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.
Penn State Scranton
- Public 4 Year
- Dunmore, PA
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- 99% acceptance rate
Penn State Scranton is a public regional campus of Penn State known for undergraduate nursing, business, and information sciences and technology. The suburban campus is located in Dunmore near Scranton in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1100-1270
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $17,536
Penn State Schuylkill
- Public 4 Year
- Schuylkill Haven, PA
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Schuylkill is a small public Penn State campus known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The campus is set in the small town of Schuylkill Haven in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $19,039
Penn State York
- Public 4 Year
- York, PA
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- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State York is a regional public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, information sciences and technology, and engineering technology. The suburban campus in York offers a smaller setting with pathways to complete degrees at University Park.
- SAT Range 1050-1245
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,887
Wilson College
- Private 4 Year
- Chambersburg, PA
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- 92% acceptance rate
Wilson is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate equestrian studies. The Chambersburg campus includes on-site stables and riding facilities.
- SAT Range 930-1180
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $21,748
Penn State Hazleton
- Public 4 Year
- Hazleton, PA
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- 96% acceptance rate
Penn State Hazleton is a public regional campus known for undergraduate business, information sciences and technology, and engineering technology. The small campus is located in Hazleton in northeastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1090-1290
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $17,512
Penn State Shenango
- Public 4 Year
- Sharon, PA
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- 92% acceptance rate
Penn State Shenango is a small regional campus of Penn State known for undergraduate nursing and business. The campus is located in Sharon in western Pennsylvania's Shenango Valley.
- SAT Range 1040-1230
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,383
Penn State Greater Allegheny
- Public 4 Year
- McKeesport, PA
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- 96% acceptance rate
Penn State Greater Allegheny is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate business, information sciences and technology, and psychology. The campus is located in McKeesport in the greater Pittsburgh area.
- SAT Range 1080-1280
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $15,574
Penn State New Kensington
- Public 4 Year
- New Kensington, PA
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- 95% acceptance rate
Penn State New Kensington is a small regional public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate engineering technology, nursing, and information sciences. The suburban campus sits in the Allegheny Valley near Pittsburgh.
- SAT Range 1110-1265
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $19,504
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
- Public 4 Year
- Greensburg, PA
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- 95% acceptance rate
Pitt-Greensburg is a regional public campus of the University of Pittsburgh known for undergraduate biology, psychology, and business management. The residential campus sits in suburban Greensburg east of Pittsburgh.
- SAT Range 1055-1253
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $18,365
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Harrisburg, PA
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1.0 | 4 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
Harrisburg University is a private university known for undergraduate computer science, information sciences, and biotechnology. The urban campus is in downtown Harrisburg.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Net Price $15,984
Penn State Beaver
- Public 4 Year
- Monaca, PA
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- 96% acceptance rate
Penn State Beaver is a small public regional campus known for undergraduate business and information sciences and technology. The suburban campus sits in Monaca near Pittsburgh.
- SAT Range 1080-1290
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $18,581
Penn State Mont Alto
- Public 4 Year
- Mont Alto, PA
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- 98% acceptance rate
Penn State Mont Alto is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate forestry and nursing. The wooded campus borders Michaux State Forest in rural south-central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 980-1300
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $19,675
Mount Aloysius College
- Private 4 Year
- Cresson, PA
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- 82% acceptance rate
Mount Aloysius is a small private Catholic college known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The campus sits in the mountain town of Cresson in western Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 918-1168
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $22,216
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Private 4 Year
- Philadelphia, PA
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- 100% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
PAFA is a private fine arts college known for undergraduate painting, sculpture, and drawing. The historic Center City campus is home to the oldest art museum and school in the United States.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $33,323
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
- Private 4 Year
- Bryn Athyn, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Bryn Athyn is a small private liberal arts college affiliated with the Swedenborgian New Church. The suburban campus outside Philadelphia sits beside the Bryn Athyn Cathedral and the New Church community.
- SAT Range 1060-1298
- Avg GPA 2.87
- Net Price $20,728
Penn State Wilkes Barre
- Public 4 Year
- Dallas, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a small public campus of Penn State known for undergraduate surveying engineering and engineering technology. The wooded campus sits in the Back Mountain region near Dallas.
- SAT Range 1090-1330
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $16,621
Penn State DuBois
- Public 4 Year
- DuBois, PA
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- 97% acceptance rate
Penn State DuBois is a small public Penn State campus known for undergraduate engineering technology, business, and wildlife technology. The compact campus is located in a small town in northwestern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 990-1210
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $17,880
Gratz College
- Private 4 Year
- Melrose Park, PA
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- 100% acceptance rate
Gratz is a private Jewish college known for undergraduate programs in Jewish studies and education. The campus is in the Philadelphia suburb of Melrose Park.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price -