William Penn Charter School

Philadelphia · PA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).

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Your state's public flagship

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

54%

admit rate

$20,644

in-state tuition/yr · $41,790 out-of-state

1220–1400

SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–32

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $32,875/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

William Penn Charter School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 186 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022-2026

College · Students

University of Pennsylvania 44

Penn State University Park 23

Drexel University 14

Wake Forest University 13

Tulane University 12

Villanova University 11

Duke University 10

West Chester University of Pennsylvania 10

Syracuse University 9

Bucknell University 8

Franklin & Marshall College 8

George Washington University 8

Lehigh University 8

University of Pittsburgh 8

University of Vermont 8

Ursinus College 8

Cornell University 7

Lafayette College 7

University of Richmond 7

American University 6

Saint Joseph's University 6

Temple University 6

Tufts University 6

University of Michigan 6

Widener University 6

Boston University 5

Dartmouth College 5

Harvard University 5

Howard University 5

Loyola University Maryland 5

and 156 more

Northwestern University 5

Amherst College 4

Boston College 4

Fairfield University 4

New York University 4

Northeastern University 4

University of Colorado Boulder 4

University of Notre Dame 4

Virginia Tech 4

Wesleyan University 4

Arizona State University 3

Catholic University of America 3

Clemson University 3

Colgate University 3

Columbia University 3

Duquesne University 3

Georgetown University 3

Ithaca College 3

Johns Hopkins University 3

Ohio State University at Columbus 3

Princeton University 3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3

Southern Methodist University 3

Swarthmore College 3

University of Connecticut 3

University of Delaware 3

University of Miami 3

University of South Carolina-Columbia 3

University of Tampa 3

University of Wisconsin-Madison 3

William & Mary 3

Williams College 3

Brandeis University 2

Brown University 2

Chapman University 2

Coastal Carolina University 2

Commonwealth University 2

Connecticut College 2

Davidson College 2

Fairleigh Dickinson University 2

Hamilton College 2

Haverford College 2

Indiana University Bloomington 2

Loyola Marymount University 2

McGill University 2

Millersville University of Pennsylvania 2

Muhlenberg College 2

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 2

Rollins College 2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick 2

Skidmore College 2

Smith College 2

Stanford University 2

Trinity College 2

United States Air Force Academy 2

United States Naval Academy 2

University of Arizona 2

University of California, Santa Cruz 2

University of California-Los Angeles 2

University of Florida 2

University of Maryland, College Park 2

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus 2

University of Mississippi 2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2

Washington University in St. Louis 2

York College of Pennsylvania 2

Albright College 1

Arcadia University 1

Bard College 1

Bentley University 1

Berklee College of Music 1

Bowdoin College 1

Bryn Mawr College 1

Carleton College 1

Catawba College 1

Chestnut Hill College 1

Colby College 1

College of New Jersey 1

College of the Holy Cross 1

College of Wooster 1

Denison University 1

DePaul University 1

Dickinson College 1

Drew University 1

Edinburgh Napier University 1

Elon University 1

Emerson College 1

Emory University 1

Florida Institute of Technology 1

Fordham University 1

Georgia Institute of Technology 1

Goucher College 1

Harcum College 1

High Point University 1

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1

Holy Family University 1

James Madison University 1

Kenyon College 1

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 1

Liberty University 1

Long Island University-Post 1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 1

Lycoming College 1

Lynn University 1

Maryland Institute College of Art 1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1

Merrimack College 1

Michigan State University 1

Middlebury College 1

Monmouth University 1

Moravian University 1

Morehouse College 1

New York Institute of Technology 1

Niagara University 1

Oberlin College 1

Occidental College 1

Olin College of Engineering 1

Penn State Harrisburg 1

Pratt Institute 1

Rochester Institute of Technology 1

Rutgers University - Camden 1

Sacred Heart University 1

Savannah College of Art and Design 1

Siena University 1

Springfield College 1

St. John Fisher University 1

St. John's University 1

St. Olaf College 1

St. Thomas Aquinas College 1

Stetson University 1

Texas Tech University 1

Towson University 1

Trinity College Dublin 1

Union College 1

United States Military Academy 1

University of Alabama 1

University of California, Davis 1

University of California, Irvine 1

University of California, Riverside 1

University of Chicago 1

University of Georgia 1

University of Glasgow 1

University of Louisville 1

University of North Carolina Wilmington 1

University of Oregon 1

University of San Francisco 1

University of Texas at Austin 1

University of Toronto 1

University of Virginia 1

Vassar College 1

Wagner College 1

Walnut Hill College 1

Washington and Lee University 1

Wellesley College 1

West Virginia University 1

Winthrop University 1

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Independently verified As published by William Penn Charter School — College Matriculation List ↗. Found at: Academics > College Counseling > "five-year matriculation list" link.

About this listing

William Penn Charter School is listed by NAIS. It has not reported to the federal Private School Survey, which is voluntary, so enrollment figures are not available here — many of the country's oldest independent schools are in the same position. The school's own site: www.penncharter.com ↗

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

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