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
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%480–580 R&W460–560 Math
ACT, middle 50%17–25
Pensacola State CollegePensacola, Florida Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Pentecostal Theological SeminaryCleveland, Tennessee Private nonprofit, 4-year
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Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,63% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%650–710 R&W640–740 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–32
Perimeter CollegeAtlanta, Georgia Public, 2-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%400–520 R&W360–500 Math
ACT, middle 50%15–21
Peru State CollegePeru, Nebraska Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Pfeiffer UniversityMisenheimer, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,96% admitted
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Philander Smith UniversityLittle Rock, Arkansas Private nonprofit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelena, Arkansas Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, North Carolina Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Piedmont UniversityDemorest, Georgia Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%528–625 R&W510–620 Math
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Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pierce College DistrictLakewood, Washington Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont, West Virginia Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado Public, 4-yearOpen admission
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Pillar CollegeNewark, New Jersey Private nonprofit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pine Technical & Community CollegePine City, Minnesota Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pinnacle Career Institute North Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri Private for-profit, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina Public, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,89% admitted
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Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit, 2-yearOpen admission
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Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California Private nonprofit, 4-yearModerate to get into,25% admitted
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Platt College Los AngelesAlhambra, California Private for-profit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Platt College OntarioOntario, California Private for-profit, 4-yearOpen admission
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Plaza CollegeForest Hills, New York Private for-profit, 4-yearModerate to get into,30% admitted
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Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,88% admitted
Average GPA3.21As reported by the college for 2024–25
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Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,84% admitted
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SAT, middle 50%610–695 R&W565–670 Math
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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.