Colleges in Pennsylvania That Accept a 30 ACT

A 30 ACT 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 ACT, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only Pennsylvania schools are listed here.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 30 ACT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia — Philadelphia, PA · 28 avg ACT
• Drexel University — Philadelphia, PA · 29 avg ACT
• University of Scranton — Scranton, PA · 26 avg ACT
• Duquesne University — Pittsburgh, PA · 27 avg ACT
• Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, PA · 28 avg ACT
• Immaculata University — Immaculata, PA · 25 avg ACT
• Elizabethtown College — Elizabethtown, PA · 26 avg ACT
• Washington & Jefferson College — Washington, PA · 26 avg ACT
• DeSales University — Center Valley, PA · 26 avg ACT
• Messiah University — Mechanicsburg, PA · 27 avg ACT
• West Chester University of Pennsylvania — West Chester, PA · 26 avg ACT
• Allegheny College — Meadville, PA · 26 avg ACT
• Saint Vincent College — Latrobe, PA · 25 avg ACT
• Marywood University — Scranton, PA · 22 avg ACT
• Gannon University — Erie, PA · 24 avg ACT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 30 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Bucknell University — Lewisburg, PA · 31 avg ACT
• Gettysburg College — Gettysburg, PA · 30 avg ACT
• University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus — Pittsburgh, PA · 31 avg ACT
• Muhlenberg College — Allentown, PA · 30 avg ACT
• Ursinus College — Collegeville, PA · 30 avg ACT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 30 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, PA · 34 avg ACT
• Carnegie Mellon University — Pittsburgh, PA · 34 avg ACT
• Lehigh University — Bethlehem, PA · 32 avg ACT
• Villanova University — Villanova, PA · 33 avg ACT
• Lafayette College — Easton, PA · 32 avg ACT
• Swarthmore College — Swarthmore, PA · 34 avg ACT
• Haverford College — Haverford, PA · 34 avg ACT

All colleges that accept a 30 ACT, nationwide

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