Colleges Pennsylvania
Colleges in Pennsylvania: admission rates, test scores and cost
110 colleges in Pennsylvania that mostly award bachelor's degrees and report an admission rate, most selective first. Net price is the average a year after grants and scholarships; at public colleges it's the price for in-state students.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release).
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Colleges in Pennsylvania, most selective first
College Admission rate SAT middle 50% Average net price Graduation rate
Curtis Institute of Music 4.6% — Not reported — Not reported 100% University of Pennsylvania 5.4% 1510–1570 $29,577 97% Swarthmore College 7.5% 1490–1560 $17,392 92% Carnegie Mellon University 12% 1500–1570 $35,780 94% Haverford College 12% 1460–1550 $31,075 89% Lehigh University 26% 1370–1500 $25,272 85% Villanova University 27% 1395–1510 $41,536 93% Franklin and Marshall College 28% 1310–1463 $33,445 79% Bucknell University 29% 1310–1470 $50,021 85% Bryn Mawr College 29% 1280–1510 $44,593 83% Lafayette College 32% 1350–1500 $35,879 85% Gettysburg College 39% 1270–1460 $33,015 79% Dickinson College 42% 1310–1460 $28,634 74% Moravian University 54% 1070–1285 $35,264 74% Allegheny College 55% 1173–1358 $23,895 70% Lancaster Bible College 56% 1070–1280 $24,806 69% Moore College of Art and Design 56% 1180–1380 $44,587 55% Alvernia University 58% 1093–1286 $27,122 51% University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 58% 1280–1460 $29,362 in-state 86% Marywood University 61% 1060–1250 $21,059 68% Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 61% 1240–1420 $33,675 in-state 85% Saint Vincent College 62% 1020–1230 $23,122 70% Chatham University 62% 1070–1295 $25,502 64% Lincoln University 66% 820–960 $13,517 in-state 45% Misericordia University 71% — Not reported $40,348 73% Widener University 71% 1080–1290 $26,151 67% Holy Family University 71% 910–1150 $12,882 67% Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 72% 980–1190 $19,972 in-state 68% Thiel College 72% — Not reported $24,478 53% Muhlenberg College 72% 1250–1410 $25,253 83% Grove City College 72% 1141–1388 — Not reported 81% York College of Pennsylvania 74% 1020–1270 $21,886 62% Lycoming College 74% 1080–1300 $18,815 58% Gannon University 74% — Not reported $24,443 71% Chestnut Hill College 75% — Not reported $20,972 49% La Roche University 76% 940–1200 $27,449 46% Albright College 76% — Not reported $20,596 52% Rosemont College 76% — Not reported $20,820 50% Saint Francis University 77% 1050–1230 $28,219 77% DeSales University 77% 1090–1260 $29,183 70% Elizabethtown College 78% 1105–1310 $25,682 82% West Chester University of Pennsylvania 78% 1100–1270 $24,778 in-state 68% Juniata College 79% 1130–1320 $24,001 69% Messiah University 79% 1110–1350 $25,955 78% Drexel University 79% 1240–1440 $37,529 78% Seton Hill University 80% 1020–1240 $25,519 67% Arcadia University 80% 1065–1265 $25,397 58% Temple University 80% — Not reported $23,058 in-state 73% Washington & Jefferson College 81% — Not reported $21,690 66% Mercyhurst University 81% — Not reported $26,486 61% Thomas Jefferson University 81% 1160–1330 $25,555 71% University of Scranton 81% 1160–1318 $32,132 82% Neumann University 81% — Not reported $27,749 46% Susquehanna University 81% 1100–1300 $28,585 79% Mount Aloysius College 82% 918–1168 $21,483 53% Bryn Athyn College of the New Church 83% — Not reported $20,714 56% Duquesne University 84% 1180–1340 $37,704 76% Lebanon Valley College 84% 1140–1302 $28,059 69% Cedar Crest College 84% — Not reported $23,513 61% Keystone College 85% — Not reported $22,909 38% Immaculata University 86% 1156–1323 $23,811 63% Millersville University of Pennsylvania 86% 1020–1210 $18,817 in-state 55% Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 87% — Not reported $21,129 in-state 49% Carlow University 87% 960–1168 $22,455 69% Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 87% — Not reported $14,133 36% Cairn University-Langhorne 88% 1000–1160 $31,280 54% University of Pittsburgh-Bradford 89% 1010–1200 $13,598 in-state 38% Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia 89% 1170–1350 $33,840 81% Gwynedd Mercy University 90% 1023–1186 $27,541 58% Waynesburg University 90% 930–1250 $18,810 54% Robert Morris University 90% — Not reported $21,445 64% Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia 90% — Not reported $8,970 75% Wilkes University 91% 1020–1250 $25,799 59% Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 91% 1120–1310 $22,146 in-state 55% Eastern University 91% — Not reported $27,498 58% Indiana University of Pennsylvania 91% 970–1180 $17,391 in-state 52% Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 91% 1090–1335 $12,651 in-state 51% Ursinus College 92% 1200–1385 $30,181 73% East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 92% 1000–1180 $21,084 in-state 46% Wilson College 92% 930–1180 $20,699 55% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango 92% — Not reported $10,802 in-state 31% Westminster College 93% — Not reported $19,484 60% Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania 93% 990–1190 $17,468 in-state 54% King's College 93% 1070–1270 $21,439 61% Delaware Valley University 93% 1090–1303 $28,226 50% Pennsylvania Western University 94% 940–1140 $17,839 in-state 51% University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 95% 985–1220 $16,375 in-state 56% University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg 95% 1055–1253 $17,075 in-state 45% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington 95% 1110–1265 $10,866 in-state 26% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly 96% 1120–1250 $11,957 in-state 36% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver 96% 1080–1290 $16,063 in-state 25% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton 96% 1090–1290 $14,209 in-state 23% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny 97% 1080–1280 $14,194 in-state 27% La Salle University 97% — Not reported $19,758 60% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill 97% 1020–1230 $15,199 in-state 32% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington 97% 1070–1265 $14,429 in-state 22% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College 97% 1120–1310 $23,165 in-state 47% Point Park University 97% — Not reported $26,028 55% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre 97% 1090–1330 $10,521 in-state 12% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois 97% 990–1210 $11,531 in-state 30% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley 97% 1130–1320 $12,029 in-state 18% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York 97% 1050–1245 $12,374 in-state 18% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 98% 1120–1310 $16,753 in-state 27% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona 98% 1070–1290 $21,714 in-state 16% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine 98% 1080–1310 $18,053 in-state 19% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto 98% 980–1300 $16,748 in-state 40% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton 99% 1100–1270 $12,204 in-state 31% Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks 99% 1090–1275 $19,570 in-state 29% Pennsylvania College of Art and Design 99% — Not reported $33,456 69% Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook 100% — Not reported — Not reported 100%
Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who finished within six years. A dash means the college didn't report that number.
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