Best Undergraduate Universities in PA?

tk21769
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:45:24 +0000

For academic quality in the most popular arts and science majors, some of the strongest universities in Pennsylvania, according to major college rankings, include Carnegie Mellon University, Lehigh, Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh, and Villanova. Of these, the University of Pennsylvania is the most selective. Pennsylvania also has many excellent small colleges including Bryn Mawr (women only), Bucknell, Gettysburg, Haverford, Juniata, Lafayette, Muhlenberg, and Swarthmore. Of these, Haverford and Swarthmore are the most selective.

There are no universally accepted criteria to determine exactly which universities are “best” in general. So yes, you might get better answers if you describe your qualifications and what is most important to you. The most selective, most prestigious, or highest-ranking schools won’t necessarily have the programs you want, or in other respects be among the best fits for you. For example, most small liberal arts colleges do not have engineering programs (or else only have general engineering programs, not specialized programs in biomedical/chemical/electrical/mechanical engineering).