For the 2024 Pennsylvania admission, a total of 21,979 enrolled students have submitted the SAT scores and 4,006 students submitted the ACT scores.

The average SAT score of Pennsylvania colleges is 1,195 and the ACT score is 27. The Pennsylvania's average SAT score increased by 24 points compared to previous year's socre of 1,171.

Among Pennsylvania colleges, Carnegie Mellon University has the highest SAT score of 1,540.

Average SAT Scores for Pennsylvania Colleges

The following table compares the SAT scores 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: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
SAT Scores for Pennsylvania Colleges
SchoolSAT ScoreACT ScoreAcceptance RateYield
Carnegie Mellon University1,540
20
35
1
11.00%
-0.30%
44.01%
-0.30%
University of Pennsylvania1,540
15
35
1
6.00%
-0.50%
69.00%
1.12%
Swarthmore College1,530
35
347.00%
0.07%
42.00%
-0.49%
Haverford College1,490
10
3413.00%
-1.21%
45.01%
-0.01%
Villanova University1,460
40
3325.00%
1.61%
30.01%
-1.89%
Lehigh University1,430
22
3229.00%
-7.98%
28.00%
1.05%
Lafayette College1,410
30
3231.00%
-2.63%
21.99%
0.55%
Bryn Mawr College1,3903230.99%
0.24%
35.04%
-0.80%
Franklin and Marshall College1,3903132.00%
-4.23%
18.99%
3.93%
Bucknell University1,370
-3
32
1
32.00%
-0.55%
29.01%
1.88%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus1,3603150.00%
0.86%
16.00%
-0.83%
Gettysburg College1,350
-5
29
-1
48.00%
-8.31%
17.99%
-1.74%
Drexel University1,330
20
30
1
78.00%
-1.61%
9.00%
-0.95%
Muhlenberg College1,310
25
3064.01%
-1.50%
14.98%
0.17%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus1,310
60
29
1
54.00%
-1.21%
19.00%
-0.46%
Moore College of Art and Design1,3052760.97%
7.79%
14.02%
-0.05%
Ursinus College1,28031
1
86.99%
4.78%
12.99%
-1.33%
Grove City College1,251
-5
2773.01%
2.03%
36.97%
-2.50%
Allegheny College1,250
5
29
3
59.01%
-10.64%
10.01%
0.01%
Duquesne University1,250
25
2779.00%
-8.49%
13.00%
-0.31%
Saint Joseph's University1,250
35
2886.00%
-2.68%
16.00%
3.27%
Thomas Jefferson University1,250
25
30
2
86.00%
-2.85%
15.00%
0.13%
University of Scranton1,230
40
27
1
84.00%
-0.35%
13.00%
-0.16%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley1,220
50
23
-1
93.99%
-0.09%
16.00%
0.28%
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus1,220
90
22
-3
80.05%
-1.63%
47.03%
4.32%
Messiah University1,210
-10
26
-1
78.02%
-1.39%
32.00%
1.68%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College1,210
5
2696.00%
0.56%
18.99%
-0.92%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks1,210
20
27
1
97.01%
-0.28%
10.00%
-1.59%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg1,21028
2
96.00%
0.45%
12.00%
-0.62%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine1,210
40
25
-2
95.00%
-1.19%
18.99%
1.99%
Susquehanna University1,2102578.99%
2.30%
11.99%
0.17%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver1,200
20
23
-1
92.01%
-1.19%
10.98%
0.42%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton1,200
55
-91.04%
1.13%
31.08%
2.75%
Arcadia University1,195
15
28
3
79.01%
1.44%
8.01%
-1.96%
DeSales University1,190
20
27
1
78.99%
1.82%
16.02%
-1.99%
Chatham University1,1902669.99%
3.66%
11.00%
-2.13%
Lebanon Valley College1,190
6
-74.99%
-1.75%
19.99%
2.17%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton1,190
60
-95.00%
1.01%
11.00%
0.39%
Elizabethtown College1,180
5
27
1
76.99%
-4.13%
18.98%
-0.19%
Juniata College1,1802571.99%
-4.17%
19.00%
3.84%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington1,18023
-4
92.00%
-1.41%
14.99%
0.33%
Seton Hill University1,1802575.99%
-2.35%
16.98%
-1.39%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania1,180
20
2679.00%
-8.85%
24.00%
0.84%
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church1,174
