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The average SAT scores of Pennsylvania colleges is 1,181 and the average ACT score (composite score) is 26 for academic year 2022-2023. 24,088 students (31.1% of 84,510 enrolled students) have submitted SAT scores and 5,003 students (6.5% of enrolled students) have submitted ACT scores to admit Pennsylvania colleges.

2 Pennsylvania colleges require to submit Test Scores (SAT and/or ACT scores) and no colleges recommend to submit the scores. 108 colleges does not require the test scores, but they consider the scores in admission selection process.

Pennsylvania College SAT and ACT Scores Statistics

For the academic year 2022-2023, 24,088 students (31.1% of 84,510 enrolled students) have submitted SAT scores and 5,003 students (6.5% of enrolled students) have submitted ACT scores to admit Pennsylvania colleges.

The average SAT scores of Pennsylvania colleges is 1,181 and the average ACT score (composite score) is 26 for academic year 2022-2023. The SAT and ACT statistics is based on IPEDS admission data and the data is mostly focused on the 4 years colleges. Therefore, the test scores are for the 4 years colleges other than community colleges and career/vocational schools.

Carnegie Mellon University has the highest SAT scores of 1,540 and Holy Family University has the lowest SAT scores of 940.
Carnegie Mellon University has the highest ACT scores of 35 and Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania has the lowest ACT scores of 16.

SAT Test Score Comparison Between Pennsylvania Colleges

The following table lists Pennsylvania colleges with average SAT and ACT scores along with scores in 25^th and 75^th percentile. As mentioned above, only 4-years colleges are included in this table. The values in each SAT/ACT subject columns are the score range from 25^th to 75^th percentile for each subject.

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All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges

