Which colleges are most affordable for Pennsylvania residents ? The answer may surprise you.
These rankings of the most affordable colleges for Pennsylvania residents are based on the estimated net price for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Pennsylvania.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania | 4300 | 92700 | 0.9537 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Bryn Mawr College | 6700 | 87100 | 0.9232 | 1,368 | 1383 | 0.2943 | |
| 3 | Haverford College | 6900 | 96300 | 0.9288 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 4 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7200 | 86800 | 0.9174 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | 8600 | 88100 | 0.9028 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 6 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6092 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 84800 | 0.8598 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 8 | Lincoln University | 12400 | 31000 | 0.598 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 9 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16900 | 32200 | 0.4744 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 10 | Dickinson College | 17300 | 87800 | 0.803 | 2,311 | 1399 | 0.4209 | |
| 11 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 17600 | 47700 | 0.6306 | 246 | 1117 | 0.8291 | |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17600 | 32500 | 0.4586 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 11 | Waynesburg University | 17600 | 45000 | 0.6094 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 14 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3345 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 15 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17900 | 28900 | 0.3805 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 16 | Grove City College | 18100 | 39700 | 0.5441 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18200 | 35500 | 0.487 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 18 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5155 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 19 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 20 | Muhlenberg College | 19100 | 74000 | 0.7419 | 1,788 | 1324 | 0.6401 | |
| 21 | Allegheny College | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7257 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 32900 | 0.4053 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 23 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 24 | Lehigh University | 20400 | 84700 | 0.7592 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 25 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20800 | 89400 | 0.7668 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20800 | 33400 | 0.3789 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 27 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 27 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 20900 | 25300 | 0.174 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29500 | 0.2814 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 30 | Mount Aloysius College | 21300 | 48400 | 0.5598 | 2,942 | 1025 | 0.904 | |
| 30 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 30400 | 0.2985 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 32 | Holy Family University | 21500 | 53000 | 0.5931 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 32 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 21500 | 31400 | 0.3146 | 1,305 | 1155 | 0.9521 | |
| 34 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6628 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 35 | Gannon University | 22300 | 45400 | 0.5091 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22400 | 33100 | 0.3219 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 37 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 22500 | 52800 | 0.5744 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 38 | Albright College | 22700 | 48000 | 0.5271 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 38 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 24900 | 0.0892 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 38 | Seton Hill University | 22700 | 62400 | 0.6365 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 41 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 29400 | 0.2195 | 4,421 | 1099 | 0.8555 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23000 | 40800 | 0.437 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 43 | Carlow University | 23200 | 58200 | 0.6018 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 44 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 45 | Washington & Jefferson College | 23500 | 43700 | 0.4623 | 1,306 | 1159 | 0.8064 | |
| 46 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 32000 | 0.2602 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 47 | Keystone College | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4432 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 48 | La Roche University | 24300 | 53600 | 0.5464 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3266 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 49 | Westminster College | 24500 | 56900 | 0.57 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 51 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 52 | Eastern University | 24900 | 50500 | 0.507 | 2,500 | 1105 | 0.9096 | |
| 53 | Geneva College | 25100 | 50300 | 0.502 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 54 | Lebanon Valley College | 25700 | 71500 | 0.6411 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 55 | La Salle University | 25800 | 58100 | 0.5559 | 2,675 | 1005 | 0.9552 | |
| 55 | Villanova University | 25800 | 87800 | 0.7064 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 57 | Chatham University | 26100 | 59800 | 0.5635 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 58 | King's College | 26300 | 62400 | 0.5778 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 59 | Marywood University | 26700 | 52600 | 0.4927 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 60 | Point Park University | 27000 | 56200 | 0.5198 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 61 | Juniata College | 27100 | 66200 | 0.5903 | 1,242 | 1193 | 0.7891 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27100 | 34700 | 0.2178 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 63 | Neumann University | 27200 | 45000 | 0.396 | 1,658 | 975 | 0.8128 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 27300 | 33900 | 0.1929 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 65 | Susquehanna University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6437 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 66 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40400 | 0.3167 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 67 | University of Valley Forge | 27700 | 50000 | 0.4457 | 517 | 1059 | 0.612 | |
| 68 | Delaware Valley University | 27900 | 63800 | 0.5626 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 69 | Bucknell University | 28000 | 87500 | 0.6804 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 28400 | 41400 | 0.3143 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 71 | Lackawanna College | 28500 | 35800 | 0.205 | 1,939 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 28500 | 38300 | 0.2552 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28600 | 36800 | 0.2232 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 74 | Chestnut Hill College | 28700 | 74900 | 0.6169 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28900 | 42000 | 0.3112 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 76 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 53200 | 0.4537 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 77 | Gettysburg College | 29300 | 86500 | 0.6615 | 2,104 | 1337 | 0.389 | |
| 77 | Messiah University | 29300 | 50400 | 0.4176 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 29400 | 35600 | 0.1741 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 80 | Misericordia University | 29500 | 65100 | 0.5465 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 80 | Temple University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1875 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 82 | Cedar Crest College | 29900 | 65100 | 0.5409 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 83 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 31000 | 50500 | 0.3861 | 846 | 1080 | 0.8817 | |
| 84 | Clarks Summit University | 31100 | 45800 | 0.3211 | 345 | 1039 | 0.901 | |
| 85 | Manor College | 31400 | 39000 | 0.1966 | 602 | 905 | 0.9576 | |
| 86 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5878 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 87 | Widener University | 32500 | 74900 | 0.5652 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 88 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6031 | 1,502 | 1303 | 0.9177 | |
| 89 | DeSales University | 33600 | 72900 | 0.5394 | 2,172 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
| 89 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 91 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.5266 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 63300 | 0.4632 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Saint Francis University | 34100 | 61600 | 0.4462 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 34200 | 40400 | 0.1539 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 95 | Immaculata University | 34600 | 45900 | 0.2462 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 96 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4648 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 97 | Duquesne University | 37800 | 70500 | 0.4639 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
| 98 | Alvernia University | 39100 | 68500 | 0.4296 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 99 | Moravian University | 40200 | 79400 | 0.4944 | 1,992 | 1184 | 0.5417 | |
| 100 | Mercyhurst University | 40500 | 64400 | 0.3714 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 101 | Drexel University | 40800 | 82600 | 0.5059 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 102 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 103 | University of the Arts | 45000 | 86400 | 0.4793 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
| 104 | Thiel College | 46700 | 69200 | 0.3252 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 105 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58000 | 83900 | 0.3086 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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