Colleges in Pennsylvania That Accept a 1500 SAT

A 1500 SAT is a safety at one school and a long shot at another, so these schools are split into likely, target and reach rather than one list. Every number is the school's own average admitted SAT, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only Pennsylvania schools are listed here.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 1500 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Lehigh University — Bethlehem, PA · 1440 avg SAT
• Villanova University — Villanova, PA · 1460 avg SAT
• Bucknell University — Lewisburg, PA · 1410 avg SAT
• Lafayette College — Easton, PA · 1424 avg SAT
• Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia — Philadelphia, PA · 1258 avg SAT
• Drexel University — Philadelphia, PA · 1345 avg SAT
• Franklin and Marshall College — Lancaster, PA · 1392 avg SAT
• Bryn Mawr College — Bryn Mawr, PA · 1396 avg SAT
• Gettysburg College — Gettysburg, PA · 1379 avg SAT
• Dickinson College — Carlisle, PA · 1391 avg SAT
• University of Scranton — Scranton, PA · 1237 avg SAT
• University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — Pittsburgh, PA · 1370 avg SAT
• Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus — University Park, PA · 1337 avg SAT
• Muhlenberg College — Allentown, PA · 1343 avg SAT
• Duquesne University — Pittsburgh, PA · 1276 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1500 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Swarthmore College — Swarthmore, PA · 1534 avg SAT
• Haverford College — Haverford, PA · 1513 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1500 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, PA · 1553 avg SAT
• Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, PA · 1546 avg SAT

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