Pennsylvania Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 86 private 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
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%
Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

87%
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

88%
Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

88%
Widener University Main Campus

Chester, PA

88%
Misericordia University

Dallas, PA

89%
Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

89%
Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

89%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, PA

91%
Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

93%
La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

94%