The average acceptance rate of the 68 private Pennsylvania colleges that have competitive admission is 71.51% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0%. The acceptance rate at 0 private Pennsylvania colleges increased and the rate of 0 colleges decreased.
University of Pennsylvania has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 6.50%. Swarthmore College (6.93%) and Carnegie Mellon University (11.30%) are following it in the list of Tightest Pennsylvania Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest Pennsylvania Private Colleges To Get In
University of Pennsylvania has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 6.50% and Swarthmore College has the second lowest rate of 6.93% among 68 Pennsylvania colleges with competitive admission. University of Pennsylvania stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Swarthmore College also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $64,711 and graduate tuition & fees is $33,564 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average graduation rate is 88.60% and the students to faculty ratio is 8 to 1 over the 10 colleges.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Pennsylvania Private Colleges To Get In.