Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is the largest public Pennsylvania college with 50,028 students. The percentage of online students is 0.23% at the school.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus with 33,767 students and Temple University with 33,196 students are following it in the largetst Pennsylvania college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Pennsylvania online colleges.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Pennsylvania Public Colleges With Most Students

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is the largest school with 50,028 students and University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus has the second largest population with 33,767 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,251 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,422 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 81.43% and the average SAT score is 1,150 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 64.60% and the students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Pennsylvania Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Pennsylvania Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PAPublic, 4-year 50,028
38,886
41,7458,28326,39023,63811615 to 1
2
1
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PAPublic, 4-year 33,767
537
24,4209,34714,13119,63688113 to 1
3
1
Temple University Philadelphia, PAPublic, 4-year 33,196
2,430
24,1069,09014,23218,9642,61212 to 1
4
-
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PAPublic, 4-year 17,275
339
14,3922,8836,78010,4951,77020 to 1
5Pennsylvania Western University California, PAPublic, 4-year 12,7789,4043,3744,5328,2464,50918 to 1
6Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PAPublic, 4-year 12,07411,0161,0584,5967,4781,57919 to 1
7
2
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PAPublic, 4-year 8,816
482
7,0381,7783,4315,38572021 to 1
8
2
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PAPublic, 4-year 8,221
184
6,7571,4643,3274,8941,30619 to 1
9
2
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PAPublic, 4-year 7,455
218
6,4979583,0774,37866420 to 1
10
2
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PAPublic, 4-year 6,775
416
5,8149612,6504,12585218 to 1
Average19,03915,1193,9208,31510,7241,50118 to 1