Colleges in Pennsylvania
Solyo has full profiles for 26 colleges in Pennsylvania: 8 public, 18 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $28,905 a year after grant aid, $7,340 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 61% of applicants. They sit across 23 cities, concentrated in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown.
What Pennsylvania costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Pennsylvania public university is $13,720 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, where an out-of-state family pays $21,146 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $16,804 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus to $43,756 at Villanova University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Pennsylvania.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Pennsylvania schools are
University of Pennsylvania admits 5% of applicants and Westminster College admits 93%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Pennsylvania is 1553 at University of Pennsylvania.
Every Pennsylvania college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit5% acceptance · $28,699 net price · 1553 avg SAT
- Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit7% acceptance · $23,149 net price · 1534 avg SAT
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit12% acceptance · $31,944 net price · 1546 avg SAT
- Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit12% acceptance · $25,314 net price · 1513 avg SAT
- Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit26% acceptance · $36,931 net price · 1440 avg SAT
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit27% acceptance · $43,756 net price · 1460 avg SAT
- Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit28% acceptance · $36,425 net price · 1392 avg SAT
- Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit29% acceptance · $40,766 net price · 1410 avg SAT
- Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit31% acceptance · $34,433 net price · 1424 avg SAT
- Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit39% acceptance · $31,490 net price · 1379 avg SAT
- Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit42% acceptance · $37,607 net price · 1391 avg SAT
- Allegheny CollegeMeadville, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit55% acceptance · $22,940 net price · 1275 avg SAT
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Public58% acceptance · $30,434 net price · 1370 avg SAT
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania · Public61% acceptance · $32,875 net price · 1337 avg SAT
- Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania · Public71% acceptance · $19,608 net price · 1095 avg SAT
- Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit72% acceptance · $28,905 net price · 1343 avg SAT
- York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit74% acceptance · $18,556 net price · 1162 avg SAT
- Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit78% acceptance · $26,598 net price · 1204 avg SAT
- West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania · Public78% acceptance · $23,331 net price · 1187 avg SAT
- Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit79% acceptance · $38,509 net price · 1345 avg SAT
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania · Public80% acceptance · $28,198 net price
- Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania · Public86% acceptance · $20,787 net price · 1110 avg SAT
- Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania · Public87% acceptance · $23,726 net price · 1120 avg SAT
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, Pennsylvania · Public91% acceptance · $16,804 net price · 1082 avg SAT
- Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit92% acceptance · $30,536 net price · 1310 avg SAT
- Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit93% acceptance · $19,859 net price
Other Northeast states
On median net price Pennsylvania is the 6th most affordable of the 9 Northeast states in this directory, and the 4th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- New York (27)
- Massachusetts (18)
- New Jersey (10)
- Connecticut (7)
- Rhode Island (5)
- Maine (4)
- New Hampshire (3)
- Vermont (3)
Where to go next
- College search filter Pennsylvania and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 2 HBCUs in Pennsylvania admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
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