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 6% of high school students that applied.

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

Loretto, PA

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77%
Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

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78%
Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

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78%
La Roche College

Pittsburgh, PA

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78%
Messiah College

Grantham, PA

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78%
The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA

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78%
University of Valley Forge

Phoenixville, PA

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78%
DeSales University

Center Valley, PA

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79%
Arcadia University

Glenside, PA

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79%
Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, PA

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79%
Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

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79%
Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove, PA

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79%
Keystone College

La Plume, PA

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80%
Washington & Jefferson College

Washington, PA

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82%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg, PA

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82%
Mercyhurst College

Erie, PA

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83%
Marywood University

Scranton, PA

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84%
Cairn University

Langhorne, PA

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84%