% |
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Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA | 9.49% | 8.93%
0.56% | 9.06%
0.13% | 7.79%
1.28% | 6.93%
0.86% | 2.56% |
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Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA | 84.44% | 75.47%
8.97% | 84.78%
9.31% | 73.47%
11.31% | 87.50%
14.03% | 3.06% |
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Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 58.51% | 60.04%
1.54% | 71.42%
11.38% | 72.33%
0.91% | 79.70%
7.37% | 21.19% |
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Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA | 76.10% | 79.37%
3.27% | 83.51%
4.15% | 88.04%
4.52% | 82.32%
5.71% | 6.22% |
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Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA | 58.27% | 65.88%
7.61% | 69.84%
3.96% | 78.09%
8.25% | 88.85%
10.76% | 30.58% |
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Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA | 70.87% | 79.09%
8.22% | 80.44%
1.34% | 82.71%
2.28% | 82.21%
0.51% | 11.33% |
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University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA | 58.93% | 62.69%
3.76% | 63.03%
0.34% | 81.97%
18.94% | 82.43%
0.46% | 23.5% |
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Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA | 29.22% | 28.24%
0.98% | 30.66%
2.41% | 25.24%
5.41% | 23.39%
1.85% | 5.83% |
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Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA | 82.36% | 85.23%
2.87% | 90.18%
4.95% | 83.68%
6.5% | 88.08%
4.4% | 5.72% |
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Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA | 91.45% | 92.51%
1.06% | 89.96%
2.55% | 74.96%
15% | 75.57%
0.61% | 15.88% |
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West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA | 74.44% | 75.32%
0.88% | 86.25%
10.93% | 89.36%
3.11% | 87.85%
1.51% | 13.41% |
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Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA | 66.42% | 66.53%
0.11% | 76.51%
9.98% | 82.14%
5.63% | 75.28%
6.86% | 8.86% |
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Widener UniversityChester, PA | 69.20% | 71.90%
2.7% | 74.58%
2.68% | 84.53%
9.95% | 87.69%
3.16% | 18.49% |
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Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA | 74.82% | 78.62%
3.8% | 91.77%
13.15% | 94.77%
3% | 94.14%
0.63% | 19.32% |
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Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA | 91.87% | 92.80%
0.94% | 92.20%
0.6% | 92.87%
0.66% | 94.05%
1.18% | 2.18% |
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Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA | 90.91% | 85.71%
5.19% | 83.33%
2.38% | 85.71%
2.38% | 100.00%
14.29% | 9.09% |
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York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA | 69.73% | 68.96%
0.77% | 70.77%
1.81% | 77.69%
6.92% | 95.61%
17.92% | 25.88% |
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Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA | 74.41% | 78.24%
3.83% | 54.19%
24.05% | 49.09%
5.1% | 45.70%
3.39% | 28.71% |
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Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA | - | - | - | - | 84.31% | - |
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Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA | 54.26% | - | - | - | 81.68% | 27.42% |
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Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA | - | - | - | - | 93.96% | - |
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Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA | - | - | - | - | 93.62% | - |
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| Average | 69.75% | 69.96%
0.21% | 71.72%
1.76% | 74.62%
2.9% | 76.65%
2.03% | 6.90% |
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