US College Admissions Database

Acceptance rates, SAT and ACT score ranges and admission requirements for 3,085 US colleges and universities, with the average high school GPA of 268 of them as each college reported it.

Showing 30 of 3,085 colleges
How hard to get into, by fall 2024 acceptance rate: Very hard under 10% Hard 10–24% Moderate 25–49% Fairly easy 50–74% Easy 75% or more Open admission
Pacific Northwest University of Health SciencesYakima, Washington Private nonprofit, 4-year
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Pacific Oaks CollegePasadena, California Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,34% admitted
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Pacific Rim Christian UniversityHonolulu, Hawaii Private nonprofit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Pacific States UniversityLos Angeles, California Private 4 Year
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Pacific Union CollegeAngwin, California Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,47% admitted
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Pacific UniversityForest Grove, Oregon Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,90% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%480–630 R&W420–610 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–29
Paine CollegeAugusta, Georgia Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,95% admitted
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Palm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm Beach, Florida Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,82% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%500–620 R&W450–600 Math
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Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Palmer College of ChiropracticDavenport, Iowa Private nonprofit, 4-year
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Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Palo Alto UniversityPalo Alto, California Private nonprofit, 4-year
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Palo Verde CollegeBlythe, California Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pamlico Community CollegeGrantsboro, North Carolina Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Paradise Valley Community CollegePhoenix, Arizona Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Park UniversityParkville, Missouri Private nonprofit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Parker UniversityDallas, Texas Private nonprofit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Parkland CollegeChampaign, Illinois Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pasadena City CollegePasadena, California Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pathways CollegePhoenix, Arizona Private nonprofit, 4-year
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Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Patrick Henry CollegePurcellville, Virginia Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,77% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%660–740 R&W580–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–33
Paul D Camp Community CollegeFranklin, Virginia Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Paul Quinn CollegeDallas, Texas Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,40% admitted
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Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,77% admitted
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How to read the figures

  • Average GPA: shown only when a college publishes it in its own Common Data Set and we could check it, with the year and whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so an average can't be compared directly with your own GPA.
  • How hard to get into: each college's tag, with its color and meter, comes from its acceptance rate, the share of first-year applicants it admitted for fall 2024, as it reported to the U.S. Department of Education: very hard under 10%, hard 10–24%, moderate 25–49%, fairly easy 50–74% and easy 75% or more. Colleges with open admission accept every applicant, so they don't have an acceptance rate.
  • SAT and ACT: the middle 50% of scores of the first-year students who enrolled in fall 2024 and sent scores. A quarter of them scored below the range and a quarter above it. R&W is the SAT's reading and writing section; ACT ranges are composite scores.
  • Average SAT filter: the SAT filter and sort use the College Scorecard's estimate of the average SAT score of admitted students.

Where the data comes from

Acceptance rates, test scores, admission factors, enrollment, net price and credit policies come from IPEDS, the survey that every college taking part in federal student aid programs reports to the U.S. Department of Education each year. Average GPAs come from the colleges' own Common Data Sets. Each college's page lists its sources and the year of every figure.

Admission policies change from year to year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2024–25 provisional data): admissions, test scores, admission factors, enrollment, net price and credit policies.
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release): estimated average SAT score of admitted students.
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data, including first-year students' average high school GPA.