48 Best colleges for Aesthetics in Pennsylvania

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Pennsylvania ranked based on their research performance in Aesthetics. A graph of 788K citations received by 26K academic papers made by 48 universities in Pennsylvania was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#8 in the United States

#9 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $23,570

2. Pennsylvania State University

University Park

For Aesthetics

#18 in the United States

#20 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 67%

3. University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

For Aesthetics

#36 in the United States

#41 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 74%

4. Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh

For Aesthetics

#41 in the United States

#46 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $35,552

5. Temple University

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#65 in the United States

#77 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $14,837
Enrollment: 29,640

6. Drexel University

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#102 in the United States

#123 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1340
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $42,801

7. California University of Pennsylvania

California

For Aesthetics

#122 in the United States

#145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $6,250
Enrollment: 6,885

8. Swarthmore College

Swarthmore

For Aesthetics

#181 in the United States

#209 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,469

9. Lehigh University

Bethlehem

For Aesthetics

#184 in the United States

#213 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Average SAT: 1435
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $34,154

10. Villanova University

Villanova

For Aesthetics

#195 in the United States

#224 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1453
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $37,201

11. Bucknell University

Lewisburg

For Aesthetics

#220 in the United States

#253 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $39,003

12. Duquesne University

Pittsburgh

For Aesthetics

#257 in the United States

#292 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $37,917

13. Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr

For Aesthetics

#260 in the United States

#295 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $33,221

14. Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster

For Aesthetics

#272 in the United States

#308 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Average SAT: 1387
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $43,987

15. Lafayette College

Easton

For Aesthetics

#293 in the United States

#329 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $38,442

16. Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#304 in the United States

#341 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $29,325

17. Haverford College

Haverford

For Aesthetics

#316 in the United States

#354 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,535

18. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana

For Aesthetics

#340 in the United States

#379 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1075
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 100%

19. Gettysburg College

Gettysburg

For Aesthetics

#356 in the United States

#395 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $32,769

20. West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester

For Aesthetics

#379 in the United States

#420 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 88%

21. Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#382 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $31,205

22. Dickinson College

Carlisle

For Aesthetics

#399 in the United States

#445 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1385
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $38,483

23. Pennsylvania State University - College of Medicine

Hershey

For Aesthetics

#451 in the United States

#503 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1967

24. Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown

For Aesthetics

#502 in the United States

#555 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1215
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $7,420

25. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Mansfield

For Aesthetics

#513 in the United States

#567 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $8,863
Enrollment: 1,784

26. Widener University

Chester

For Aesthetics

#523 in the United States

#579 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1185
Net Price: $26,778
Receiving Aid: 100%

27. University of Scranton

Scranton

For Aesthetics

#555 in the United States

#611 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1239
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $34,234

28. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg

For Aesthetics

#557 in the United States

#613 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $6,347
Enrollment: 7,500

29. Arcadia University

Glenside

For Aesthetics

#563 in the United States

#619 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1165
Net Price: $30,037
Receiving Aid: 99%

30. Muhlenberg College

Allentown

For Aesthetics

#564 in the United States

#620 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1330
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $34,739

31. Allegheny College

Meadville

For Aesthetics

#639 in the United States

#702 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1266
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,420

32. La Salle University

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#641 in the United States

#704 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Net Price: $18,069
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $30,880

33. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Slippery Rock

For Aesthetics

#647 in the United States

#710 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 96%

34. Thiel College

Greenville

For Aesthetics

#653 in the United States

#717 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Net Price: $22,545
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $30,356

35. Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#655 in the United States

#719 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Net Price: $28,588
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,590

36. Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Millersville

For Aesthetics

#659 in the United States

#723 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1115
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $6,143

37. Ursinus College

Collegeville

For Aesthetics

#679 in the United States

#744 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1293
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $32,158

38. Robert Morris University

Moon Township

For Aesthetics

#685 in the United States

#750 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Net Price: $23,933
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $27,629

39. York College of Pennsylvania

York

For Aesthetics

#686 in the United States

#751 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $20,096

40. King's College - Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre

For Aesthetics

#698 in the United States

#764 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1170
Net Price: $23,689
Receiving Aid: 100%

41. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Shippensburg

For Aesthetics

#700 in the United States

#766 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $6,756

42. Moravian College

Bethlehem

For Aesthetics

#708 in the United States

#774 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1178
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $31,743

43. Susquehanna University

Selinsgrove

For Aesthetics

#710 in the United States

#776 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $26,444

44. Albright College

Reading

For Aesthetics

#720 in the United States

#786 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $20,587
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $23,069

45. University of the Arts in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

For Aesthetics

#723 in the United States

#789 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $44,510
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $26,324

46. Messiah College

Mechanicsburg

For Aesthetics

#736 in the United States

#803 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $29,408

47. Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown

For Aesthetics

#755 in the United States

#823 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1208
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $27,760

48. Biblical Theological Seminary

Hatfield

For Aesthetics

#763 in the United States

#832 in North America

Enrollment: 20
Male:Female: 65:35

Closest to Pennsylvania states to learn Aesthetics

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Maryland	15	25
District of Columbia	7	59
New Jersey	20	22
New York	88	5
Connecticut	13	15
Virginia	18	30
Ohio	29	17
Massachusetts	43	1
Rhode Island	7	64
Vermont	4	132
New Hampshire	6	69
North Carolina	21	26
Indiana	18	34
Kentucky	10	76
Michigan	18	4
South Carolina	11	83
Maine	6	182
Tennessee	14	51
Illinois	33	11
Georgia	22	48
Wisconsin	14	21
Alabama	10	101
Iowa	7	39
Missouri	12	45
Mississippi	6	188
Minnesota	17	19
Arkansas	7	138
Florida	27	33
Louisiana	9	96
Kansas	7	77
South Dakota	3	342
Nebraska	5	97
Oklahoma	5	103
North Dakota	2	246
Texas	48	16
Colorado	14	46
New Mexico	3	86
Puerto Rico	2	609
Utah	6	52
Idaho	3	261
Arizona	4	24
Washington	15	6
Oregon	12	81
California	77	2
Hawaii	3	105