Pennsylvania has 111 colleges with published admissions data — 36 public and 75 private. Acceptance rates range from 5% to 100%, with Curtis Institute of Music admitting the smallest share of applicants. The median net price — what students actually pay after grants — is $23,331 a year. Median earnings ten years after enrolling are $62,317.
Average annual net price after grants.
Graduate earnings relative to one year's net price.
Median earnings 10 years after entering.
Share finishing within six years.
| College | Acceptance | SAT range | In-state tuition | Net price | Earnings | Grad rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Institute of Music | 5% | — | $0 | — | — | 96% |
| University of Pennsylvania | 5% | 1510–1570 | $68,686 | $28,699 | $111,371 | 97% |
| Swarthmore College | 8% | 1490–1560 | $65,494 | $23,149 | $80,257 | 92% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 12% | 1500–1570 | $66,246 | $31,944 | $114,862 | 94% |
| Haverford College | 12% | 1460–1550 | $70,688 | $25,314 | $79,966 | 90% |
| Lehigh University | 26% | 1370–1500 | $64,980 | $36,931 | $105,584 | 88% |
| Villanova University | 27% | 1395–1510 | $67,776 | $43,756 | $100,423 | 92% |
| Franklin and Marshall College | 28% | 1310–1463 | $70,794 | $36,425 | $76,124 | 84% |
| Bucknell University | 29% | 1310–1470 | $67,812 | $40,766 | $93,807 | 86% |
| Bryn Mawr College | 29% | 1280–1510 | $65,920 | $31,759 | $75,217 | 82% |
| Lafayette College | 31% | 1350–1500 | $65,398 | $34,433 | $91,410 | 88% |
| Gettysburg College | 39% | 1270–1460 | $66,640 | $31,490 | $71,517 | 83% |
| Dickinson College | 42% | 1310–1460 | $65,650 | $37,607 | $70,204 | 80% |
| Moravian University | 54% | 1070–1285 | $53,500 | $30,670 | $61,860 | 72% |
| Allegheny College | 55% | 1173–1358 | $56,550 | $22,940 | $62,069 | 73% |
| Lancaster Bible College | 56% | 1070–1280 | $29,990 | $25,480 | $44,096 | 67% |
| Moore College of Art and Design | 57% | 1180–1380 | $52,812 | $43,086 | $37,839 | 57% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 58% | 1280–1460 | $21,926 | $30,434 | $66,125 | 86% |
| Alvernia University | 58% | 1093–1286 | $45,000 | $28,138 | $55,055 | 56% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 61% | 1240–1420 | $20,644 | $32,875 | $63,435 | 86% |
| Marywood University | 61% | 1060–1250 | $41,420 | $23,388 | $55,817 | 72% |
| University of Valley Forge | 61% | — | $25,240 | $32,265 | $39,016 | 49% |
| Saint Vincent College | 62% | 1020–1230 | $42,396 | $23,510 | $59,982 | 69% |
| Chatham University | 62% | 1070–1295 | $44,626 | $29,954 | $52,410 | 63% |
| Lincoln University | 66% | 820–960 | $12,512 | $14,977 | $43,167 | 44% |
| Widener University | 71% | 1080–1290 | $55,730 | $25,759 | $70,920 | 68% |
| Misericordia University | 71% | — | $40,370 | $37,485 | $64,313 | 72% |
| Holy Family University | 71% | 910–1150 | $35,330 | $13,143 | $62,235 | 61% |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 72% | 980–1190 | $10,568 | $19,608 | $53,032 | 66% |
| Thiel College | 72% | — | $38,344 | $22,347 | $49,714 | 49% |
| Muhlenberg College | 72% | 1250–1410 | $62,805 | $28,905 | $69,107 | 82% |
| Grove City College | 72% | 1141–1388 | $21,700 | — | — | 83% |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 74% | 1020–1270 | $25,588 | $18,556 | $61,012 | 64% |
| Lycoming College | 74% | 1080–1300 | $50,029 | $19,140 | $56,210 | 60% |
| Gannon University | 74% | — | $40,656 | $22,553 | $58,845 | 66% |
| Chestnut Hill College | 75% | — | $39,870 | $27,970 | $52,015 | 49% |
| La Roche University | 76% | 940–1200 | $34,052 | $20,794 | $52,341 | 57% |
| Albright College | 76% | — | $29,082 | $20,024 | $58,700 | 51% |
| Rosemont College | 76% | — | $23,845 | $20,150 | $48,555 | 57% |
