Popular Pennsylvania Colleges Easy to Get Into
Pennsylvania has 80 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, accepting 80% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Drexel University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania and Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Susquehanna University
- Private 4 Year
- Selinsgrove, PA
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- 81% acceptance rate
Susquehanna is a private liberal arts university known for undergraduate business and communications. The campus sits along the Susquehanna River in the small town of Selinsgrove.
- SAT Range 1100-1300
- Avg GPA 3.67
- Net Price $26,444
Ursinus College
- Private 4 Year
- Collegeville, PA
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- 92% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
Ursinus is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, neuroscience, and a required first-year common curriculum. The residential campus sits in suburban Collegeville northwest of Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1200-1385
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $32,158
Delaware Valley University
- Private 4 Year
- Doylestown, PA
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- 93% acceptance rate
Delaware Valley is a private university known for undergraduate agriculture, animal science, and equine studies. The suburban Doylestown campus includes extensive working farmland used in hands-on programs.
- SAT Range 1090-1303
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $28,975
Penn State Altoona
- Public 4 Year
- Altoona, PA
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- 98% acceptance rate
Penn State Altoona is a public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate rail transportation engineering, nursing, and business. The residential campus sits in the city of Altoona in central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1070-1290
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $21,618
Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Williamsport, PA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Penn College is a public college known for undergraduate engineering technology, construction, and applied technical programs. The campus is located in Williamsport in north-central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.05
- Net Price $23,675
Cedar Crest College
- Private 4 Year
- Allentown, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Cedar Crest is a private women's college known for undergraduate nursing and forensic science. The suburban campus sits in Allentown in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.
- SAT Range 1000-1230
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $23,691
Messiah University
- Private 4 Year
- Mechanicsburg, PA
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- 79% acceptance rate
Messiah is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and music. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in the Harrisburg suburbs.
- SAT Range 1110-1350
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Net Price $29,408
Westminster College
- Private 4 Year
- New Wilmington, PA
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- 93% acceptance rate
Westminster is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education, business, and the sciences. The residential campus sits in the small college town of New Wilmington.
- SAT Range 1040-1258
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $20,394
Wilkes University
- Private 4 Year
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
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- 91% acceptance rate
Wilkes is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and pharmacy. The urban campus is located in Wilkes-Barre in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1020-1250
- Avg GPA 3.56
- Net Price $28,511
Neumann University
- Private 4 Year
- Aston, PA
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- 81% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Neumann is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The suburban Aston campus follows a Franciscan tradition just outside Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 905-1085
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Net Price $28,469
Immaculata University
- Private 4 Year
- Immaculata, PA
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3.0 | 4 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Immaculata is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The suburban Chester County campus was a women's college for most of its history before becoming coeducational.
- SAT Range 1156-1323
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $24,708
Eastern University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Davids, PA
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- 91% acceptance rate
Eastern is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and social work. The suburban Main Line campus sits in Saint Davids near Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1010-1190
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $27,422
Saint Francis University
- Private 4 Year
- Loretto, PA
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- 77% acceptance rate
Saint Francis is a private Franciscan university known for undergraduate physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and health sciences. The rural campus sits in the Allegheny Mountains town of Loretto.
- SAT Range 1050-1230
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Net Price $28,326
Keystone College
- Private 4 Year
- La Plume, PA
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 85% acceptance rate
Keystone is a small private college known for undergraduate environmental science, wildlife biology, and culinary arts. The rural campus sits in northeastern Pennsylvania near the Scranton area.
- SAT Range 910-1130
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $21,952
Rosemont College
- Private 4 Year
- Rosemont, PA
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- 76% acceptance rate
Rosemont is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate business, education, and psychology. The historic Main Line campus sits in the Philadelphia suburbs.
- SAT Range 980-1200
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $20,994
Elizabethtown College
- Private 4 Year
- Elizabethtown, PA
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- 78% acceptance rate
Elizabethtown is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate occupational therapy, business, and education. The residential campus is in a small central Pennsylvania borough and has historic Church of the Brethren ties.
- SAT Range 1105-1310
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $27,760
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus
- Public 4 Year
- Indiana, PA
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- 91% acceptance rate
IUP is a public university known for undergraduate criminology, education, and safety sciences. Students live on a residential campus in the small college town of Indiana in western Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 970-1180
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Net Price $17,626
Lebanon Valley College
- Private 4 Year
- Annville, PA
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Lebanon Valley is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and physical therapy. The residential campus sits in the small town of Annville.
- SAT Range 1140-1302
- Avg GPA 3.79
- Net Price $27,995