Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Pennsylvania 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 $43,422 and graduate tuition & fees is $31,812 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 58.03% and the average SAT score is 1,311 at the schools.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Pennsylvania Colleges With Most Students.
Table. Largest Pennsylvania 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, PA
Public, four-years
50,028
39,788
41,7458,28326,39023,63811615 to 1
2
1
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
Public, four-years
33,767
1,490
24,4209,34714,13119,63688113 to 1
3
1
Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Public, four-years
33,196
4,040
24,1069,09014,23218,9642,61212 to 1
4
-
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Private, four-years
28,201
1,649
11,25016,95112,36615,8352,7338 to 1
5
-
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
Private, four-years
22,344
1,245
14,0218,32310,17412,1704,4779 to 1
6
-
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
Public, four-years
17,275
444
14,3922,8836,78010,4951,77020 to 1
7
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Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Private, four-years
16,002
2,483
7,0598,9438,9737,0295725 to 1
8Pennsylvania Western University California, PA
Public, four-years
12,7789,4043,3744,5328,2464,50918 to 1
9Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA
Public, four-years
12,07411,0161,0584,5967,4781,57919 to 1
10
2
Villanova University Villanova, PA
Private, four-years
10,383
649
6,9893,3944,8005,5831,26710 to 1
Average23,60516,4407,16510,69712,9072,05213 to 1

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