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.
Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Pennsylvania Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church579 81463 1278 379.97% -10.59%16.85% 0.22%
Albright College5,578 -2104,734 317401 5984.87% 8.56%8.47% 0.73%
Allegheny College4,148 -5192,889 -632289 -11969.65% -5.79%10.00% -1.59%
DeSales University3,662 1082,826 46509 -777.17% -1.05%18.01% -0.55%
Alvernia University5,703 3323,365 262497 9459.00% 1.23%14.77% 1.78%
Clarks Summit University342 -75223 -2077 -1565.20% 6.93%34.53% -3.33%
Arcadia University6,321 6854,903 258489 9977.57% -4.85%9.97% 1.57%
Bryn Mawr College3,594 2031,105 -229396 -2630.75% -8.59%35.84% 4.21%
Bucknell University11,707 4443,811 -751,034 732.55% -1.95%27.13% 0.70%
Cabrini University3,403 1472,672 66282 -2478.52% -1.52%10.55% -1.19%
Carlow University1,124 801,042 81199 1492.70% 0.65%19.10% -0.15%
Carnegie Mellon University34,261 1,3653,873 -5801,716 -18011.30% -2.24%44.31% 1.73%
Cedar Crest College946 -287797 -51133 -3584.25% 15.47%16.69% -3.12%
Central Penn College709 462241 22144 6333.99% -54.67%59.75% 22.76%
Chatham University3,514 5082,331 125306 -5966.33% -7.06%13.13% -3.42%
Chestnut Hill College1,543 3461,515 343144 -5498.19% 0.28%9.50% -7.39%
Citizens School of Nursing42 335511.90% -43.66%100.00%
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center57 424 -413 142.11% -10.72%54.17% 11.31%
Curtis Institute of Music414 18540 2933 239.66% 4.86%82.50% -8.41%
Delaware Valley University2,299 4452,194 473438 6095.43% 2.60%19.96% -2.00%
Dickinson College8,261 1,8952,885 -176577 -10034.92% -13.16%20.00% -2.12%
Drexel University37,040 2,52129,487 9652,935 8179.61% -3.02%9.95% -0.06%
Duquesne University12,376 1,86410,828 1,9711,441 20887.49% 3.23%13.31% -0.61%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania5,679 2,6255,317 2,4651,153 47493.63% 0.24%21.69% -2.12%
Eastern University2,994 1,1281,893 611464 12563.23% -5.47%24.51% -1.93%
Elizabethtown College2,977 4672,415 420463 2981.12% 1.64%19.17% -2.58%
Franklin and Marshall College8,923 1,2033,233 335487 -2336.23% -1.31%15.06% -2.54%
Gannon University6,678 1,9325,399 1,432642 -280.85% -2.74%11.89% -4.34%
Geneva College1,575 241,245 14274 2979.05% -0.32%22.01% 2.11%
Gettysburg College5,796 -4103,264 -232644 2156.31% -0.02%19.73% 1.91%
Grove City College2,174 921,543 32609 -970.98% -1.59%39.47% -1.43%
Gwynedd Mercy University1,063 159621 -198152 -2558.42% -32.18%24.48% 2.87%
Haverford College5,657 325804 -147362 -4914.21% -3.63%45.02% 1.80%
Holy Family University1,986 401,538 39339 -1677.44% 0.41%22.04% -1.64%
Hussian College-Philadelphia62 1244 1421 670.97% 10.97%47.73% -2.27%
Immaculata University2,188 1211,526 -119207 -8369.74% -9.84%13.56% -4.07%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus8,603 -2437,910 -4231,778 5791.94% -2.26%22.48% 1.83%
UPMC Jameson School of Nursing13 212 211 192.31% 1.40%91.67% -8.33%
Johnson College332 -22319 -2318896.08% -0.53%58.93% 3.96%
Juniata College2,563 -1901,952 -97296 -4176.16% 1.73%15.16% -1.29%
Keystone College1,572 711,268 35199 -1780.66% -1.49%15.69% -1.83%
King's College3,216 1373,087 136369 -4995.99% 0.15%11.95% -2.21%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania7,248 5506,968 4541,600 11096.14% -1.11%22.96% 0.09%
La Roche University3,222 1,7783,137 1,720128 -2097.36% -0.77%4.08% -6.36%
La Salle University5,214 -6044,914 181557 7594.25% 12.90%11.33% 1.15%
Lafayette College10,500 2,2383,531 165757 -2533.63% -7.11%21.44% -1.79%
Lancaster Bible College351 76341 77184 3297.15% 1.15%53.96% -3.62%
Lebanon Valley College3,130 1112,402 58428 -4676.74% -0.90%17.82% -2.40%
Lehigh University15,163 1,0565,607 -8781,511 -836.98% -8.99%26.95% 3.53%
Lincoln University6,699 3,1635,400 2,580401 -7680.61% 0.86%7.43% -9.48%
UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing10 -498 290.00% 25.71%88.89% 22.22%
Lycoming College3,039 2482,286 200296 -2275.22% 0.48%12.95% -2.29%
Manor College795 310741 279126 893.21% -2.05%17.00% -8.54%
Marywood University2,645 1042,136 56445 -1180.76% -1.10%20.83% -1.09%
Mercyhurst University3,625 -2682,920 -287547 -7880.55% -1.83%18.73% -0.76%
Messiah University2,438 -201,936 34587 3679.41% 2.03%30.32% 1.35%
