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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 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6900 | 90200 | 0.9237 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 2 | Swarthmore College | 8500 | 92800 | 0.9081 | 1,631 | 1513 | 0.0752 | |
| 3 | Haverford College | 10200 | 96600 | 0.8939 | 1,420 | 1490 | 0.1331 | |
| 4 | Bryn Mawr College | 10900 | 87300 | 0.8749 | 1,288 | 1387 | 0.2815 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 11200 | 92700 | 0.8793 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Lafayette College | 12900 | 84800 | 0.848 | 2,675 | 1415 | 0.3116 | |
| 7 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 40700 | 0.6357 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | Lincoln University | 15100 | 31200 | 0.5158 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 9 | Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | 15200 | 27100 | 0.4398 | 620 | 965 | 1 | |
| 10 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 11 | Lehigh University | 16000 | 88600 | 0.8194 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 12 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 13 | Franklin and Marshall College | 17000 | 89400 | 0.8093 | 1,778 | 1387 | 0.3163 | |
| 14 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 40700 | 0.5689 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 15 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6101 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 17 | Lycoming College | 18100 | 65800 | 0.7252 | 1,014 | 1150 | 0.7702 | |
| 18 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 19 | Muhlenberg College | 18300 | 74000 | 0.7527 | 1,737 | 1353 | 0.7199 | |
| 19 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2763 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 21 | Rosemont College | 18400 | 38100 | 0.5177 | 504 | 1085 | 0.7634 | |
| 22 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18600 | 33400 | 0.443 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 23 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18800 | 35400 | 0.4683 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 19000 | 38800 | 0.5102 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 25 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26700 | 0.2746 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 27 | Westminster College | 20000 | 56900 | 0.6492 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 28 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 20100 | 31400 | 0.3601 | 1,312 | 1145 | 0.9298 | |
| 29 | Villanova University | 20200 | 87900 | 0.7702 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20800 | 32900 | 0.3688 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 31 | Saint Vincent College | 20900 | 64600 | 0.6765 | 1,157 | 1140 | 0.7863 | |
| 32 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 29100 | 0.2685 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 33 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 24900 | 0.1414 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 34 | Albright College | 21500 | 48400 | 0.5563 | 1,210 | 1079 | 0.9408 | |
| 34 | Seton Hill University | 21500 | 89300 | 0.7592 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 36 | Holy Family University | 21600 | 55000 | 0.6074 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 37 | La Roche University | 21800 | 72700 | 0.7004 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 38 | Gannon University | 22400 | 53000 | 0.578 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 38 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 34100 | 0.3445 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | 22600 | 89800 | 0.7482 | 414 | 0 | 0.9924 | |
| 41 | Juniata College | 22700 | 70100 | 0.6767 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 44900 | 0.493 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 43 | Carlow University | 22900 | 82500 | 0.7225 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 44 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6008 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23400 | 41500 | 0.4349 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | Washington & Jefferson College | 23400 | 43400 | 0.4606 | 1,517 | 1159 | 0.8064 | |
| 47 | La Salle University | 24100 | 58100 | 0.5851 | 2,368 | 1048 | 0.8233 | |
| 47 | Lackawanna College | 24100 | 35600 | 0.3216 | 2,211 | 0 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | Mount Aloysius College | 24400 | 48400 | 0.4957 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 50 | Neumann University | 24500 | 45000 | 0.456 | 1,579 | 940 | 0.929 | |
| 51 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 52 | King's College | 24900 | 60200 | 0.5856 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 40600 | 0.3843 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 54 | Geneva College | 25100 | 50300 | 0.5023 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 54 | Susquehanna University | 25100 | 76800 | 0.6736 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 25200 | 34700 | 0.2727 | 4,526 | 1130 | 1 | |
| 57 | Marywood University | 25300 | 67800 | 0.6263 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 58 | Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | 25500 | 50400 | 0.494 | 111 | 1292 | 0.9003 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 25600 | 36400 | 0.2964 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 60 | Messiah University | 25900 | 50400 | 0.4852 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 61 | Point Park University | 26000 | 56200 | 0.5376 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 61 | Saint Francis University | 26000 | 61600 | 0.5777 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 63 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 64 | Bucknell University | 26600 | 88600 | 0.6994 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 65 | Immaculata University | 27000 | 46400 | 0.4171 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 65 | Keystone College | 27000 | 50500 | 0.4663 | 676 | 1020 | 0.7385 | |
| 67 | Mercyhurst University | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5869 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41600 | 0.3261 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 28000 | 38300 | 0.2682 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 70 | Chestnut Hill College | 28100 | 58500 | 0.5199 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 28100 | 37500 | 0.2511 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28400 | 47900 | 0.4073 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 73 | Delaware Valley University | 28800 | 66900 | 0.5697 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 28800 | 41400 | 0.3047 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 | |
| 75 | Chatham University | 28900 | 60900 | 0.5253 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 76 | Eastern University | 29100 | 59200 | 0.5087 | 3,053 | 1105 | 0.9101 | |
| 76 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4673 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 78 | Gettysburg College | 29200 | 86500 | 0.6625 | 2,104 | 1369 | 0.389 | |
| 79 | Cairn University-Langhorne | 29400 | 57800 | 0.4911 | 736 | 1080 | 0.9219 | |
| 80 | Lebanon Valley College | 30400 | 71500 | 0.5754 | 1,834 | 1260 | 0.808 | |
| 81 | Misericordia University | 30900 | 67700 | 0.5434 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 82 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 83 | Cedar Crest College | 31300 | 65100 | 0.5194 | 870 | 1115 | 0.8407 | |
| 83 | Manor College | 31300 | 39000 | 0.1988 | 569 | 836 | 0.9486 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 37700 | 0.1441 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5888 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 86 | University of Valley Forge | 32400 | 49800 | 0.3493 | 503 | 1095 | 0.5468 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 32900 | 36700 | 0.1041 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 89 | Ursinus College | 33200 | 83700 | 0.6038 | 1,378 | 1303 | 0.9285 | |
| 90 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 2,055 | 1188 | 0.9397 | |
| 91 | Allegheny College | 33800 | 72400 | 0.5333 | 1,125 | 1243 | 0.5877 | |
| 91 | Arcadia University | 33800 | 71600 | 0.5278 | 2,163 | 1159 | 0.7448 | |
| 93 | DeSales University | 34300 | 66900 | 0.4876 | 2,172 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 94 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4472 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 96 | Duquesne University | 37700 | 70500 | 0.4651 | 5,382 | 1252 | 0.8639 | |
| 97 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 98 | Alvernia University | 39800 | 68500 | 0.4194 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 99 | Moravian University | 40100 | 79400 | 0.4955 | 2,125 | 1124 | 0.7366 | |
| 100 | Dickinson College | 41000 | 89600 | 0.5427 | 2,140 | 1390 | 0.4149 | |
| 101 | Widener University | 45700 | 78400 | 0.417 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 102 | Thiel College | 47500 | 69200 | 0.3137 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 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.