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
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

7%
Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

7%
Curtis Institute of Music

Philadelphia, PA

10%
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

11%
Haverford College

Haverford, PA

14%
Villanova University

Villanova, PA

23%
Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

31%
Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

33%
Lafayette College

Easton, PA

34%
Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

35%
Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

36%
Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

37%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

Lancaster, PA

44%
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Lancaster, PA

46%
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

49%
Moore College of Art and Design

Philadelphia, PA

53%
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

55%
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

56%