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 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6800 | 90200 | 0.9249 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 2 | Swarthmore College | 8500 | 92800 | 0.9081 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 3 | Haverford College | 10100 | 96600 | 0.8949 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 4 | Bryn Mawr College | 10900 | 87300 | 0.8749 | 1,360 | 1383 | 0.2943 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 11100 | 92700 | 0.8803 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 12900 | 84800 | 0.848 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 7 | Grove City College | 14200 | 39700 | 0.6421 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 8 | Lincoln University | 15100 | 31200 | 0.5158 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 9 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15500 | 40700 | 0.6186 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 10 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 15700 | 27100 | 0.4213 | 617 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 12 | Lehigh University | 15900 | 88600 | 0.8206 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 13 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 14 | Franklin and Marshall College | 17000 | 89400 | 0.8093 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40700 | 0.5812 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 16 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 17 | Waynesburg University | 17600 | 45000 | 0.61 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25400 | 0.2803 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 18 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18200 | 35400 | 0.4852 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 20 | Muhlenberg College | 18300 | 74000 | 0.7527 | 1,737 | 1353 | 0.7199 | |
| 21 | Rosemont College | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5135 | 486 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 22 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18800 | 33400 | 0.437 | 1,009 | 1115 | 0.8854 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 19000 | 38800 | 0.5102 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 24 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26700 | 0.2746 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 26 | Westminster College | 20100 | 56900 | 0.6474 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 27 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 20200 | 31400 | 0.3564 | 1,321 | 1155 | 0.9521 | |
| 27 | Villanova University | 20200 | 87900 | 0.7702 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20500 | 32900 | 0.3779 | 624 | 1125 | 0.9664 | |
| 30 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,284 | 1135 | 0.6173 | |
| 31 | Albright College | 21400 | 48400 | 0.5584 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 31 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 24900 | 0.1414 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 33 | Seton Hill University | 21500 | 65100 | 0.6696 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 34 | Gannon University | 21600 | 53000 | 0.5931 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 35 | Bucknell University | 21700 | 88600 | 0.7547 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 36 | Holy Family University | 22100 | 55000 | 0.5983 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 36 | La Roche University | 22100 | 72700 | 0.6963 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 38 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 1,012 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 39 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 34100 | 0.3445 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 22500 | 89800 | 0.7493 | 414 | 0 | 0.9924 | |
| 41 | Carlow University | 22800 | 57800 | 0.6056 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 41 | Juniata College | 22800 | 70100 | 0.6753 | 1,242 | 1229 | 0.7891 | |
| 43 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 44900 | 0.4907 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 44 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5997 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 44 | Washington & Jefferson College | 23200 | 43400 | 0.4652 | 1,306 | 1138 | 0.8064 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23300 | 36400 | 0.3595 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23400 | 41500 | 0.4349 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 48 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 32100 | 0.2651 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 49 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 24000 | 50400 | 0.5237 | 245 | 1178 | 0.8294 | |
| 50 | Lackawanna College | 24100 | 35600 | 0.3216 | 2,211 | 0 | 0 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24300 | 34700 | 0.2987 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | Mount Aloysius College | 24400 | 48400 | 0.4957 | 2,942 | 1045 | 0.8205 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24900 | 40600 | 0.3868 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 53 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 55 | Mercyhurst University | 25000 | 65600 | 0.6189 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 55 | Neumann University | 25000 | 45000 | 0.4449 | 1,658 | 1005 | 0.8128 | |
| 57 | Geneva College | 25100 | 50300 | 0.5006 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 58 | Susquehanna University | 25200 | 76800 | 0.6723 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25400 | 38300 | 0.3361 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 60 | La Salle University | 25700 | 58100 | 0.5576 | 2,080 | 1159 | 0.9659 | |
| 61 | King's College | 25900 | 60200 | 0.569 | 1,568 | 1170 | 0.9311 | |
| 61 | Temple University | 25900 | 36100 | 0.2828 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 63 | Point Park University | 26000 | 56200 | 0.5376 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 64 | Messiah University | 26100 | 50400 | 0.4812 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 64 | Saint Francis University | 26100 | 61600 | 0.5761 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 66 | Marywood University | 26200 | 67800 | 0.613 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 67 | Keystone College | 27000 | 35100 | 0.2321 | 894 | 1020 | 0.848 | |
| 68 | Immaculata University | 27100 | 46000 | 0.4093 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27900 | 37500 | 0.2564 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41600 | 0.3261 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 71 | Chestnut Hill College | 28100 | 58500 | 0.5199 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 72 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28400 | 47900 | 0.4073 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 73 | Chatham University | 28900 | 60900 | 0.5253 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 28900 | 41400 | 0.3022 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 75 | Eastern University | 29100 | 59200 | 0.5087 | 2,500 | 1105 | 0.9077 | |
| 75 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4673 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 77 | Gettysburg College | 29300 | 86500 | 0.6606 | 2,104 | 1369 | 0.389 | |
| 78 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 29400 | 57800 | 0.4911 | 856 | 1080 | 0.8817 | |
| 79 | Misericordia University | 29600 | 65100 | 0.5453 | 1,720 | 1145 | 0.7093 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 30100 | 36700 | 0.1804 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 81 | Lebanon Valley College | 30500 | 71500 | 0.574 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 82 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 83 | Cedar Crest College | 31300 | 65100 | 0.5194 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 83 | Delaware Valley University | 31300 | 66900 | 0.5323 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 85 | Manor College | 31400 | 39000 | 0.1947 | 567 | 836 | 0.9486 | |
| 86 | University of Valley Forge | 31500 | 49800 | 0.3673 | 517 | 970 | 0.612 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 37700 | 0.1441 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 88 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5868 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 89 | Allegheny College | 33300 | 72400 | 0.5394 | 1,171 | 1279 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | Ursinus College | 33300 | 83700 | 0.6026 | 1,502 | 1303 | 0.9177 | |
| 91 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,076 | 1144 | 0.9064 | |
| 92 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.5255 | 2,030 | 1170 | 0.8022 | |
| 93 | DeSales University | 34300 | 66900 | 0.4876 | 2,166 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 94 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4641 | 1,301 | 1110 | 0.8963 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 96 | Duquesne University | 37900 | 70500 | 0.4629 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 39100 | 83200 | 0.53 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | Alvernia University | 39800 | 68500 | 0.4194 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 99 | Moravian University | 40100 | 79400 | 0.4947 | 1,992 | 1184 | 0.5417 | |
| 100 | Dickinson College | 41000 | 89600 | 0.5427 | 2,311 | 1393 | 0.4209 | |
| 101 | Widener University | 46000 | 78400 | 0.4132 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 102 | Thiel College | 47500 | 69200 | 0.3137 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 103 | Moore College of Art and Design | 53500 | 80500 | 0.3354 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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