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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Pennsylvania
108 colleges in Pennsylvania with this figure reported (500+ students).
1University of Pennsylvania · PA · Private (nonprofit)6% admit2Swarthmore College · PA · Private (nonprofit)7% admit3Carnegie Mellon University · PA · Private (nonprofit)11% admit4Haverford College · PA · Private (nonprofit)13% admit5Villanova University · PA · Private (nonprofit)25% admit6Central Penn College · PA · Private (for-profit)26% admit7Lehigh University · PA · Private (nonprofit)29% admit8Williamson College of the Trades · PA · Private (nonprofit)30% admit9Bryn Mawr College · PA · Private (nonprofit)31% admit10Lafayette College · PA · Private (nonprofit)31% admit11Franklin and Marshall College · PA · Private (nonprofit)32% admit12Bucknell University · PA · Private (nonprofit)32% admit13Dickinson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)43% admit14Pennsylvania College of Art and Design · PA · Private (nonprofit)46% admit15Gettysburg College · PA · Private (nonprofit)48% admit16University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · PA · Public50% admit17Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology · PA · Public53% admit18Moravian University · PA · Private (nonprofit)54% admit19Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus · PA · Public54% admit20Allegheny College · PA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit21Saint Vincent College · PA · Private (nonprofit)59% admit22Moore College of Art and Design · PA · Private (nonprofit)61% admit23Alvernia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)62% admit24Muhlenberg College · PA · Private (nonprofit)64% admit25Lycoming College · PA · Private (nonprofit)68% admit26Chatham University · PA · Private (nonprofit)70% admit27Thiel College · PA · Private (nonprofit)71% admit28Juniata College · PA · Private (nonprofit)72% admit29Grove City College · PA · Private (nonprofit)73% admit30Bryn Athyn College of the New Church · PA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit31Holy Family University · PA · Private (nonprofit)74% admit32Rosemont College · PA · Private (nonprofit)75% admit33Lebanon Valley College · PA · Private (nonprofit)75% admit34Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public75% admit35Seton Hill University · PA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit36Neumann University · PA · Private (nonprofit)76% admit37Gannon University · PA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit38Elizabethtown College · PA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit39Saint Francis University · PA · Private (nonprofit)77% admit40Drexel University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.