Pennsylvania Public Colleges With The Lowest Acceptance Rate

The average acceptance rate of the 13 public Pennsylvania colleges that have competitive admission is 83.08% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 4.01%. The acceptance rate at 4 public Pennsylvania colleges increased and the rate of 8 colleges decreased.

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 49.14%. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (55.21%) and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (74.33%) are following it in the list of Tightest Pennsylvania Public 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.

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University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 49.14% and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the second lowest rate of 55.21% among 13 Pennsylvania colleges with competitive admission. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus stay at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus ranked 2nd, up 5 places from 7th last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $23,838 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,660 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Pennsylvania Public Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Pennsylvania Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA Public, four-years	49.14% 17.54%	16.83%	1,370	$39,890 ($21,524)	33,767	83.00%	13 to 1
2 5	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA Public, four-years	55.21% 37.05%	19.46%	1,300	$40,188 ($20,234)	50,028	83.00%	15 to 1
3 -	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA Public, four-years	74.33% 5.17%	35.11%	1,050	$14,615 ($10,507)	8,221	66.00%	19 to 1
4 2	Temple University Philadelphia, PA Public, four-years	79.70% 7.37%	15.13%	-	$37,462 ($22,082)	33,196	77.00%	12 to 1
5 1	Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA Public, four-years	80.61% 0.86%	7.43%	950	$19,384 ($12,512)	1,824	44.00%	13 to 1
6 2	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA Public, four-years	87.80% 5.32%	19.30%	1,090	$15,798 ($13,544)	5,162	50.00%	17 to 1
7 2	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA Public, four-years	87.85% 1.51%	23.16%	1,160	$22,511 ($10,687)	17,275	71.00%	20 to 1
8 2	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA Public, four-years	91.94% 2.26%	22.48%	1,060	$16,297 ($11,380)	8,816	52.00%	21 to 1
9 2	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA Public, four-years	92.42% 3.95%	20.02%	1,150	$16,232 ($12,262)	6,775	57.00%	18 to 1
10	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA Public, four-years	93.62%	25.63%	1,050	$16,006 ($11,388)	12,778	48.00%	18 to 1
	Average	79.26%	20.46%	1,131	$23,838 ($14,612)	17,784	63.10%	17 to 1