Pennsylvania Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 86 private colleges in Pennsylvania with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of Pennsylvania leads the list by accepting 7% of high school students that applied.

List of Pennsylvania Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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7%
Swarthmore College

Swarthmore, PA

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7%
Curtis Institute of Music

Philadelphia, PA

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10%
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

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11%
Haverford College

Haverford, PA

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14%
Villanova University

Villanova, PA

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23%
Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

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31%
Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA

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33%
Lafayette College

Easton, PA

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34%
Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

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35%
Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, PA

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36%
Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

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37%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

Lancaster, PA

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44%
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Lancaster, PA

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46%
Moore College of Art and Design

Philadelphia, PA

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53%
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, PA

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56%
Gwynedd Mercy College

Gwynedd Valley, PA

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58%
Alvernia University

Reading, PA

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59%