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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Pennsylvania
108 colleges in Pennsylvania with this figure reported (500+ students).
41La Roche University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78% admit42Lincoln University · PA · Public78% admit43Immaculata University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78% admit44Messiah University · PA · Private (nonprofit)78% admit45DeSales University · PA · Private (nonprofit)79% admit46Susquehanna University · PA · Private (nonprofit)79% admit47Duquesne University · PA · Private (nonprofit)79% admit48Chestnut Hill College · PA · Private (nonprofit)79% admit49Arcadia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)79% admit50West Chester University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public79% admit51Keystone College · PA · Private (nonprofit)80% admit52Pennsylvania State University-World Campus · PA · Public80% admit53Washington & Jefferson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit54Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · PA · Private (nonprofit)82% admit55Temple University · PA · Public83% admit56Mercyhurst University · PA · Private (nonprofit)83% admit57Cairn University-Langhorne · PA · Private (nonprofit)84% admit58Marywood University · PA · Private (nonprofit)84% admit59Widener University · PA · Private (nonprofit)84% admit60University of Scranton · PA · Private (nonprofit)84% admit61Misericordia University · PA · Private (nonprofit)85% admit62Westminster College · PA · Private (nonprofit)86% admit63Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public86% admit64Thomas Jefferson University · PA · Private (nonprofit)86% admit65Albright College · PA · Private (nonprofit)86% admit66La Salle University · PA · Private (nonprofit)86% admit67Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia · PA · Private (nonprofit)86% admit68Carlow University · PA · Private (nonprofit)87% admit69Ursinus College · PA · Private (nonprofit)87% admit70Millersville University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public89% admit71Wilson College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90% admit72Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto · PA · Public90% admit73Mount Aloysius College · PA · Private (nonprofit)90% admit74Robert Morris University · PA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit75University of Pittsburgh-Bradford · PA · Public91% admit76Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton · PA · Public91% admit77Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill · PA · Public91% admit78Indiana University of Pennsylvania · PA · Public91% admit79Wilkes University · PA · Private (nonprofit)91% admit80Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly · PA · Public92% 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.