40
-74.03%
-5.94%
17.08%
0.23%
Delaware Valley University1,170
20
2691.98%
-3.45%
21.99%
2.03%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania1,170
75
-95.01%
-1.13%
21.00%
-1.96%
Lancaster Bible College1,170
60
21
-2
94.94%
-2.21%
48.00%
-5.96%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango1,170-90.91%
3.93%
37.89%
7.35%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto1,170
40
-89.97%
-1.33%
23.95%
-6.74%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York1,170
-20
-92.00%
-0.87%
9.99%
-0.32%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg1,170
50
24
2
97.99%
0.39%
13.00%
-0.95%
Widener University1,170
-8
-84.00%
-3.69%
15.00%
4.75%
Lycoming College1,1652568.00%
-7.22%
13.00%
0.05%
Alvernia University1,160-61.99%
2.99%
11.99%
-2.78%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona1,160
5
24
-1
97.00%
1.24%
11.99%
-0.57%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly1,160
35
-92.07%
11.34%
16.94%
2.45%
Immaculata University1,150
-7
28
3
77.99%
8.25%
18.01%
4.45%
King's College1,1502393.01%
-2.98%
13.01%
1.06%
Marywood University1,150
30
24
2
83.99%
3.23%
15.98%
-4.85%
Moravian University1,1502554.00%
-13.02%
19.01%
-0.34%
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford1,150
65
27
3
90.99%
-2.56%
7.01%
0.75%
Cabrini University1,145
38
-68.99%
-9.53%
4.00%
-6.55%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre1,145
-45
-95.00%
-0.25%
14.97%
-5.45%
La Roche University1,140
77
-77.99%
-19.37%
11.00%
6.92%
Cairn University-Langhorne1,1402683.96%
2.98%
62.03%
8.73%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown1,140
15
28
4
96.00%
-1.41%
14.99%
-0.34%
Point Park University1,140
75
23
1
98.00%
15.95%
10.01%
-1.28%
Saint Francis University1,1402476.98%
3.93%
22.02%
0.86%
Wilkes University1,135
-10
22
-2
91.00%
-3.14%
8.99%
-1.59%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois1,130-92.93%
0.56%
21.92%
1.16%
York College of Pennsylvania1,130
6
2594.00%
-1.61%
16.99%
-0.31%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny1,125
-5
-95.01%
7.36%
23.01%
3.49%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania1,120
10
-89.00%
-3.42%
19.00%
-1.02%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology1,120-52.99%
-38.10%
69.00%
13.50%
Waynesburg University1,1202192.03%
16.46%
19.98%
1.64%
Gwynedd Mercy University1,110
15
-93.97%
35.55%
18.01%
-6.47%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington1,110
-40
2693.00%
1.55%
21.07%
-0.54%
Saint Vincent College1,110
28
24
-1
59.01%
-14.36%
20.99%
-0.56%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania1,090
15
-86.00%
-1.80%
20.00%
0.70%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania1,090
20
23
5
95.00%
1.04%
33.00%
8.65%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania1,080
10
22
-1
75.00%
0.67%
33.99%
-1.12%
Cedar Crest College1,070
-45
-98.96%
14.71%
14.04%
-2.65%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania1,070
15
2393.00%
-0.63%
20.00%
-1.69%
Pennsylvania Western University1,070
20
2294.01%
0.39%
28.00%
2.37%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill1,060
-10
-91.05%
5.27%
21.00%
-1.24%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus1,050
10
2191.00%
-0.94%
24.00%
1.52%
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center1,040-43.33%
1.22%
88.46%
34.29%
Holy Family University1,030
-45
-73.99%
-3.45%
23.99%
1.95%
Keystone College1,030
-15
-79.99%
-0.67%
13.00%
-2.69%
Mount Aloysius College1,0302089.99%
4.04%
15.01%
-3.39%
Johnson College1,020-95.86%
-0.22%
77.08%
18.15%
Wilson College1,020
-60
-89.98%
-4.07%
19.98%
0.41%
Lincoln University970
-12
22
3
78.00%
-2.61%
11.99%
4.56%
Manor College820-96.00%
2.79%
15.03%
-1.97%