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The average SAT scores of Pennsylvania colleges is 1,205 and the average ACT score (composite score) is 27 for academic year 2023-2024. 19,027 students (25.2% of 84,341 enrolled students) have submitted SAT scores and 3,679 students (7.7% of enrolled students) have submitted ACT scores to admit Pennsylvania colleges.

1 Pennsylvania colleges require to submit Test Scores (SAT and/or ACT scores) and no colleges recommend to submit the scores. 97 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 2023-2024, 19,027 students (25.2% of 84,341 enrolled students) have submitted SAT scores and 3,679 students (7.7% of enrolled students) have submitted ACT scores to admit Pennsylvania colleges.

The average SAT scores of Pennsylvania colleges is 1,205 and the average ACT score (composite score) is 27 for academic year 2023-2024. 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.

University of Pennsylvania has the highest SAT scores of 1,550 and Manor College has the lowest SAT scores of 820.
Carnegie Mellon University has the highest ACT scores of 35 and La Roche University 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
Allegheny College Meadville, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,250	610-690	563-668	29	25-30	25-32	22-28
DeSales University Center Valley, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	550-640	540-620	28	27-28	26-29	25-28
Alvernia University Reading, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,170	570-658	523-628	-	-	-	-
Arcadia University Glenside, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,190	550-650	515-615	-	-	-	-
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,390	660-750	620-760	31	29-33	30-35	25-31
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,400	650-730	660-740	32	30-33	31-35	27-32
Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,080	500-598	460-570	-	-	-	-
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,540	730-770	770-800	35	34-35	33-36	34-36
Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	550-670	520-625	26	21-30	21-32	21-26
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown, PA Private, 2-4 years	1,070	520-570	470-580	-	-	-	-
Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,190	560-663	530-640	27	23-30	22-31	19-26
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,380	670-740	640-720	32	30-33	25-30	30-35
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,340	620-700	620-740	30	27-32	26-34	26-31
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,260	600-670	580-670	29	26-32	25-33	25-30
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,080	500-590	500-590	23	22-23	20-24	20-24
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,200	560-660	545-650	27	26-31	23-31	23-31
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,375	660-730	650-733	32	30-33	31-35	28-32
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,370	640-720	630-740	31	29-32	28-34	26-29
Grove City College Grove City, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,265	583-703	558-685	27	23-31	23-34	20-29
Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,090	530-598	493-588	-	-	-	-
Haverford College Haverford, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,510	720-770	740-780	34	33-35	34-36	31-35
Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,060	480-580	430-570	-	-	-	-
Immaculata University Immaculata, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,260	578-660	578-663	-	-	-	-
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,080	490-600	480-580	22	20-27	17-25	17-25
Juniata College Huntingdon, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,220	570-670	560-650	27	22-30	22-31	21-28
King's College Wilkes-Barre, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,170	540-650	530-620	-	-	-	-
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,210	570-670	550-640	-	-	-	-
La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,090	480-600	460-600	16	15-22	13-21	14-24
Lafayette College Easton, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,430	670-740	680-760	31	31-33	31-35	27-33
Lancaster Bible College Lancaster, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	530-665	540-615	-	-	-	-
Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,240	580-652	560-650	-	-	-	-
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,440	680-730	690-770	32	31-34	31-35	28-33
Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA Public, 4 years four-years	920	420-500	400-460	-	-	-	-
Lycoming College Williamsport, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	540-650	540-650	-	-	-	-
Manor College Jenkintown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	820	360-445	365-490	-	-	-	-
Marywood University Scranton, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	530-640	530-610	24	18-30	19-27	17-26
Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	570-680	540-670	27	26-31	24-33	24-30
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,110	520-620	500-590	-	-	-	-
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,260	620-710	560-670	30	26-32	28-35	24-29
Moravian University Bethlehem, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	540-655	530-630	25	24-29	-	-
Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,070	473-598	445-570	-	-	-	-
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,330	640-710	610-700	30	29-33	30-35	25-30
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,220	560-650	560-660	27	25-31	22-28	24-29
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,190	580-625	530-640	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,200	550-680	540-650	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,190	560-650	540-620	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,210	580-660	550-660	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,180	530-650	540-640	26	22-28	20-26	18-27
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,200	530-630	550-660	27	24-27	21-23	24-27
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,180	550-640	540-635	20	18-27	14-26	18-25
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,220	550-650	570-660	27	22-31	20-31	23-31
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,200	550-650	530-660	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,080	490-630	500-580	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,170	580-660	540-590	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,200	550-660	540-630	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,330	620-700	620-720	30	27-32	26-33	26-31
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,160	560-620	520-660	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,160	500-650	480-650	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,175	540-635	530-630	26	23-27	21-28	21-26
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	520-630	500-600	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,130	530-620	520-625	25	22-28	19-28	18-25
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,550	740-770	770-800	35	34-36	35-36	34-36
Cairn University-Langhorne Langhorne, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,110	540-590	460-570	-	-	-	-
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,120	510-620	500-580	24	20-28	20-27	21-30
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,155	545-633	510-620	25	17-26	15-23	16-25
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,100	500-610	485-610	25	22-27	19-25	19-27
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,360	640-720	640-740	31	29-33	27-35	26-32
Saint Francis University Loretto, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,140	530-620	520-610	25	21-27	20-26	19-27
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,250	590-680	580-670	29	28-31	27-32	24-28
Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,115	510-620	510-610	22	20-27	16-27	17-25
University of Scranton Scranton, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	590-660	570-658	27	25-30	24-33	23-29
Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,110	510-620	510-620	23	19-27	-	-
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,090	500-610	480-580	22	18-26	16-25	16-25
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,230	560-660	540-640	26	21-29	21-32	20-28
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,540	740-770	750-790	34	33-35	35-36	31-35
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,240	580-660	580-670	27	25-30	25-33	19-28
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,305	610-705	590-680	29	28-32	30-34	25-32
Villanova University Villanova, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,450	685-740	710-770	33	32-34	33-35	30-34
Waynesburg University Waynesburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,090	470-630	460-620	21	19-23	17-21	18-23
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,180	560-650	540-620	27	24-28	22-27	21-26
Widener University Chester, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,180	550-650	530-640	-	-	-	-
Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,120	530-630	490-620	27	22-29	20-31	21-29
Wilson College Chambersburg, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,000	480-610	450-570	-	-	-	-
York College of Pennsylvania York, PA Private, 4 years four-years	1,160	520-640	500-630	24	21-28	18-28	18-27
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,230	560-680	530-655	29	26-32	26-34	18-27
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,090	500-600	490-590	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania Western University California, PA Public, 4 years four-years	1,060	480-580	460-560	21	17-25	14-24	16-24
Average	1,205	-	-	27	-	-	-

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