| Saint Francis University | 77% | 1050–1230 | $44,000 | $23,526 | $62,101 | 74% |
| DeSales University | 77% | 1090–1260 | $46,800 | $31,643 | $61,295 | 72% |
| Elizabethtown College | 78% | 1105–1310 | $37,950 | $26,598 | $62,399 | 76% |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 78% | 1100–1270 | $10,775 | $23,331 | $61,258 | 71% |
| Juniata College | 79% | 1130–1320 | $58,580 | $23,988 | $56,918 | 74% |
| Messiah University | 79% | 1110–1350 | $42,240 | $26,502 | $54,064 | 75% |
| Drexel University | 79% | 1240–1440 | $62,412 | $38,509 | $84,648 | 78% |
| Seton Hill University | 80% | 1020–1240 | $42,944 | $22,204 | $51,748 | 67% |
| Arcadia University | 80% | 1065–1265 | $49,610 | $29,466 | $58,336 | 67% |
| Temple University | 80% | — | $23,011 | $28,198 | $63,727 | 75% |
| Washington & Jefferson College | 81% | — | $29,392 | $25,002 | $67,918 | 70% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | 81% | 1160–1330 | $47,505 | $28,928 | $77,449 | 69% |
| Mercyhurst University | 81% | — | $45,770 | $19,444 | $47,452 | 60% |
| University of Scranton | 81% | 1160–1318 | $53,983 | $32,568 | $74,652 | 80% |
| Neumann University | 81% | — | $39,100 | $27,804 | $57,817 | 54% |
| Susquehanna University | 81% | 1100–1300 | $59,850 | $28,819 | $61,723 | 82% |
| Mount Aloysius College | 82% | 918–1168 | $27,072 | $22,344 | $46,165 | 57% |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 83% | — | $28,917 | $20,586 | $40,457 | 68% |
| Duquesne University | 84% | 1180–1340 | $48,986 | $37,730 | $74,742 | 78% |
| Lebanon Valley College | 84% | 1140–1302 | $52,080 | $26,979 | $62,621 | 65% |
| Cedar Crest College | 84% | — | $46,314 | $18,659 | $59,460 | 60% |
| Keystone College | 85% | — | $18,300 | $22,051 | $44,976 | 36% |
| Immaculata University | 86% | 1156–1323 | $29,330 | $24,258 | $75,701 | 71% |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 86% | 1020–1210 | $11,128 | $20,787 | $55,246 | 58% |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 87% | — | $13,720 | $23,726 | $56,351 | 56% |
| Carlow University | 87% | 960–1168 | $35,874 | $20,786 | $51,051 | 60% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | 87% | — | $24,400 | $15,376 | $52,374 | 34% |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | 88% | 1000–1160 | $34,009 | $27,642 | $44,172 | 60% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 89% | 1010–1200 | $14,770 | $15,350 | $66,125 | 48% |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 89% | 1170–1350 | $53,260 | $29,689 | $86,881 | 79% |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 90% | 1023–1186 | $40,122 | $27,483 | $67,145 | 57% |
| Waynesburg University | 90% | 930–1250 | $30,480 | $18,235 | $58,537 | 66% |
| Robert Morris University | 90% | — | $35,970 | $23,003 | $62,105 | 66% |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | 90% | — | $11,512 | $11,008 | — | 50% |
| Wilkes University | 91% | 1020–1250 | $43,496 | $27,743 | $63,454 | 63% |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 91% | 970–1180 | $11,380 | $16,804 | $51,019 | 56% |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 91% | 1120–1310 | $11,314 | $21,331 | $53,775 | 54% |
| Eastern University | 91% | — | $38,400 | $26,662 | $51,655 | 54% |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 91% | 1090–1335 | $15,356 | $19,550 | $63,435 | 34% |
| Ursinus College | 92% | 1200–1385 | $61,210 | $30,536 | $73,721 | 73% |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 92% | 1000–1180 | $11,536 | $18,134 | $56,148 | 43% |
| Wilson College | 92% | 930–1180 | $27,100 | $21,741 | $43,326 | 48% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango | 92% | — | $14,024 | $18,095 | $63,435 | 42% |