College Name	SAT Average	SAT Evidence based Reading & Writing	SAT Math	ACT Average	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,118	490-640	490-613	-	-	-	-
Allegheny College Meadville, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,243	577-692	537-680	28	23-30	22-32	21-30
DeSales University Center Valley, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,200	560-640	540-640	26	23-29	24-31	21-25
Alvernia University Reading, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,075	513-580	483-590	-	-	-	-
Arcadia University Glenside, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,205	558-680	530-640	26	24-29	20-31	22-27
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,400	660-750	620-745	31	29-33	30-35	26-31
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,390	650-720	660-750	32	30-33	30-35	27-31
Cabrini University Radnor, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,120	530-610	490-600	-	-	-	-
Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	950	410-520	440-580	-	-	-	-
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,540	720-770	770-800	35	34-35	33-36	34-35
Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,075	520-635	460-595	-	-	-	-
Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	550-650	510-620	25	21-29	21-31	17-25
Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,100	510-620	500-578	26	23-28	20-27	23-25
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,330	610-700	620-730	29	27-32	26-34	25-31
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,240	590-670	570-660	28	25-31	24-31	24-29
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,070	480-590	460-570	20	19-24	16-24	17-21
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	540-640	530-640	27	25-30	22-32	23-30
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,378	650-710	660-730	31	30-33	29-35	27-30
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,370	680-720	670-720	30	28-32	-	-
Grove City College Grove City, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,250	580-690	550-670	29	25-32	25-34	24-30
Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,110	520-620	495-615	-	-	-	-
Haverford College Haverford, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,500	700-760	730-780	34	33-35	34-36	30-35
Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	940	427-557	425-535	-	-	-	-
Immaculata University Immaculata, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	560-640	530-620	-	-	-	-
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,060	480-580	460-570	21	17-24	15-22	17-22
Juniata College Huntingdon, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	570-680	550-660	29	26-30	27-31	23-28
Keystone College La Plume, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,030	455-620	430-540	-	-	-	-
King's College Wilkes-Barre, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	540-640	530-620	24	22-26	-	-
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,140	530-640	510-620	-	-	-	-
La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,090	475-560	495-610	22	20-26	17-27	20-28
La Salle University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,140	530-640	520-628	-	-	-	-
Lafayette College Easton, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,410	660-730	670-750	31	30-33	31-35	27-31
Lancaster Bible College Lancaster, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,110	520-630	490-590	24	20-25	22-27	17-26
Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,200	560-640	560-640	25	23-31	20-32	25-29
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,410	660-720	680-770	32	30-33	30-35	28-33
Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA Public, 4 years four-years	950	430-530	410-510	18	15-20	13-21	15-22
Lycoming College Williamsport, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,150	530-628	523-610	23	20-25	19-25	19-23
Marywood University Scranton, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,110	520-610	510-590	23	18-26	16-27	16-27
Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,220	550-670	540-670	27	25-30	23-31	24-28
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,150	570-620	530-590	-	-	-	-
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	600-670	530-600	-	-	-	-
Moravian University Bethlehem, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,145	530-633	530-620	24	21-26	-	-
Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,030	480-570	460-540	-	-	-	-
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,310	600-700	600-700	31	29-33	30-35	27-31
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,205	550-660	545-670	25	22-30	21-27	22-30
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,150	540-600	540-610	24	22-30	21-32	18-32
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,190	540-640	530-620	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	510-620	510-610	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,170	540-640	560-650	24	22-26	20-23	21-29
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,155	530-630	520-620	26	21-28	20-28	19-26
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,180	520-640	530-620	21	20-28	19-26	19-31
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,190	550-640	540-650	25	23-28	21-29	21-28
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,210	550-650	550-660	26	24-28	23-29	22-29
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,170	540-640	530-645	27	23-31	21-29	19-30
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	520-610	520-590	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,125	500-610	520-600	23	18-25	21-25	17-22
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,145	520-635	500-645	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,300	600-680	610-710	29	26-31	25-33	25-31
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	500-640	540-660	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	510-620	510-610	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,180	530-650	540-660	29	23-31	21-33	26-30
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,070	500-610	490-570	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,190	540-650	550-650	26	23-26	24-26	25-27
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,540	730-770	770-800	35	34-35	35-36	33-36
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,060	490-598	490-598	23	19-29	20-30	21-29
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,150	530-650	520-625	26	23-27	21-25	20-26
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,150	520-570	520-630	24	19-28	20-27	19-25
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,370	640-720	640-750	31	29-33	28-35	26-32
Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,150	515-650	515-595	23	19-26	18-28	17-23
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Reading, PA Private, 2-4 years	970	460-530	390-490	-	-	-	-
Saint Francis University Loretto, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,140	510-630	520-610	23	20-26	18-26	21-25
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	580-670	570-660	28	26-31	25-34	23-28
Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,140	520-640	510-610	25	22-29	23-30	20-28
University of Scranton Scranton, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	580-660	570-660	27	25-31	25-30	24-29
Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,150	520-620	520-620	25	21-28	-	-
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,090	490-610	490-600	-	-	-	-
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,050	480-590	480-570	22	18-26	17-25	17-26
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	550-650	538-630	28	23-30	24-32	23-27
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,520	710-770	730-790	33	32-35	34-36	30-35
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA Public, 2-4 years	1,110	510-590	530-595	-	-	-	-
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	570-670	560-680	30	27-31	25-34	25-31
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,280	600-690	580-690	30	28-32	26-34	25-29
Villanova University Villanova, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,440	678-730	700-770	33	32-34	33-35	29-33
Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,130	510-630	500-620	24	19-28	17-30	19-27
Waynesburg University Waynesburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,120	480-600	480-600	22	19-25	19-25	19-25
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,160	550-640	530-620	26	23-30	22-30	21-27
Widener University Chester, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,200	545-650	560-640	28	22-29	21-28	20-26
Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	540-630	520-630	23	21-26	20-25	19-25
Wilson College Chambersburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,060	490-580	480-540	-	-	-	-
York College of Pennsylvania York, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,115	510-610	510-620	25	23-27	22-26	21-26
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Lancaster, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,120	540-620	510-600	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	510-650	510-610	26	21-29	21-29	19-29
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,070	490-590	490-580	16	14-21	13-15	14-20
Pennsylvania Western University California, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,050	470-580	470-570	21	18-25	16-25	17-25
Average	1,181	-	-	26	-	-	-

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