Pennsylvania Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 41 public colleges in Pennsylvania with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus leads the list by accepting 49% of high school students that applied.

List of Pennsylvania Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Penn State Abington

Abington, PA

93%
Penn State York

York, PA

93%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, PA

94%
Penn State Worthington Scranton

Dunmore, PA

94%
Penn State Lehigh Valley

Center Valley, PA

94%
University of Pittsburgh Bradford

Bradford, PA

94%
Penn State Erie Behrend College

Erie, PA

95%
Penn State Wilkes Barre

Lehman, PA

95%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown, PA

96%
Penn State Altoona

Altoona, PA

96%
Penn State Harrisburg

Middletown, PA

96%
Penn State Brandywine

Media, PA

96%
Penn State Berks

Reading, PA

97%
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

Johnstown, PA

97%
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

Greensburg, PA

98%
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, PA

100%
PennWest California

California, PA

100%
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Cheyney, PA

100%