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 | Haverford College | 6700 | 96500 | 0.9301 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6800 | 90200 | 0.9249 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 92700 | 0.9213 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | Bryn Mawr College | 7700 | 87300 | 0.9116 | 1,368 | 1383 | 0.2943 | |
| 5 | Swarthmore College | 8700 | 92800 | 0.9059 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 6 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11900 | 40500 | 0.7064 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 84800 | 0.8598 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 8 | Lincoln University | 12400 | 31600 | 0.6058 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 9 | Saint Francis University | 14800 | 61600 | 0.7596 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 10 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 88600 | 0.8183 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 11 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17000 | 33400 | 0.4909 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 12 | Dickinson College | 17200 | 89600 | 0.8082 | 2,311 | 1399 | 0.4209 | |
| 13 | Waynesburg University | 17600 | 45000 | 0.6095 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 14 | Mount Aloysius College | 17700 | 48400 | 0.6342 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 15 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3345 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17800 | 42600 | 0.5828 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 17 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17900 | 27600 | 0.3515 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 18 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 18100 | 31400 | 0.4221 | 1,305 | 1155 | 0.9521 | |
| 19 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 19 | Muhlenberg College | 18200 | 74000 | 0.7541 | 1,788 | 1324 | 0.6401 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18300 | 42600 | 0.5711 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42500 | 0.5682 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 23 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 18500 | 61000 | 0.6963 | 246 | 1178 | 0.8291 | |
| 23 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5137 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 25 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 26 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 25300 | 0.2449 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 27 | Allegheny College | 19300 | 72400 | 0.733 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19300 | 36400 | 0.4693 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 32900 | 0.4053 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 30 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 30 | La Roche University | 19800 | 66300 | 0.7017 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 32 | Carlow University | 19900 | 79300 | 0.7487 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 33 | Albright College | 20400 | 48400 | 0.579 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 34 | Seton Hill University | 20500 | 88000 | 0.7677 | 1,597 | 1180 | 0.7579 | |
| 35 | Franklin and Marshall College | 20700 | 89400 | 0.7679 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20900 | 26700 | 0.2171 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 37 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 39 | Villanova University | 21300 | 87900 | 0.7577 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 40 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 21400 | 60200 | 0.6446 | 1,778 | 1170 | 0.9519 | |
| 40 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4991 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 22000 | 40900 | 0.4628 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 43 | Holy Family University | 22100 | 55000 | 0.5983 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 44 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6629 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 45 | Marywood University | 22300 | 79900 | 0.7213 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 46 | Gannon University | 22400 | 53000 | 0.578 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 46 | Keystone College | 22400 | 48800 | 0.5417 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 46 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 24900 | 0.1013 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22700 | 43800 | 0.4807 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 50 | King's College | 23000 | 60200 | 0.6172 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3588 | 4,421 | 1100 | 0.8555 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 23100 | 56900 | 0.5946 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 53 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23200 | 44900 | 0.484 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 55 | Washington & Jefferson College | 23400 | 43400 | 0.4606 | 1,306 | 1159 | 0.8064 | |
| 56 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 29500 | 0.2042 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 57 | Eastern University | 23600 | 75200 | 0.6863 | 2,500 | 1105 | 0.9096 | |
| 57 | La Salle University | 23600 | 58100 | 0.5938 | 2,675 | 1005 | 0.9552 | |
| 59 | Lackawanna College | 23900 | 44700 | 0.4661 | 1,939 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24200 | 46100 | 0.4746 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24300 | 45300 | 0.4632 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 24300 | 41400 | 0.4133 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 63 | Point Park University | 24600 | 56200 | 0.5625 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 64 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 65 | Geneva College | 25100 | 50300 | 0.5007 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 66 | Chatham University | 25200 | 60900 | 0.586 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 67 | Juniata College | 26500 | 70100 | 0.6225 | 1,242 | 1193 | 0.7891 | |
| 68 | Delaware Valley University | 26700 | 83300 | 0.6795 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 48000 | 0.4383 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27000 | 34700 | 0.2207 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 70 | Susquehanna University | 27000 | 76800 | 0.6489 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 72 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40600 | 0.3301 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 72 | University of Valley Forge | 27200 | 61100 | 0.5551 | 517 | 1059 | 0.612 | |
| 74 | Bucknell University | 27400 | 87700 | 0.6871 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 75 | Neumann University | 27500 | 45000 | 0.3893 | 1,658 | 975 | 0.8128 | |
| 76 | Messiah University | 28400 | 50400 | 0.4355 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28400 | 41600 | 0.3164 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 78 | DeSales University | 28700 | 87600 | 0.6726 | 2,172 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
| 79 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4672 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 80 | Chestnut Hill College | 29200 | 75500 | 0.6135 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 81 | Gettysburg College | 29300 | 86500 | 0.6607 | 2,104 | 1337 | 0.389 | |
| 82 | Temple University | 29500 | 36400 | 0.1897 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 83 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 29600 | 61500 | 0.5188 | 846 | 1080 | 0.8817 | |
| 83 | Misericordia University | 29600 | 65100 | 0.5454 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 85 | Lebanon Valley College | 29900 | 71500 | 0.5823 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 86 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30100 | 63300 | 0.5249 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 87 | Cedar Crest College | 30300 | 65100 | 0.5347 | 886 | 1115 | 0.9913 | |
| 88 | Manor College | 31400 | 39000 | 0.1948 | 602 | 905 | 0.9576 | |
| 89 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5869 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 90 | Immaculata University | 33000 | 46000 | 0.2809 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 91 | Ursinus College | 33300 | 83700 | 0.6026 | 1,502 | 1303 | 0.9177 | |
| 92 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 93 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.5256 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 94 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 95 | Alvernia University | 35900 | 68500 | 0.4763 | 2,050 | 1165 | 0.6232 | |
| 96 | Duquesne University | 37900 | 70500 | 0.4629 | 5,371 | 1270 | 0.8356 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | Moravian University | 40100 | 79400 | 0.4948 | 1,992 | 1184 | 0.5417 | |
| 99 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40200 | 92400 | 0.5648 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 100 | Mercyhurst University | 40500 | 65600 | 0.3827 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 101 | Moore College of Art and Design | 44800 | 94300 | 0.525 | 390 | 1317 | 0.6051 | |
| 102 | Widener University | 45500 | 78400 | 0.4196 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 103 | Thiel College | 47300 | 69200 | 0.3165 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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