Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy is an urban college-preparatory magnet school with a 100% four-year college acceptance rate.

We are ranked #2 in Pennsylvania by Newsweek and The Washington Post, and #4 by the U.S. News & World Report, which also awarded us a gold medal. We are ranked among the top one percent of high schools in the country. 

Approximately 500 eighth graders apply for about 225 freshman openings; admission requirements include a minimum grade point average of 3.0, national standardized test scores at the 75th percentile or above, and a teacher recommendation. The total student body takes approximately 800 Advanced Placement courses and completes over 100 college dual-enrollment courses each year. Collegiate Academy offers 26 Advanced Placement courses, and students enroll annually in more than 650 AP courses, all taught by College Board authorized faculty.

Collegiate Academy graduates have an average SAT combined math and critical reading score of 1127 and writing score average of 556. The class of 2016 received over $17 million in college scholarship offers.