Data study · every season we hold

Where Pennsylvania High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 1,690 players from Pennsylvania high schools on a college roster in our data, 64% played their college basketball in Pennsylvania.

Computed from 1,690 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 1, 2026

1,690
players in the dataset
64%
stayed in Pennsylvania
25%
reached D1
New York
#1 destination outside Pennsylvania

64% stay in-state.

Pennsylvania is above the 43% all-state baseline.

Pennsylvania skews toward D3.

56% of Pennsylvania players in the dataset reached D3, against 41% nationally.

New York and New Jersey are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Pennsylvania, 17% went to New York and 10% to New Jersey.

Pennsylvania's college players skew heavily toward D3

Pennsylvania vs all states · share of players at each level

Pennsylvania

D125%
D219%
D356%

n = 1,690

All states

D136%
D223%
D341%

n = 29,117

PAAll statesDifference
D125%36%−11 pts
D219%23%−4 pts
D356%41%+15 pts

Where Pennsylvania players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Pennsylvania1,08364%
New York1026%
New Jersey624%
Maryland533%
Ohio503%
Massachusetts402%
Virginia372%
West Virginia262%

Which programs take Pennsylvania players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
AlverniaD3Pennsylvania30
BloomsburgD2Pennsylvania30
ImmaculataD3Pennsylvania30
Lebanon ValleyD3Pennsylvania27
W&JD3Pennsylvania26
King'sD3Pennsylvania25
ArcadiaD3Pennsylvania24
DeSalesD3Pennsylvania24
Lancaster BibleD3Pennsylvania24
Penn CollegeD3Pennsylvania24

What this means for a Pennsylvania recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

64% 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 (56% vs 41% 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

1,690 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
1,690 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
September 1, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1
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