Pennsylvania Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 58 public colleges in Pennsylvania with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Lincoln University of Pennsylvania leads the list by accepting 49% of high school students that applied.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of Pennsylvania Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
	College	Acceptance Rate
L	Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Lincoln University, PA	49%
P	University of Pittsburgh Bradford Bradford, PA	49%
P	University of Pittsburgh Titusville Titusville, PA	50%
P	Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	56%
P	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	59%
T	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	59%
P	Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA	64%
P	University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Greensburg, PA	64%
P	University of Pittsburgh Johnstown Johnstown, PA	65%
S	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	73%
P	Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA	74%
W	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	74%
P	Penn State Shenango Sharon, PA	75%
P	Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA	76%
B	Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	77%
T	Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA	77%
M	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	78%
E	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, PA	80%
P	Penn State New Kensington Upper Burrell, PA	80%
P	Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus Uniontown, PA	80%