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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 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | 7100 | 90200 | 0.9212 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 3 | Swarthmore College | 7500 | 92800 | 0.9189 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 4 | Haverford College | 10100 | 97900 | 0.8968 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 5 | Lafayette College | 12300 | 87100 | 0.8582 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 6 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 43000 | 0.6557 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 7 | Bucknell University | 14900 | 89800 | 0.8344 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 8 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 15100 | 34800 | 0.5659 | 620 | 965 | 1 | |
| 8 | Lincoln University | 15100 | 33700 | 0.5502 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 10 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15900 | 28500 | 0.4444 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 10 | Lehigh University | 15900 | 89400 | 0.8216 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 12 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 13 | Dickinson College | 16300 | 90800 | 0.8199 | 2,140 | 1390 | 0.4149 | |
| 14 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6125 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 15 | Franklin and Marshall College | 17000 | 89900 | 0.8111 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 43000 | 0.5925 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 16 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 17500 | 31400 | 0.4431 | 1,312 | 1145 | 0.9298 | |
| 16 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6101 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 19 | Muhlenberg College | 17800 | 122400 | 0.8547 | 1,737 | 1353 | 0.7199 | |
| 20 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17900 | 33400 | 0.464 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 20 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6021 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 22 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 23 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 24 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25300 | 0.2765 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 25 | Bryn Mawr College | 18400 | 88400 | 0.7917 | 1,288 | 1387 | 0.2815 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18400 | 44200 | 0.5842 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 27 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 29400 | 0.3648 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 27 | La Roche University | 18700 | 87400 | 0.7862 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 27 | Villanova University | 18700 | 88100 | 0.7876 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 30 | Lackawanna College | 18800 | 52100 | 0.6398 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 30 | Westminster College | 18800 | 56900 | 0.6703 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18900 | 43800 | 0.5681 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 33 | Seton Hill University | 19000 | 62900 | 0.6977 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 34 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 33800 | 0.4275 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 35 | Holy Family University | 19600 | 55000 | 0.6437 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 31000 | 0.3679 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 37 | Carlow University | 19800 | 53900 | 0.6324 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 38 | Albright College | 20000 | 50700 | 0.6044 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20100 | 32900 | 0.3901 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4418 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 41 | La Salle University | 20500 | 58100 | 0.6471 | 2,368 | 1048 | 0.8233 | |
| 42 | King's College | 20900 | 62400 | 0.6644 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 20900 | 40900 | 0.4896 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 42 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 45 | Thiel College | 21200 | 69200 | 0.6935 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 46 | Allegheny College | 21400 | 76200 | 0.7191 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 46 | Mount Aloysius College | 21400 | 48500 | 0.5584 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 48 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21500 | 24900 | 0.1374 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | Juniata College | 22200 | 70100 | 0.6838 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | Marywood University | 22300 | 93800 | 0.7624 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 51 | Gannon University | 22400 | 53000 | 0.578 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 51 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 34100 | 0.3445 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 22600 | 89800 | 0.7482 | 414 | 0 | 0.9924 | |
| 54 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 26900 | 0.1563 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 55 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6038 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | Washington & Jefferson College | 23400 | 49400 | 0.526 | 1,517 | 1159 | 0.8064 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47700 | 0.5009 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 58 | Point Park University | 24000 | 54400 | 0.5586 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 24500 | 40900 | 0.4017 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 60 | Cedar Crest College | 24600 | 65100 | 0.6223 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 60 | Keystone College | 24600 | 50500 | 0.5138 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 60 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 40600 | 0.3942 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 60 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 64 | Immaculata University | 24800 | 48000 | 0.4825 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 65 | Geneva College | 24900 | 50300 | 0.5048 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 65 | Saint Francis University | 24900 | 61600 | 0.5956 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 67 | Messiah University | 25000 | 50400 | 0.503 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25100 | 34700 | 0.2756 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 69 | Neumann University | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5952 | 1,579 | 940 | 0.929 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 25400 | 41400 | 0.3868 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 71 | Susquehanna University | 25600 | 80100 | 0.6799 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25700 | 49700 | 0.4819 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 73 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 26100 | 58800 | 0.5566 | 736 | 1080 | 0.9219 | |
| 74 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 75 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 26300 | 70000 | 0.6243 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 76 | Eastern University | 26900 | 88200 | 0.695 | 3,053 | 1105 | 0.9101 | |
| 76 | Lebanon Valley College | 26900 | 71500 | 0.6231 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 78 | Delaware Valley University | 27400 | 95800 | 0.7141 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 79 | Chestnut Hill College | 27500 | 86800 | 0.6835 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.3212 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 28000 | 53100 | 0.4731 | 111 | 1292 | 0.9003 | |
| 82 | Chatham University | 28600 | 60900 | 0.5302 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 83 | Gettysburg College | 28900 | 86500 | 0.6656 | 2,104 | 1369 | 0.389 | |
| 84 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 55300 | 0.4743 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 85 | Alvernia University | 29300 | 68500 | 0.5727 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 86 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 87 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 63300 | 0.5259 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 88 | Misericordia University | 30600 | 67700 | 0.5474 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 89 | Manor College | 31000 | 39000 | 0.2058 | 569 | 836 | 0.9486 | |
| 90 | Drexel University | 31400 | 84100 | 0.6269 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 91 | DeSales University | 31600 | 100800 | 0.6865 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 92 | University of Scranton | 32200 | 78700 | 0.5911 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 93 | University of Valley Forge | 32500 | 72200 | 0.5496 | 503 | 1095 | 0.5468 | |
| 93 | Wilkes University | 32500 | 61900 | 0.4744 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 95 | Ursinus College | 33000 | 83700 | 0.6059 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 96 | Arcadia University | 33500 | 71600 | 0.5316 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 97 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4679 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 98 | Duquesne University | 37400 | 70500 | 0.469 | 5,382 | 1252 | 0.8639 | |
| 99 | Moravian University | 39900 | 79400 | 0.4977 | 2,125 | 1124 | 0.7366 | |
| 100 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 101 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49800 | 114300 | 0.5643 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 102 | Mercyhurst University | 65000 | 67300 | 0.0345 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.