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Top Universities in Pennsylvania (state)

Introduction

What are the top universities in the US state of Pennsylvania? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 uniRank University Ranking of 99 Pennsylvania higher education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:

  • being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United States
  • offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
  • delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top Pennsylvania universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the universities themselves.

2026 Pennsylvania University Ranking


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# University Town
9 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
24 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh
40 Penn State University University Park
43 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
100 Temple University Philadelphia
105 Drexel University Philadelphia
163 Lehigh University Bethlehem
167 Swarthmore College Swarthmore
194 Villanova University Villanova
229 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr
235 Bucknell University Lewisburg
301 Dickinson College Carlisle
302 Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia
314 Duquesne University Pittsburgh
350 Gettysburg College Gettysburg
354 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester
360 Haverford College Haverford
381 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana
406 Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia
407 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg
422 Lafayette College Easton
427 Pennsylvania Western University California
462 Widener University Chester
492 Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster
530 Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg
561 University of Scranton Scranton
585 Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown
590 Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville
592 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown
601 La Salle University Philadelphia
623 Messiah University Mechanicsburg
653 Arcadia University Glenside
680 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock
686 Muhlenberg College Allentown
696 Seton Hill University Greensburg
703 Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre
722 Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport
737 East Stroudsburg University East Stroudsburg
746 Grove City College Grove City
752 Ursinus College Collegeville
757 Chatham University Pittsburgh
767 Moravian University Bethlehem
772 Susquehanna University Selinsgrove
782 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia
798 Allegheny College Meadville
837 Eastern University St. Davids
849 King's College Wilkes-Barre
868 DeSales University Center Valley
869 York College of Pennsylvania York
872 Lincoln University Lincoln University
902 Saint Vincent College Latrobe
904 Point Park University Pittsburgh
906 Mercyhurst University Erie
908 Alvernia University Reading
918 Lycoming College Williamsport
929 Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia
936 Robert Morris University Moon Township
944 Lebanon Valley College Annville
953 The American College of Financial Services King of Prussia
955 Juniata College Huntingdon
968 Westminster College, Pennsylvania New Wilmington
977 Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley
1018 Wilson College Chambersburg
1020 Gannon University Erie
1026 Geneva College Beaver Falls
1028 Misericordia University Dallas
1036 Marywood University Scranton
1041 Saint Francis University Loretto
1093 Washington & Jefferson College Washington
1100 Carlow University Pittsburgh
1103 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg
1113 Delaware Valley University Doylestown
1137 Neumann University Aston
1139 Lancaster Bible College Lancaster
1152 Cedar Crest College Allentown
1165 Albright College Reading
1278 Immaculata University Immaculata
1284 Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia
1309 Rosemont College Rosemont
1326 Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia
1342 Waynesburg University Waynesburg
1343 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney
1350 Holy Family University Philadelphia
1364 Penn State College of Medicine Hershey
1366 Thiel College Greenville
1397 Cairn University Langhorne
1424 La Roche University Pittsburgh
1436 Drexel University Elkins Park Campus Elkins Park
1437 Mount Aloysius College Cresson
1481 Keystone College La Plume
1507 Central Penn College Summerdale
1516 Clarks Summit University Clarks Summit
1527 Peirce College Philadelphia
1567 Bryn Athyn College Bryn Athyn
1576 University of Valley Forge Phoenixville
1602 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster
1604 Gratz College Melrose Park
1677 WON Institute of Graduate Studies Warminster
Un Geisinger College of Health Sciences Scranton
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