Pennsylvania Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 132 colleges in Pennsylvania with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of Pennsylvania leads the list by accepting 7% of high school students that applied.

List of Pennsylvania Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

Lincoln University, PA

81%
Marywood University

Scranton, PA

81%
Mercyhurst College

Erie, PA

81%
Penn State Fayette  Eberly Campus

Uniontown, PA

81%
Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

81%
Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

82%
Thiel College

Greenville, PA

82%
Ursinus College

Collegeville, PA

82%
University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, PA

82%
Cedar Crest College

Allentown, PA

84%
University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

84%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg, PA

84%
Albright College

Reading, PA

85%
Neumann University

Aston, PA

85%
Mount Aloysius College

Cresson, PA

86%
Penn State Schuylkill

Schuylkill Haven, PA

86%
Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

87%
Penn State Shenango

Sharon, PA

87%