ASPIRA City College332 -1100.00%66.67% -33.33%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania6,506 4196,013 1471,204 -2192.42% -3.95%20.02% -0.86%
Misericordia University2,196 121,948 2369 888.71% -0.39%18.94% 0.39%
Moore College of Art and Design1,510 397803 156113 1353.18% -4.95%14.07% -1.39%
Moravian University3,284 4952,201 23426 -2367.02% -11.07%19.35% -1.27%
Mount Aloysius College1,865 4621,603 307295 2585.95% -6.42%18.40% -2.43%
Muhlenberg College4,329 2112,836 46420 -3065.51% -2.24%14.81% -1.32%
Neumann University3,501 382,992 76392 3385.46% 1.26%13.10% 0.79%
Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing17 -67 -3541.18% -2.30%71.43% 21.43%
Orleans Technical College99 -665 -645 865.66% -1.96%69.23% 17.12%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College4,3634,16482995.44%19.91%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington67862013491.45%21.61%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango1921675186.98%30.54%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre65362212795.25%20.42%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton2,2972,15922993.99%10.61%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley1,8061,69926794.08%15.72%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona7,5237,20490595.76%12.56%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver1,7071,59116893.20%10.56%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks5,6055,45363297.29%11.59%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg9,9259,4831,19795.55%12.62%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine2,4402,34739996.19%17.00%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois5114729892.37%20.76%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly87270410280.73%14.49%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton58552614989.91%28.33%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus85,784 -10,90247,360 -41,8479,216 -6,83355.21% -37.05%19.46% 1.47%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny67258911587.65%19.52%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto67861919091.30%30.69%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington6,4636,03788593.41%14.66%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill92879617785.78%22.24%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York2,0051,86219292.87%10.31%
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School96 862 -750 564.58% -13.83%80.65% 15.43%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts183 61167 6519 991.26% 7.65%11.38% 1.58%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design562 375249 15366 2544.31% -7.03%26.51% -16.20%
University of Pennsylvania54,588 -1,7443,549 2452,409 -96.50% 0.63%67.88% -5.30%
The University of the Arts1,086 -207869 -232182 -8780.02% -5.13%20.94% -3.49%
Cairn University-Langhorne468 -41379 -40202 -780.98% -1.34%53.30% 3.42%
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford5,071 3,8284,744 3,833297 -1493.55% 20.26%6.26% -27.88%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg3,003 2,2702,931 2,265409 8197.60% 6.74%13.95% -35.30%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown3,470 2,0183,380 2,045518 5397.41% 5.47%15.33% -19.50%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus53,072 18,41626,079 2,9704,390 -48549.14% -17.54%16.83% -4.27%
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville35 316 17 245.71% -1.17%43.75% 10.42%
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc40303075.00%100.00%
Point Park University6,033 -434,950 -52559 -4282.05% -0.27%11.29% -0.73%
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences93 212 -1412 -1412.90% -15.67%100.00%
Walnut Hill College133 -76133 -3273 -24100.00% 21.05%54.89% -3.90%
Robert Morris University4,684 -3284,392 -317589 -8793.77% -0.18%13.41% -0.95%
Rosedale Technical College268 -8200 -1121 -3974.63% 1.80%60.50% -19.10%
Rosemont College950 34718 -1580 -4075.58% -4.44%11.14% -5.23%
Saint Francis University2,167 1041,583 70335 -6373.05% -0.29%21.16% -5.15%
Saint Joseph's University9,708 1,5898,609 1,8631,096 5888.68% 5.59%12.73% -2.66%
Saint Vincent College2,163 611,587 52342 -3473.37% 0.34%21.55% -2.95%
University of Scranton9,530 4198,039 7241,058 16384.35% 4.06%13.16% 0.92%
Seton Hill University2,668 -162,090 109384 2578.34% 4.53%18.37% 0.25%