| Westminster College | 93% | — | $40,290 | $19,859 | $53,861 | 65% |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 93% | 990–1190 | $11,046 | $15,699 | $52,416 | 55% |
| King's College | 93% | 1070–1270 | $44,100 | $23,093 | $59,498 | 60% |
| Delaware Valley University | 93% | 1090–1303 | $44,850 | $28,278 | $55,838 | 56% |
| Pennsylvania Western University | 94% | 940–1140 | $11,436 | $18,256 | $47,295 | 52% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 95% | 985–1220 | $14,906 | $18,202 | $66,125 | 56% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 95% | 1055–1253 | $14,710 | $17,945 | $66,125 | 40% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington | 95% | 1110–1265 | $14,408 | $18,305 | $63,435 | 28% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly | 96% | 1120–1250 | $14,408 | $14,596 | $63,435 | 39% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 96% | 1080–1290 | $14,408 | $17,418 | $63,435 | 22% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 96% | 1090–1290 | $15,208 | $17,597 | $63,435 | 26% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 97% | 1080–1280 | $14,408 | $15,521 | $63,435 | 19% |
| La Salle University | 97% | — | $37,800 | $19,409 | $67,416 | 57% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 97% | 1020–1230 | $15,208 | $19,659 | $63,435 | 32% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 97% | 1120–1310 | $15,972 | $24,558 | $63,435 | 44% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 97% | 1070–1265 | $15,268 | $18,071 | $63,435 | 20% |
| Point Park University | 97% | — | $39,570 | $25,942 | $45,856 | 59% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre | 97% | 1090–1330 | $14,280 | $16,448 | $63,435 | 23% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois | 97% | 990–1210 | $14,408 | $17,428 | $63,435 | 34% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | 97% | 1130–1320 | $15,208 | $18,220 | $63,435 | 18% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | 97% | 1050–1245 | $15,208 | $19,047 | $63,435 | 16% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 98% | 1120–1310 | $15,972 | $23,330 | $63,435 | 26% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 98% | 1070–1290 | $15,972 | $22,213 | $63,435 | 17% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 98% | 1080–1310 | $15,208 | $22,585 | $63,435 | 26% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 98% | 980–1300 | $14,408 | $19,454 | $63,435 | 34% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | 99% | 1100–1270 | $15,208 | $17,910 | $63,435 | 39% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 99% | 1090–1275 | $15,972 | $24,356 | $63,435 | 32% |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 99% | — | $32,150 | $30,083 | $33,301 | 69% |
| Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook | 100% | — | $25,774 | — | $55,225 | 42% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Net price is the average annual cost after grants for students receiving federal aid. Earnings are median earnings 10 years after entering. A dash means the figure isn’t published for that school.
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia has the lowest average net price in Pennsylvania at $11,008 a year after grants and scholarships. Holy Family University ($13,143) is next.
Students who enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University report median earnings of $114,862 ten years after entering.
Pennsylvania has 111 colleges with published admissions data — 36 public and 75 private. Acceptance rates range from 5% to 100%.
The median in-state tuition at public colleges in Pennsylvania is $14,559 a year, before room, board and other costs.
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