60.82% of Applicants Accepted to Pennsylvania Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Pennsylvania colleges is 60.82%, 477,343 accepted out of 784,862 applicants.

For Pennsylvania college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 25,160 (3.31%) compared to last year, from 759,702 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 83, which is less than -0.10% last year.

Pennsylvania colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.98% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Pennsylvania colleges. The yield decreased by 0.31%.

Among Pennsylvania colleges, University of Pennsylvania has the lowest acceptance rate of 6.00% with 3,568 accepted students out of 59,465 applicants. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of applicants of 85,956 and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 8,819.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Pennsylvania Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics 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.