Historical Acceptance Rates

Pennsylvania State University's acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 39%, with 8,366 applicants and 3,264 admissions. Early Action (EA) significantly outperformed Regular Decision (RD), with an acceptance rate of 51% (2,040 out of 4,000 applicants) compared to just 28% for RD (1,224 out of 4,366 applicants). This marks a notable decline from the application year 2023, where the overall acceptance rate was 57.6%, with 45,269 out of 78,578 applicants admitted. The contrasting rates between EA and RD in 2023 were 68% for EA and 24.1% for RD, indicating increasing competitiveness in the admissions process.