Pennsylvania Colleges
130 colleges in Pennsylvania report verified cost and acceptance-rate data. The average cost of attendance across these schools is $46,181 per year, with an average acceptance rate of 76%. The most affordable option is Laurel Technical Institute at $15,483 per year, while Haverford College is the highest-cost school on this list at $90,382 per year. Use the table below to compare Pennsylvania colleges side by side before you apply.
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| School | Location | Type | Cost of attendance | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Technical Institute | Uniontown, PA | community | $15,483 | 77% |
| ASPIRA City College | Philadelphia, PA | community | $18,252 | 50% |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | Lancaster, PA | community | $18,694 | 71% |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe | Scranton, PA | community | $20,400 | 100% |
| Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | private | $22,680 | 90% |
| Penn Commercial Business/Technical School | Washington, PA | private | $23,804 | 56% |
| Vet Tech Institute | Pittsburgh, PA | community | $24,268 | 78% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly | Lemont Furnace, PA | public | $25,154 | 95% |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | Bloomsburg, PA | public | $25,161 | 93% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Titusville | Titusville, PA | community | $25,231 | 35% |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock, PA | public | $25,537 | 71% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre | Dallas, PA | public | $25,994 | 97% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | Monaca, PA | public | $26,210 | 96% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | McKeesport, PA | public | $26,214 | 96% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango | Sharon, PA | public | $26,821 | 92% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington | New Kensington, PA | public | $26,863 | 95% |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Indiana, PA | public | $26,898 | 91% |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Millersville, PA | public | $26,913 | 86% |
| Pennsylvania Western University | California, PA | public | $26,916 | 94% |
| Central Penn College | Summerdale, PA | private | $27,116 | 18% |
| Johnson College | Scranton, PA | community | $27,354 | 98% |
| Manor College | Jenkintown, PA | community | $27,557 | 95% |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | University Park, PA | public | $27,678 | 91% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York | York, PA | public | $27,826 | 97% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton | Dunmore, PA | public | $27,862 | 99% |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | East Stroudsburg, PA | public | $27,917 | 92% |
| South Hills School of Business & Technology | State College, PA | community | $27,981 | 97% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley | Center Valley, PA | public | $28,109 | 97% |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester, PA | public | $28,394 | 78% |
| Lincoln University | Lincoln University, PA | public | $28,505 | 66% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois | DuBois, PA | public | $28,530 | 97% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | Abington, PA | public | $28,795 | 97% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | Mont Alto, PA | public | $28,841 | 98% |
| Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences | Reading, PA | private | $29,377 | 29% |
| Rosedale Technical College | Pittsburgh, PA | community | $29,468 | 75% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | Hazleton, PA | public | $29,677 | 96% |
| Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing | McKees Rocks, PA | private | $29,767 | 82% |
| UPMC Jameson School of Nursing | New Castle, PA | private | $29,863 | 100% |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Kutztown, PA | public | $29,866 | 91% |
| Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $29,938 | 100% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | Schuylkill Haven, PA | public | $30,065 | 97% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | Greensburg, PA | public | $30,141 | 95% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | public | $30,349 | 95% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | Bradford, PA | public | $30,478 | 89% |
| Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | Shippensburg, PA | public | $30,785 | 87% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | Media, PA | public | $31,088 | 98% |
| UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $31,582 | 81% |
| Keystone College | La Plume, PA | private | $32,071 | 85% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | Reading, PA | public | $32,242 | 99% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | Middletown, PA | public | $32,521 | 98% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | Altoona, PA | public | $32,559 | 98% |
| UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $33,489 | 78% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | Erie, PA | public | $34,081 | 97% |
| Walnut Hill College | Philadelphia, PA | community | $35,504 | 43% |
| UPMC Mercy School of Nursing | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $35,713 | 88% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | Harrisburg, PA | private | $35,893 | 87% |
