We have found 17 business schools in Pennsylvania that offer part-time MBA programs leading to an Master of Business Administration degree. Check the following list to see average GMAT score, acceptance rate and total enrollment for each of Pennsylvania MBA universities.
- ASK4BEAUTY: Brief history and politics of state Pennsylvania. Also covers latest population and geographical information of Pennsylvania.
List of Top MBA Schools in Pennsylvania
| Rank | MBA Schools |
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) Acceptance rate: 0.789 Part-time Enrollment: 156 Average GMAT score: 638 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2 | Temple University (Fox) Acceptance rate: 0.765 Part-time Enrollment: 414 Average GMAT score: 594 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| 3 | University of Pittsburgh (Katz) Acceptance rate: 0.923 Part-time Enrollment: 557 Average GMAT score: 557 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| 4 | Villanova University Acceptance rate: 0.773 Part-time Enrollment: 124 Average GMAT score: 618 Location: Villanova, PA |
| 5 | Lehigh University Acceptance rate: 0.82 Part-time Enrollment: 223 Average GMAT score: 612 Location: Bethlehem, PA |
| 6 | St. Joseph’s University (Haub) Acceptance rate: 0.52 Part-time Enrollment: 1161 Average GMAT score: 525 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| 7 | Pennsylvania State University–Erie, The Behrend College (Black) Acceptance rate: 0.818 Part-time Enrollment: 56 Average GMAT score: 532 Location: Erie, PA |
| 8 | Duquesne University (Donahue) Acceptance rate: 0.927 Part-time Enrollment: 207 Average GMAT score: 495 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| 9 | Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg Acceptance rate: 0.957 Part-time Enrollment: 177 Average GMAT score: 580 Location: Middletown, PA |
| 10 | Pennsylvania State University–Great Valley Acceptance rate: 0.743 Part-time Enrollment: 447 Average GMAT score: 539 Location: Malvern, PA |
| 11 | University of Scranton Acceptance rate: 0.643 Part-time Enrollment: 587 Average GMAT score: 500 Location: Scranton, PA |
| 12 | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Acceptance rate: 0.92 Part-time Enrollment: 73 Average GMAT score: 500 Location: Bloomsburg, PA |
| 13 | La Salle University Acceptance rate: 0.7 Part-time Enrollment: 408 Average GMAT score: 485 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| 14 | Robert Morris University Acceptance rate: 0.863 Part-time Enrollment: 261 Average GMAT score: N/A Location: Moon Township, PA |
| 15 | Clarion University of Pennsylvania Acceptance rate: 0.826 Part-time Enrollment: 64 Average GMAT score: 470 Location: Clarion, PA |
| 16 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (Grove) Acceptance rate: 0.838 Part-time Enrollment: 130 Average GMAT score: 532 Location: Shippensburg, PA |
| 17 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania Acceptance rate: 0.821 Part-time Enrollment: 73 Average GMAT score: 535 Location: West Chester, PA |
State of Pennsylvania before Independence
Before the arrival of Europeans in North America, the tribes of the Delaware (Lenny-Lenape), Susquehannock, Iroquois, Erie, and Shawnee peoples lived on the territory of the modern state of Pennsylvania .
The first European explorer to see the coast of Pennsylvania was the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano, who sailed along the east coast of North America in 1524.
At the beginning of the 17th century, the rights to the lands of Pennsylvania were disputed by England and Holland. The British believed that these territories were part of the colony of Virginia, even the name of the Delaware River (and the state of Delaware) was given in honor of the first governor of the English colony in Jamestown, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr. However, in fact, the first European settlements in Pennsylvania were founded in the twenties of the 17th century by the Dutch – these were trading posts of the West India Company.
In those years, the North American colony of New Holland, owned by the West India Company, was led by Peter Minuit (by the way, it was he who bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians, where modern New York later grew up). In 1631, he quarreled with the leaders of the company, was fired and, with the help of his friends in Sweden (which was then one of the leading European powers), organized in 1638 in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware several settlements under the Swedish flag – the colony of New Sweden.
But already in 1655 the Dutch regained control over the territory, and in 1664 all the Dutch possessions in North America were captured by the British.
On March 4, 1681, King Charles II of England transferred the rights to a vast territory in North America to William Penn, a British businessman and philosopher. The lands were given as repayment of a royal debt of £16,000 to Penn’s father, Admiral of the British Navy Sir William Penn.
The new owner named his colony “Pennsylvania”, “Land and Woods of Penn”. The lands of Pennsylvania remained the property of the Penn family until the end of the 18th century, when the state of Pennsylvania, one of the original thirteen states of the USA, was created in the new independent country, the USA.
William Penn, by religious convictions, was a supporter of the Quakers, one of the directions of Protestantism, preaching religious tolerance, equality of all people and rejection of violence. It was these principles that he tried to embody in the new colony – Pennsylvania. He even founded the new city of Penn in the Delaware Valley called Philadelphia, “City of Brotherly Love.”
Also, the structure of the government of Pennsylvania (essentially the provincial constitution) developed by William Penn was the most liberal at that time. Among other provisions, it provided for the emancipation of slaves, freedom of religion, a humane penal code.
Many religious and political refugees from Europe poured into Pennsylvania, mostly Germans, Scots and Irish. Philadelphia grew rapidly and soon became one of the most important cities in North America (and later one of the largest cities in the United States).