2024 Tightest Pennsylvania Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among Pennsylvania colleges, University of Pennsylvania has the tightest acceptance rate (6.50%) and Swarthmore College has the second lowest rate (6.93%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest Pennsylvania Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year Pennsylvania colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest Pennsylvania Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | 54,588 | 3,549 | 2,409 | 6.5% | 67.9% | $66,104 | 28,201 | 1,540 |
| 2 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | 14,707 | 1,019 | 433 | 6.9% | 42.5% | $62,412 | 1,625 | 1,520 |
| 3 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | 34,261 | 3,873 | 1,716 | 11.3% | 44.3% | $63,829 | 16,002 | 1,540 |
| 4 | Haverford College Haverford, PA | 5,657 | 804 | 362 | 14.2% | 45.0% | $68,300 | 1,421 | 1,500 |
| 5 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | 23,835 | 5,576 | 1,779 | 23.4% | 31.9% | $64,701 | 10,383 | 1,440 |
| 6 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | 11,707 | 3,811 | 1,034 | 32.6% | 27.1% | $64,772 | 3,787 | 1,390 |
| 7 | Lafayette College Easton, PA | 10,500 | 3,531 | 757 | 33.6% | 21.4% | $62,574 | 2,729 | 1,410 |
| 8 | Dickinson College Carlisle, PA | 8,261 | 2,885 | 577 | 34.9% | 20.0% | $63,475 | 2,137 | - |
| 9 | Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA | 8,923 | 3,233 | 487 | 36.2% | 15.1% | $68,380 | 1,990 | 1,378 |
| 10 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | 15,163 | 5,607 | 1,511 | 37.0% | 26.9% | $62,180 | 7,394 | 1,410 |
Qualified Pennsylvania Colleges in Core Admission Stats
