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Top Ranked Universities in Pennsylvania - Highest Overall School Score

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Top Ranked Universities in Pennsylvania - Highest Overall School Score

Rank in Pennsylvania Highest Overall School Score
2020 2015 School Name 2020 2015
1 1 Swarthmore College 99.27 99.04 (0.2%)
2 3 Haverford College 98.58 No Change
3 4 Carnegie Mellon University 98.51 No Change
4 2 Bucknell University 98.26 98.86 (0.6%)
5 5 Lehigh University 97.98 97.84 (0.1%)
6 6 Lafayette College 97.54 97.17 (0.4%)
7 7 Bryn Mawr College 97.45 96.88 (0.6%)
8 9 Villanova University 97.27 96.53 (0.8%)
9 8 Dickinson College 97.24 96.56 (0.7%)
10 11 Gettysburg College 96.27 95.41 (0.9%)
11 12 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 96.12 95.11 (1.1%)
12 10 University of Pennsylvania 95.87 No Change
13 16 Franklin and Marshall College 95.12 93.51 (1.7%)
14 14 Ursinus College 94.35 94.04 (0.3%)
15 6 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences 94.08 Not Available
16 27 Elizabethtown College 93.64 89.86 (4.2%)
17 13 Muhlenberg College 93.18 94.40 (1.3%)
18 19 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 92.80 92.61 (0.2%)
19 15 Allegheny College 92.35 93.95 (1.7%)
20 17 University of Scranton 92.25 93.13 (0.9%)

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