Colleges in Pennsylvania: A Parent's Guide

Below are colleges across Pennsylvania with acceptance rates, SAT/ACT ranges, and net price data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Schools are listed by admission selectivity, most selective first.

• University of Pennsylvania
  6% acceptance · $66,104 in-state tuition
• Drexel University
  11% acceptance · $63,829 in-state tuition
• Swarthmore College
  13% acceptance · $68,300 in-state tuition
• Haverford College
  32% acceptance · $68,380 in-state tuition
• University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
  32% acceptance · $64,772 in-state tuition
• Bucknell University
  32% acceptance · $64,772 in-state tuition
• Dickinson College
  43% acceptance · $63,475 in-state tuition
• Gettysburg College
  48% acceptance · $64,230 in-state tuition
• Muhlenberg College
  48% acceptance · $64,230 in-state tuition
• Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
  50% acceptance · $21,524 in-state tuition
• Carnegie Mellon University
  54% acceptance · $20,234 in-state tuition
• Elizabethtown College
  69% acceptance · $35,815 in-state tuition
• Community College of Philadelphia
  74% acceptance · $33,968 in-state tuition
• Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
  75% acceptance · $10,507 in-state tuition
• Lehigh University
  78% acceptance · $60,663 in-state tuition
• Ursinus College
  78% acceptance · $60,663 in-state tuition
• Westminster College
  79% acceptance · $57,400 in-state tuition
• Temple University
  79% acceptance · $47,146 in-state tuition
• York College of Pennsylvania
  82% acceptance · $28,185 in-state tuition
• Allegheny College
  83% acceptance · $12,093 in-state tuition
• Villanova University
  83% acceptance · $22,082 in-state tuition
• West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  86% acceptance · $45,683 in-state tuition
• Millersville University of Pennsylvania
  89% acceptance · $12,262 in-state tuition
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
  91% acceptance · $11,380 in-state tuition
• Franklin and Marshall College
  93% acceptance · $11,036 in-state tuition
• Bucks County Community College
  93% acceptance · $14,380 in-state tuition
• Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
  98% acceptance · $38,160 in-state tuition
• Community College of Allegheny County
  99% acceptance · $11,025 in-state tuition
• Lafayette College
  — · $33,610 in-state tuition