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Colleges in Pennsylvania for 1400 SAT Scores: Where You Fall in the Middle 50%

Pennsylvania has 63 main-campus colleges that report SAT percentiles to College Scorecard. A score of 1400 on the SAT is inside the middle 50% at 12 of them, below the 25th percentile at 4 (a reach) and above the 75th percentile at 47 (above typical).

Those 12 typical colleges have a median net price of $35,429 and a median acceptance rate of 35%. By sector, 2 public and 10 private nonprofit; 12 report a test-optional policy.

Acceptance rates in this group run from 26% at Lehigh University to 79% at Drexel University, so a score inside the middle 50% says little about an admission decision. The lowest net price among them is $28,905 at Muhlenberg College.

Nationwide, the 132 typical colleges for this score have a median net price of $28,671 and a median acceptance rate of 53%; in Pennsylvania the figures are $35,429 and 35%. Test-optional colleges among the 12 in Pennsylvania: 12. Test-optional colleges often publish ranges that skew high.

How the groups are defined

One rule sorts every college, using the 25th and 75th percentile scores in the College Scorecard data. We never say a college will admit a score; we only show where it falls.

Who is counted
College Scorecard describes these percentiles as the middle 50% of first-time students who enrolled in the fall of 2024; admitted students who did not enroll are not included. Colleges can only report scores for students who submitted them, and colleges that do not require tests often report mostly higher scorers, so their ranges tend to skew high.
  • Reach. Your score is below the school's 25th percentile.
  • Typical. Your score is within the school's middle 50%, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
  • Above typical. Your score is above the school's 75th percentile.
  • SAT totals are approximate. Scorecard publishes 25th and 75th percentiles for the Reading and Writing and Math sections but not for the total, so we add the two 25th percentiles and the two 75th percentiles. Across the 866 colleges that also report Scorecard's average SAT score, the midpoint of that range differs from the average by a median of 15 points (90% are within 45).
  • We do not convert between the SAT and the ACT. This page uses SAT scores only; the other test has its own pages.
Test policy
The test policy comes from the admissions field Scorecard calls ADMCON7. We tag a college as test-optional when it reports that tests are neither required nor recommended, or are considered only if submitted. Test-optional colleges among the 12 typical ones: 12.
Left out: 1,471 of 2,356 main-campus colleges with missing or suppressed SAT percentiles, and 19 dropped because their figures contradict themselves: Scorecard's own average SAT score falls outside the summed section range, so the percentiles and the average describe different groups of students. None had a 25th percentile above the 75th or a value outside the valid range. 866 colleges are counted.
Data periodTest score percentiles: fall 2024 entering class. Acceptance rate: fall 2024 applicants. Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24 (in-state price at public colleges).
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.

Read the full methodology Test-optional colleges and how to read SAT/ACT ranges

Typical: the middle 50% includes 1400 (12)

Your score is within the school's middle 50%, from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Sorted by net price, lowest first; colleges with no reported net price come last. Showing all 12.

1400 SAT: Typical
College Middle 50%
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,905 · Acceptance rate: 72%
1250–1410
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,434 · Acceptance rate: 58%
1280–1460
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $31,490 · Acceptance rate: 39%
1270–1460
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $31,759 · Acceptance rate: 29%
1280–1510
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $32,875 · Acceptance rate: 61%
1240–1420
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $34,433 · Acceptance rate: 31%
1350–1500
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $36,425 · Acceptance rate: 28%
1310–1463
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $36,931 · Acceptance rate: 26%
1370–1500
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $37,607 · Acceptance rate: 42%
1310–1460
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $38,509 · Acceptance rate: 79%
1240–1440
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $40,766 · Acceptance rate: 29%
1310–1470
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $43,756 · Acceptance rate: 27%
1395–1510

Reach: 1400 is below the 25th percentile (4)

Your score is below the school's 25th percentile. Closest first: the colleges whose 25th percentile is nearest above 1400. Showing all 4.

1400 SAT: Reach
College Middle 50%
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $25,314 · Acceptance rate: 12%
1460–1550
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $23,149 · Acceptance rate: 7%
1490–1560
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $31,944 · Acceptance rate: 12%
1500–1570
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,699 · Acceptance rate: 5%
1510–1570

Above typical: 1400 is above the 75th percentile (47)

Your score is above the school's 75th percentile. Closest first: the colleges whose 75th percentile is nearest below 1400. Showing 20 of 47.

1400 SAT: Above typical
College Middle 50%
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,536 · Acceptance rate: 92%
1200–1385
Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $43,086 · Acceptance rate: 56%
1180–1380
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,940 · Acceptance rate: 55%
1173–1358
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $26,502 · Acceptance rate: 79%
1110–1350
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,689 · Acceptance rate: 89%
1170–1350
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $37,730 · Acceptance rate: 84%
1180–1340
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,928 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1160–1330
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $24,258 · Acceptance rate: 86%
1156–1323
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $23,988 · Acceptance rate: 79%
1130–1320
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $32,568 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1160–1318
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $21,331 · Acceptance rate: 91%
1120–1310
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $26,598 · Acceptance rate: 78%
1105–1310
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,278 · Acceptance rate: 93%
1090–1303
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $26,979 · Acceptance rate: 84%
1140–1302
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $19,140 · Acceptance rate: 74%
1080–1300
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,819 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1100–1300
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,954 · Acceptance rate: 62%
1070–1295
Widener University
Chester, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $25,759 · Acceptance rate: 71%
1080–1290
Alvernia University
Reading, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,138 · Acceptance rate: 58%
1093–1286
Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,670 · Acceptance rate: 54%
1070–1285

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