The most selective colleges and universities in the Philadelphia region are getting even choosier, especially the University of Pennsylvania, which came out on top of the list of the area’s most selective higher education institutions, write Joanne Drilling and Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal.

The Business Journals used data from the U.S. Department of Education to identify the most selective schools in the region and across the nation last year. Schools were ranked based on a weighted formula that considers both the acceptance rates and matriculation rates.

In addition to being the most selective school in Greater Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania came in at No. 12 nationwide. The Ivy League School admitted just 6.5 percent of applicants in fiscal 2023 (or 3,549 students out of 54,588), which is almost half of the 12 percent acceptance rate it had a decade ago.

Another Philadelphia school made the top ten list.

Drexel University ranked in tenth place with an admission rate of 79.6 percent in 2023. The school accepted 29,487 students out of the 37,040 who applied.

Read more about the most selective colleges and universities in the region and nationwide at the Philadelphia Business Journal.

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