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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 |
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1 | Swarthmore College | 8600 | 88100 | 0.9028 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
2 | Carnegie Mellon University | 10100 | 86800 | 0.884 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
3 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 10900 | 30400 | 0.6421 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
4 | University of Pennsylvania | 11500 | 92700 | 0.876 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
5 | Lincoln University | 11700 | 31000 | 0.6207 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
6 | Bryn Mawr College | 11800 | 83200 | 0.8585 | 1,368 | 1383 | 0.2943 | |
7 | Lafayette College | 11900 | 84800 | 0.8598 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
8 | Haverford College | 14100 | 96300 | 0.854 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
9 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16100 | 32200 | 0.4992 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
10 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6358 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
11 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 16900 | 47700 | 0.6452 | 244 | 1117 | 0.8291 | |
12 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 17100 | 35500 | 0.5179 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
13 | Dickinson College | 17300 | 87800 | 0.803 | 2,311 | 1399 | 0.4209 | |
13 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17300 | 28900 | 0.4013 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
13 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17300 | 32500 | 0.4679 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
16 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3495 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18700 | 32900 | 0.4326 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
18 | Allegheny College | 18900 | 71400 | 0.7356 | 1,168 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
18 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
20 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26500 | 0.2693 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
21 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20100 | 33400 | 0.3998 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
22 | Grove City College | 20200 | 37200 | 0.4571 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
23 | Lehigh University | 20400 | 84700 | 0.7592 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
24 | Holy Family University | 20700 | 53000 | 0.6082 | 2,638 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
24 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 29500 | 0.2984 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
26 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 20800 | 31400 | 0.3362 | 1,305 | 1155 | 0.9521 | |
26 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20800 | 30400 | 0.3149 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
28 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 20900 | 25300 | 0.174 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
29 | Mount Aloysius College | 21000 | 48400 | 0.566 | 2,942 | 1025 | 0.904 | |
30 | Lycoming College | 21300 | 65800 | 0.6766 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
31 | Muhlenberg College | 21500 | 74000 | 0.7095 | 1,788 | 1324 | 0.6401 | |
32 | Gannon University | 21700 | 45400 | 0.5223 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21700 | 33100 | 0.3431 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
34 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 21800 | 52800 | 0.5877 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
35 | Albright College | 22000 | 48000 | 0.5417 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
36 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
36 | Seton Hill University | 22200 | 62400 | 0.6445 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
38 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 22300 | 24900 | 0.1053 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
39 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 29400 | 0.2365 | 4,421 | 1099 | 0.8555 | |
40 | Washington & Jefferson College | 22600 | 43700 | 0.4829 | 1,306 | 1159 | 0.8064 | |
40 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22600 | 40800 | 0.4468 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
42 | Carlow University | 22800 | 58200 | 0.6087 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
43 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 32000 | 0.2759 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
44 | Keystone College | 23700 | 43000 | 0.4478 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3486 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
46 | La Roche University | 23900 | 53600 | 0.5539 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
46 | Rosemont College | 23900 | 38100 | 0.3718 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
46 | Wilson College | 23900 | 43300 | 0.4472 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
49 | Geneva College | 24500 | 48900 | 0.498 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
49 | Westminster College | 24500 | 56900 | 0.57 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
51 | Eastern University | 24800 | 50500 | 0.5089 | 2,500 | 1105 | 0.9096 | |
52 | La Salle University | 24900 | 73900 | 0.6628 | 2,675 | 1005 | 0.9552 | |
53 | Lebanon Valley College | 25300 | 71500 | 0.6467 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
54 | Villanova University | 25400 | 87800 | 0.711 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
55 | Chatham University | 25700 | 59800 | 0.5702 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
56 | Franklin and Marshall College | 25900 | 89400 | 0.7097 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
57 | Bucknell University | 26100 | 87500 | 0.7021 | 3,915 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
57 | King's College | 26100 | 62400 | 0.581 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
59 | Marywood University | 26200 | 52600 | 0.5022 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
60 | Neumann University | 26500 | 45000 | 0.4115 | 1,654 | 975 | 0.8128 | |
60 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 26500 | 34700 | 0.2351 | 4,243 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 26700 | 33900 | 0.2106 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
63 | Point Park University | 26800 | 56200 | 0.5233 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
64 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40400 | 0.334 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
65 | Juniata College | 27000 | 66200 | 0.5918 | 1,242 | 1193 | 0.7891 | |
65 | Susquehanna University | 27000 | 76800 | 0.6489 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
67 | Delaware Valley University | 27300 | 63800 | 0.572 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
68 | University of Valley Forge | 27400 | 50000 | 0.4517 | 517 | 1059 | 0.612 | |
69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 27700 | 41400 | 0.3312 | 3,196 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 28000 | 38300 | 0.2683 | 2,339 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
71 | Chestnut Hill College | 28100 | 74900 | 0.6249 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
71 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28100 | 42000 | 0.3302 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28100 | 36800 | 0.2368 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
74 | Arcadia University | 28200 | 62200 | 0.5461 | 2,007 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
75 | Gettysburg College | 28600 | 86500 | 0.6687 | 2,103 | 1337 | 0.389 | |
76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 28800 | 35600 | 0.191 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
77 | Elizabethtown College | 29000 | 53200 | 0.4556 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
77 | Messiah University | 29000 | 50400 | 0.4236 | 2,602 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
77 | Temple University | 29000 | 36300 | 0.2013 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
80 | Misericordia University | 29200 | 65100 | 0.5519 | 1,720 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
81 | Lackawanna College | 29300 | 35800 | 0.1827 | 1,939 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
82 | Cedar Crest College | 29500 | 65100 | 0.547 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
83 | DeSales University | 30300 | 72900 | 0.5847 | 2,166 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
84 | Clarks Summit University | 30500 | 45800 | 0.3347 | 345 | 1039 | 0.901 | |
84 | Manor College | 30500 | 39000 | 0.2197 | 602 | 905 | 0.9576 | |
86 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 31000 | 50500 | 0.3861 | 846 | 1080 | 0.8817 | |
87 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
88 | Ursinus College | 32000 | 83100 | 0.6144 | 1,502 | 1303 | 0.9177 | |
89 | Widener University | 32200 | 74900 | 0.5692 | 2,806 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
90 | Saint Vincent College | 32900 | 60700 | 0.4584 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
91 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
92 | Saint Francis University | 33500 | 61600 | 0.4559 | 2,448 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33500 | 63300 | 0.4711 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 33700 | 40400 | 0.1663 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
95 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34200 | 62700 | 0.4538 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
96 | Immaculata University | 34400 | 45900 | 0.2506 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
97 | Duquesne University | 37200 | 70500 | 0.4728 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
98 | Alvernia University | 38900 | 68500 | 0.4325 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
99 | Moravian University | 39800 | 79400 | 0.4988 | 1,986 | 1184 | 0.5417 | |
100 | Mercyhurst University | 40100 | 64400 | 0.3776 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
101 | Drexel University | 40500 | 82600 | 0.5095 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
102 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
103 | University of the Arts | 44700 | 86400 | 0.4827 | 1,072 | 1050 | 0.782 | |
104 | Thiel College | 46300 | 69200 | 0.331 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
105 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58300 | 83900 | 0.305 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.