| Williamson College of the Trades | Media, PA | community | $37,263 | 22% |
| York College of Pennsylvania | York, PA | private | $37,319 | 74% |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh, PA | public | $38,105 | 58% |
| Rosemont College | Rosemont, PA | private | $38,498 | 76% |
| Wilson College | Chambersburg, PA | private | $39,344 | 92% |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | University Park, PA | public | $39,694 | 61% |
| Mount Aloysius College | Cresson, PA | private | $40,435 | 82% |
| Holy Family University | Philadelphia, PA | private | $40,539 | 71% |
| Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | public | $40,903 | 80% |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | Bryn Athyn, PA | private | $41,093 | 83% |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Washington, PA | private | $42,972 | 81% |
| Albright College | Reading, PA | private | $43,711 | 76% |
| Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | Lancaster, PA | private | $43,815 | 99% |
| Immaculata University | Immaculata, PA | private | $43,979 | 86% |
| Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster, PA | private | $44,066 | 56% |
| Waynesburg University | Waynesburg, PA | private | $44,397 | 90% |
| University of Valley Forge | Phoenixville, PA | private | $45,422 | 61% |
| Cairn University-Langhorne | Langhorne, PA | private | $46,233 | 88% |
| La Roche University | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $47,111 | 76% |
| Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | community | $47,879 | 41% |
| La Salle University | Philadelphia, PA | private | $48,337 | 97% |
| Carlow University | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $49,327 | 87% |
| Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | private | $50,865 | 78% |
| Robert Morris University | Moon Township, PA | private | $51,621 | 90% |
| Point Park University | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $52,643 | 97% |
| Gannon University | Erie, PA | private | $52,869 | 74% |
| Westminster College | New Wilmington, PA | private | $53,003 | 93% |
| Thiel College | Greenville, PA | private | $53,202 | 72% |
| Misericordia University | Dallas, PA | private | $53,648 | 71% |
| Eastern University | Saint Davids, PA | private | $55,001 | 91% |
| Marywood University | Scranton, PA | private | $55,582 | 61% |
| Gwynedd Mercy University | Gwynedd Valley, PA | private | $55,786 | 90% |
| Messiah University | Mechanicsburg, PA | private | $55,875 | 79% |
| Seton Hill University | Greensburg, PA | private | $56,183 | 80% |
| Saint Vincent College | Latrobe, PA | private | $56,752 | 62% |
| Wilkes University | Wilkes-Barre, PA | private | $56,765 | 91% |
| Neumann University | Aston, PA | private | $57,180 | 81% |
| Cedar Crest College | Allentown, PA | private | $57,206 | 84% |
| Alvernia University | Reading, PA | private | $57,565 | 58% |
| King's College | Wilkes-Barre, PA | private | $57,973 | 93% |
| Chestnut Hill College | Philadelphia, PA | private | $58,168 | 74% |
| Mercyhurst University | Erie, PA | private | $59,557 | 81% |
| Saint Francis University | Loretto, PA | private | $59,815 | 77% |
| Delaware Valley University | Doylestown, PA | private | $59,933 | 93% |
| Chatham University | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $61,261 | 62% |
| DeSales University | Center Valley, PA | private | $62,745 | 77% |
| Lycoming College | Williamsport, PA | private | $64,105 | 74% |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | private | $64,197 | 81% |
| Arcadia University | Glenside, PA | private | $64,645 | 80% |
| Moravian University | Bethlehem, PA | private | $65,601 | 54% |
| Lebanon Valley College | Annville, PA | private | $66,497 | 84% |
| Duquesne University | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $67,776 | 84% |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | private | $67,954 | 89% |
| University of Scranton | Scranton, PA | private | $69,552 | 81% |
| Widener University | Chester, PA | private | $70,621 | 71% |
| Moore College of Art and Design | Philadelphia, PA | private | $71,327 | 56% |
| Allegheny College | Meadville, PA | private | $71,348 | 55% |
| Juniata College | Huntingdon, PA | private | $71,850 | 79% |
| Susquehanna University | Selinsgrove, PA | private | $75,410 | 81% |
| Ursinus College | Collegeville, PA | private | $76,815 | 92% |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | private | $76,835 | 79% |
| Muhlenberg College | Allentown, PA | private | $77,270 | 72% |
| Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA | private | $80,856 | 26% |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA | private | $81,960 | 39% |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | private | $82,902 | 42% |
| Lafayette College | Easton, PA | private | $83,133 | 31% |
| Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr, PA | private | $83,250 | 29% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | private | $83,654 | 12% |
| Bucknell University | Lewisburg, PA | private | $83,756 | 29% |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | private | $84,103 | 7% |
| Villanova University | Villanova, PA | private | $84,793 | 27% |
| Franklin and Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | private | $85,776 | 28% |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | private | $89,028 | 5% |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | private | $90,382 | 12% |