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Where Pennsylvania High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 1,922 players from Pennsylvania high schools on a college roster in our data, 66% played their college basketball in Pennsylvania.

Computed from 1,922 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 14, 2026

1,922
players in the dataset
66%
stayed in Pennsylvania
22%
reached D1
New York
#1 destination outside Pennsylvania

66% stay in-state.

Pennsylvania is above the 42% all-state baseline.

Pennsylvania skews toward D3.

57% of Pennsylvania players in the dataset reached D3, against 42% nationally.

New York and New Jersey are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Pennsylvania, 16% went to New York and 9% to New Jersey.

Pennsylvania's college players skew heavily toward D3

Pennsylvania vs all states · share of players at each level

Pennsylvania

D122%
D221%
D357%

n = 1,922

All states

D136%
D223%
D342%

n = 31,866

PAAll statesDifference
D122%36%−14 pts
D221%23%−2 pts
D357%42%+15 pts

Where Pennsylvania players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Pennsylvania1,25966%
New York1086%
New Jersey623%
Maryland583%
Ohio523%
Massachusetts452%
Virginia432%
West Virginia302%

Which programs take Pennsylvania players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
BloomsburgD2Pennsylvania32
ImmaculataD3Pennsylvania30
KutztownD2Pennsylvania30
W&JD3Pennsylvania30
AlverniaD3Pennsylvania29
Lebanon ValleyD3Pennsylvania28
Penn CollegeD3Pennsylvania28
PennWest EdinboroD2Pennsylvania27
Gwynedd MercyD3Pennsylvania26
King'sD3Pennsylvania25

What this means for a Pennsylvania recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

66% of Pennsylvania players in the dataset stayed in-state — the programs most likely to see you play repeatedly are the ones nearby.

Your realistic level matters more than geography alone.

Pennsylvania's historical landings skew toward D3 (57% vs 42% nationally).

Past recruiting is a signal, not a guarantee.

A program that repeatedly rosters players from your state has demonstrated a pathway; it does not mean it will recruit you.

Those are the historical patterns for Pennsylvania. Where does your profile fit?

Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.

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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

1,922 players · 1,060 programs · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Definitions and scope
Source
Official rosters published by the athletics sites of 1,060 NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men's programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Home state
The state of the high school on the player's record — the same definition the state tool uses, so the two read the same data the same way.
Level
Each player counts once, at the highest level they reached across the seasons we hold (D1 over D2 over D3).
Sample
1,922 players from Pennsylvania high schools, across every season we hold; roster coverage runs 2020–21 to 2026–27. A state with fewer than 200 players in our data is not published, because it would describe a coincidence rather than a pattern.
Computed
Sep 14, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1

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