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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swarthmore College | 8900 | 88100 | 0.8994 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 92700 | 0.8728 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6092 | 724 | 965 | 0.7913 | |
| 4 | Lafayette College | 12200 | 84800 | 0.8563 | 2,775 | 1427 | 0.3145 | |
| 5 | Lincoln University | 12400 | 31000 | 0.598 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | 13000 | 86800 | 0.8506 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 7 | Bryn Mawr College | 13100 | 87100 | 0.8497 | 1,368 | 1383 | 0.2943 | |
| 8 | Haverford College | 14100 | 96300 | 0.854 | 1,431 | 1499 | 0.1237 | |
| 9 | Franklin and Marshall College | 15500 | 89400 | 0.8261 | 1,808 | 1396 | 0.2819 | |
| 10 | Holy Family University | 16400 | 53000 | 0.6894 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 11 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16800 | 32200 | 0.4775 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 12 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6102 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 13 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 17600 | 47700 | 0.6306 | 246 | 1117 | 0.8291 | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17700 | 32500 | 0.4555 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 15 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3345 | 4,894 | 1090 | 0.8596 | |
| 15 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17800 | 28900 | 0.384 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18200 | 35500 | 0.487 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 18 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 19 | Dickinson College | 19200 | 87800 | 0.7814 | 2,311 | 1399 | 0.4209 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4083 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 21 | Allegheny College | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7258 | 1,171 | 1269 | 0.5452 | |
| 22 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 23 | Grove City College | 20500 | 37200 | 0.449 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 25 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 20900 | 25300 | 0.174 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29500 | 0.2814 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 27 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21300 | 30400 | 0.2985 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 28 | Mount Aloysius College | 21400 | 48400 | 0.5577 | 2,942 | 1025 | 0.904 | |
| 29 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 21500 | 31400 | 0.3141 | 1,305 | 1155 | 0.9521 | |
| 30 | Lycoming College | 22200 | 65800 | 0.6632 | 807 | 1189 | 0.7407 | |
| 31 | Gannon University | 22300 | 45400 | 0.5091 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 32 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 22400 | 52800 | 0.5763 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22400 | 33100 | 0.3219 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 34 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 24900 | 0.0892 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 34 | Seton Hill University | 22700 | 62400 | 0.6365 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 36 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 37 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 29400 | 0.2195 | 4,421 | 1099 | 0.8555 | |
| 38 | Albright College | 23000 | 48000 | 0.5209 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 39 | Carlow University | 23200 | 58200 | 0.6018 | 1,355 | 1080 | 0.8696 | |
| 39 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4321 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 41 | Washington & Jefferson College | 23400 | 43700 | 0.4646 | 1,306 | 1159 | 0.8064 | |
| 42 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 32000 | 0.2602 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 43 | Keystone College | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4432 | 894 | 1035 | 0.848 | |
| 44 | La Roche University | 24300 | 53600 | 0.5464 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 24400 | 36400 | 0.3293 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 45 | Wilson College | 24400 | 43300 | 0.4363 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 47 | Westminster College | 24500 | 56900 | 0.57 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 48 | Geneva College | 24600 | 48900 | 0.496 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 49 | Eastern University | 24900 | 50500 | 0.507 | 2,500 | 1105 | 0.9096 | |
| 50 | Rosemont College | 25100 | 38100 | 0.3414 | 484 | 1085 | 0.7451 | |
| 51 | La Salle University | 25700 | 58100 | 0.5576 | 2,675 | 1005 | 0.9552 | |
| 52 | Villanova University | 25800 | 87800 | 0.7064 | 7,006 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 53 | Lebanon Valley College | 26000 | 71500 | 0.6369 | 1,720 | 1225 | 0.8377 | |
| 54 | Chatham University | 26100 | 59800 | 0.5635 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 55 | King's College | 26300 | 62400 | 0.5778 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 56 | Marywood University | 26600 | 52600 | 0.4946 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 57 | Point Park University | 26900 | 56200 | 0.5215 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27000 | 34700 | 0.2207 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 59 | Juniata College | 27100 | 66200 | 0.5903 | 1,242 | 1193 | 0.7891 | |
| 60 | Neumann University | 27200 | 45000 | 0.396 | 1,658 | 975 | 0.8128 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 27200 | 33900 | 0.1958 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 62 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27500 | 40400 | 0.3192 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 63 | University of Valley Forge | 27600 | 50000 | 0.4477 | 517 | 1059 | 0.612 | |
| 64 | Susquehanna University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6398 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 65 | Bucknell University | 27900 | 87500 | 0.6815 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 65 | Delaware Valley University | 27900 | 63800 | 0.5626 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 28400 | 41400 | 0.3143 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 28500 | 38300 | 0.2552 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28600 | 36800 | 0.2232 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 70 | Chestnut Hill College | 28700 | 74900 | 0.6169 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28900 | 42000 | 0.3112 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 72 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 53200 | 0.4537 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 73 | Messiah University | 29300 | 50400 | 0.4176 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 29400 | 35600 | 0.1741 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 75 | Lackawanna College | 29500 | 35800 | 0.1771 | 1,939 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 75 | Temple University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1875 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 77 | Gettysburg College | 29600 | 86500 | 0.6578 | 2,104 | 1337 | 0.389 | |
| 78 | Cedar Crest College | 29800 | 65100 | 0.5424 | 886 | 1095 | 0.9913 | |
| 79 | Misericordia University | 30100 | 65100 | 0.5374 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 80 | Lehigh University | 30400 | 84700 | 0.6412 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 81 | DeSales University | 30800 | 72900 | 0.5779 | 2,172 | 1175 | 0.7709 | |
| 82 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 31100 | 50500 | 0.3841 | 846 | 1080 | 0.8817 | |
| 83 | Clarks Summit University | 31400 | 45800 | 0.3141 | 345 | 1039 | 0.901 | |
| 83 | Manor College | 31400 | 39000 | 0.1955 | 602 | 905 | 0.9576 | |
| 85 | Muhlenberg College | 31900 | 74000 | 0.569 | 1,788 | 1324 | 0.6401 | |
| 86 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 87 | Widener University | 32500 | 74900 | 0.5652 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 88 | Ursinus College | 32700 | 83100 | 0.6068 | 1,502 | 1303 | 0.9177 | |
| 89 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 90 | Saint Vincent College | 33800 | 60700 | 0.4429 | 1,284 | 0 | 0.6173 | |
| 91 | Arcadia University | 33900 | 71600 | 0.526 | 2,030 | 1185 | 0.8022 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 63300 | 0.4632 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 34100 | 40400 | 0.1564 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 93 | Saint Francis University | 34100 | 61600 | 0.4462 | 2,450 | 1150 | 0.7916 | |
| 95 | Immaculata University | 34600 | 45900 | 0.2462 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 96 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34700 | 62700 | 0.4455 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 37400 | 82600 | 0.547 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 98 | Duquesne University | 38100 | 70500 | 0.4594 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
| 99 | Alvernia University | 39200 | 68500 | 0.4281 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 100 | Moravian University | 40300 | 79400 | 0.4932 | 1,992 | 1184 | 0.5417 | |
| 101 | Mercyhurst University | 40500 | 64400 | 0.3714 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 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 | 46900 | 69200 | 0.3223 | 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.