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing19 316 914 1084.21% 40.46%87.50% 30.36%
Laurel Technical Institute125 35119 3257 195.20% -1.47%47.90% -16.47%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania6,367 3675,590 31,079 5587.80% -5.32%19.30% 0.97%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania5,591 6554,156 2321,459 8974.33% -5.17%35.11% 0.20%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook4 -23 -33 -375.00% -25.00%100.00%
South Hills School of Business & Technology141 -34138 -3272 -3297.87% 0.73%52.17% -9.01%
Susquehanna University6,375 9914,889 763578 2376.69% 0.06%11.82% -1.63%
Swarthmore College14,707 1,6951,019 6433 -216.93% -0.86%42.49% -2.33%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology1,167 -2051,063 -155590 11191.09% 2.31%55.50% 16.17%
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia40 -935 -132 -287.50% 14.03%91.43% -3.01%
Temple University38,666 1,09530,817 3,6414,664 -25879.70% 7.37%15.13% -2.98%
Thiel College1,878 1981,546 67229 -1282.32% -5.72%14.81% -1.48%
Thomas Jefferson University5,723 5885,085 1,075756 7288.85% 10.76%14.87% -2.19%
Ursinus College3,237 -5812,661 -497381 -5282.21% -0.50%14.32% 0.61%
University of Valley Forge370 -46305 -36125 282.43% 0.46%40.98% 4.91%
Villanova University23,835 -5755,576 -5861,779 723.39% -1.85%31.90% 3.14%
Washington & Jefferson College3,414 2643,007 371348 2088.08% 4.40%11.57% -0.87%
Waynesburg University2,157 1401,630 118299 575.57% 0.61%18.34% -1.10%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania14,778 75812,982 4543,006 37887.85% -1.51%23.16% 2.18%
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing15 -811 -611 -273.33% -0.58%100.00% 23.53%
Westminster College2,225 -2501,675 -358289 -1675.28% -6.86%17.25% 2.25%
Widener University5,961 2425,227 393536 -7287.69% 3.16%10.25% -2.33%
Wilkes University4,798 7794,517 708478 -7894.14% -0.63%10.58% -4.02%
Wilson College739 66695 7013694.05% 1.18%19.57% -2.19%
Yeshivath Beth Moshe11 -1011 -79 -7100.00% 14.29%81.82% -7.07%
York College of Pennsylvania4,529 -1,0554,330 -8749 1195.61% 17.92%17.30% 0.29%
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County10 110 110 1100.00%100.00%
Franklin County Career and Technology Center23 414 311 260.87% 2.98%78.57% -3.25%
Laurel Business Institute162 -14136 -24116 283.95% -6.96%85.29% 14.04%
Greene County Career and Technology Center6 -66 -66 -6100.00%100.00%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing92 -1959 -2533 2564.13% -11.55%55.93% 46.41%
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology121 -20100 -10100 -1082.64% 4.63%100.00%
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology21 1413 613 661.90% -38.10%100.00%
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career39 -231 32479.49% 11.20%77.42% -8.29%
Laurel Technical Institute15 -659 -648 -5360.00% -31.25%88.89% 5.33%
Chester County Intermediate Unit16 -3016 -616 2100.00% 52.17%100.00% 36.36%
Jefferson County Dubois Area Vocational Technical Practical Nursing Program15 38 -28 -253.33% -30.00%100.00%
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology30191563.33%78.95%
Venango County Area Vocational Technical School56 -5331 -1719 -1155.36% 11.32%61.29% -1.21%
Northern Tier Career Center27 -219 -118 170.37% 1.40%94.74% 9.74%
Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program20 -517 -817 -885.00% -15.00%100.00%
UPMC Mercy School of Nursing1616 313 1100.00% 18.75%81.25% -11.06%
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences593 100271 2997 -545.70% -3.39%35.79% -6.36%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology1,16097813984.31%14.21%
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital School of Nursing395 -235 -1912.82% -58.97%100.00% 14.29%
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus85770029981.68%42.71%
DeVry University-Pennsylvania-----
Studio Incamminati2 22 22 2100.00%100.00%
Williamson College of the Trades396 131154 33116 1838.89% -6.77%75.32% -5.67%
Falcon Institute of Health and Science162 148162 148162 148100.00%100.00%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania9,5708,9922,19093.96%24.35%
Pennsylvania Western University8,4637,9232,03193.62%25.63%
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