Pennsylvania Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 187 colleges in Pennsylvania with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of Pennsylvania leads the list by accepting 6% of high school students that applied.

List of Pennsylvania Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA

85%
Widener University Main Campus

Chester, PA

85%
Yeshivath Beth Moshe

Scranton, PA

86%
Thiel College

Greenville, PA

88%
Misericordia University

Dallas, PA

89%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, PA

89%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

89%
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, PA

90%
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

Bryn Athyn, PA

91%
Erie Business Center Erie

Erie, Pennsylvania

91%
Gwynedd Mercy College

Gwynedd Valley, PA

91%
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

Greensburg, PA

91%
Laurel Business Institute

Uniontown, PA

91%
Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

92%
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, PA

92%
Mount Aloysius College

Cresson, PA

92%
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

Johnstown, PA

92%
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

92%