Find Colleges for Your GPA

Find target, reach, and safety schools based on your GPA, with acceptance rates and test score data for thousands of colleges.

Where your 3.5 fits: Safety, Target or Reach, from each college's reported average GPA and acceptance rate. A guide, not a prediction.

Colleges in PennsylvaniaEvery college we list in Pennsylvania, with its average GPA and test scores where it reports them.

Showing 30 of 160 colleges
Colleges that report an average GPA (20) · best fit first
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main CampusIndiana, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA3.50As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%490–600 R&W480–580 Math
ACT, middle 50%20–27
Your 3.5their average 3.50Target
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA3.36As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%570–670 R&W550–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.36Target
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,86% admitted
Average GPA3.45As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%520–620 R&W500–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.45Target
Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,29% admitted
Average GPA3.62As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%650–730 R&W660–740 Math
ACT, middle 50%30–33
Your 3.5their average 3.62Target
University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
Average GPA3.58As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%590–660 R&W570–658 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–30
Your 3.5their average 3.58Target
Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,31% admitted
Average GPA3.56As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%670–740 R&W680–760 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–33
Your 3.5their average 3.56Target
DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,77% admitted
Average GPA3.41As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%550–640 R&W540–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–28
Your 3.5their average 3.41Target
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA3.46As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%530–630 R&W490–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–29
Your 3.5their average 3.46Target
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,80% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2023⁠–⁠24
SAT, middle 50%550–650 R&W515–615 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.40Target
Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,86% admitted
Average GPA3.42As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%578–660 R&W578–663 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.42Target
Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,62% admitted
Average GPA3.59As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%550–670 R&W520–625 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–30
Your 3.5their average 3.59Target
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,90% admitted
Average GPA3.36As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%530–598 R&W493–588 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.36Target
Allegheny CollegeMeadville, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,55% admitted
Average GPA3.59As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%610–690 R&W563–668 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–30
Your 3.5their average 3.59Target
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,74% admitted
Average GPA3.44As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%540–650 R&W540–650 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.44Target
Neumann UniversityAston, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
Average GPA3.25As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.5their average 3.25Safety
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearVery hard to get into,5.4% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%740–770 R&W770–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–36
Your 3.5their average 3.90Reach
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearHard to get into,12% admitted
Average GPA3.89As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%730–770 R&W770–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–35
Your 3.5their average 3.89Reach
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,84% admitted
Average GPA3.76As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%600–670 R&W580–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%26–32
Your 3.5their average 3.76Reach
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,81% admitted
Average GPA3.73As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%580–660 R&W580–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–30
Your 3.5their average 3.73Reach
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,58% admitted
Average GPA4.06Weighted, as reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%640–720 R&W640–740 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–33
Your 3.5their weighted average 4.06not comparable with an unweighted GPA
More colleges in your filters (no GPA reported)
Penn State Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,61% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%620–700 R&W620–720 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–32
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,80% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,78% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%560–650 R&W540–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–28
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,79% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%620–700 R&W620–740 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–32
Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%500–600 R&W490–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%480–580 R&W460–560 Math
ACT, middle 50%17–25
Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,27% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%685–740 R&W710–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%32–34
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,71% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%500–610 R&W480–580 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–26
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,26% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%680–730 R&W690–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
Saint Joseph’s UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,89% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%590–680 R&W580–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–31
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How to read the figures

Example: how a college appears in the list
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan Public, 4-yearHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W680–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
  • How hard it is to get in: the share of first-year applicants the college admitted for fall 2024. Very hard is under 10%, Hard 10–24%, Moderate 25–49%, Fairly easy 50–74% and Easy 75% or more. Open admission colleges accept everyone, so they have no rate.
  • Average GPA: the average high school GPA of the college's first-year students, from the college's own yearly report (its Common Data Set), with the year and, when the college says, whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so use it as a rough guide, not a cutoff.
  • Safety, Target and Reach: with your GPA in the box, where it fits at each college that reports an average GPA. Your GPA is compared with the college's average (0.15 or more above it, close to it, or below it), and the acceptance rate decides how much that counts: a college that admits under 15% of applicants is a reach for everyone. Colleges that don't report an average get no label: we never estimate one.
  • SAT: the middle 50% of scores of first-year students who sent them, for reading and writing (R&W) and math. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it.
  • ACT: the middle 50% of overall ACT scores, read the same way.

A dash means the college didn't report that figure.

Where the data comes from

FigureSourceData year
Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT rangesThe U.S. Department of Education's yearly college surveyFall 2024
Average high school GPA (268 colleges)Each college's own yearly report (Common Data Set)2023–24 to 2025–26
Average SAT for the SAT filter and sortCollege Scorecard, U.S. Department of EducationLatest available

Each college's page also has its enrollment, net price, admission factors and policies on AP and dual credit from the same survey, and gives the year of every figure. Admission policies change every year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

Reviewed by the GPA Calculator team · Updated October 2026

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release)
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data