Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Allegheny College admitted 3,615 of 6,151 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (58.8%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Allegheny College
Three things Allegheny College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Allegheny College files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 31% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
3 admitted from a waitlist of 220.
220 students accepted a place on that list, and 3 were admitted from it, 1.4% of the students who waited. A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
31% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 9% sent an ACT. Allegheny College files test scores under “important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
58.8%
3,615 admitted of 6,151 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1155–1360
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
25–31
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Average GPA of admitted students
3.59
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
31%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
9%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Allegheny College?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Allegheny College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
0.8× the rateEarly Decision admitted 49.6% (67 of 135), against 59% in the regular round.
3,548 of 6,016 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 220
- Accepted the place
- 220
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 3
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $22,940 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $18,495
- $30k–$48k
- $27,718
- $48k–$75k
- $13,059
- $75k–$110k
- $21,357
- Over $110k
- $30,046
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: 2 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Every one of these carries the same measured figures, with the same sources.
Other colleges in Pennsylvania
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
Anywhere in the country, ordered by how close the published rate is to this one. A selection rule, not a ranking.
Build the list this school belongs on.
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