Four Year Colleges in Pennsylvania

How much does it cost to attend four year college in Pennsylvania?   The average annual in-state four year college tuition in Pennsylvania was $26,599 for the 2017-2018 academic year. This is a change of $1,718 from the 2015-2016 average of $24,881 and represents a 6.9% annual increase. The list of Pennsylvania four year colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 129 four year colleges and universities in Pennsylvania, the most popular being Penn State Main Campus with 45,874 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $17,416. Franklin and Marshall College is the most expensive four year school in Pennsylvania with an in-state tuition of $54,280.

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Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2017-2018 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2017-2018 academic year.

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School	Tuition	Rating	$Value
Albright College Reading, 2,284 Students	$42,404	-	-
Allegheny College Meadville, 1,869 Students	$45,470	-	-
Alvernia University Reading, 1,923 Students	$32,840	42	36
Arcadia University Glenside, 2,759 Students	$41,630	70	62
Baptist Bible College and Seminary Clarks Summit, 512 Students	$23,890	-	-
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, 8,610 Students	$7,492	40	61
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, 295 Students	$19,671	50	72
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, 1,637 Students	$49,310	-	-
Bucknell University  Best Value Lewisburg, 3,569 Students	$53,692	94	64
Cabrini College Radnor, 1,457 Students	$30,400	40	33
Cairn University Langhorne, 753 Students	$26,193	44	58
California University of Pennsylvania California, 5,439 Students	$7,492	25	33
Carlow University Pittsburgh, 1,297 Students	$27,950	35	48
Carnegie Mellon University  Best Value Pittsburgh, 12,254 Students	$52,732	96	65
Cedar Crest College Allentown, 955 Students	$37,492	47	61
Chatham University Pittsburgh, 1,525 Students	$35,220	-	-
Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, 1,317 Students	$34,950	41	37
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney, 679 Students	$9,360	-	-
Clarion University of Pennsylvania Clarion, 3,797 Students	$7,492	26	42
Delaware Valley University Doylestown, 1,917 Students	$35,610	58	52
DeSales University Center Valley, 2,264 Students	$34,500	62	53
DeVry University Pennsylvania Fort Washington, 1,010 Students	$15,835	-	-
Dickinson College Carlisle, 2,376 Students	$52,480	-	-
Drexel University  Best Value Philadelphia, 17,785 Students	$49,632	68	45
Duquesne University  Best Value Pittsburgh, 8,630 Students	$36,394	69	61
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, 5,936 Students	$7,292	40	61
Eastern University Saint Davids, 2,267 Students	$31,700	63	63
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, 4,982 Students	$7,492	29	53
Elizabethtown College  Best Value Elizabethtown, 1,747 Students	$45,350	68	59
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, 2,225 Students	$54,280	-	-
Gannon University Erie, 3,222 Students	$30,180	55	62
Geneva College  Best Value Beaver Falls, 1,460 Students	$26,070	69	72
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, 2,378 Students	$52,640	-	-
Gratz College Melrose Park, 78 Students	$18,792	-	-
Gwynedd Mercy College Gwynedd Valley, 2,448 Students	$32,820	29	15
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, 2,856 Students	$23,900	-	-
Haverford College  Best Value Haverford, 1,268 Students	$52,278	97	76
Holy Family University Philadelphia, 1,491 Students	$29,338	43	65
Immaculata University Immaculata, 1,129 Students	$26,500	36	16
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus Indiana, 11,015 Students	$9,000	28	44
Juniata College Huntingdon, 1,501 Students	$43,050	-	-
Keystone College La Plume, 1,094 Students	$24,870	13	-
King's College Wilkes-Barre, 1,982 Students	$34,630	-	-
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, 7,566 Students	$7,492	37	54
La Roche College Pittsburgh, 1,238 Students	$26,920	28	21
La Salle University Philadelphia, 3,475 Students	$28,800	52	52
Lafayette College  Best Value Easton, 2,505 Students	$50,400	93	71
Lancaster Bible College Lancaster, 861 Students	$21,900	50	62
Lebanon Valley College  Best Value Annville, 1,697 Students	$40,990	65	58
Lehigh University  Best Value Bethlehem, 6,230 Students	$50,320	94	70
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Lincoln University, 1,858 Students	$7,674	16	9
Lock Haven University Lock Haven, 3,756 Students	$7,492	26	47
Lycoming College Williamsport, 1,245 Students	$37,888	58	63
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield, 1,929 Students	$9,450	35	60
Marywood University Scranton, 2,666 Students	$32,190	53	55
Mercyhurst College Erie, 2,594 Students	$34,050	-	-
Messiah College  Best Value Grantham, 2,761 Students	$33,320	65	60
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, 6,142 Students	$9,270	57	74
Misericordia University Dallas, 1,990 Students	$30,030	57	56
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, 389 Students	$38,513	-	-
Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary Bethlehem, 1,900 Students	$40,293	53	50
Mount Aloysius College Cresson, 1,123 Students	$21,230	36	43
Muhlenberg College  Best Value Allentown, 2,318 Students	$50,095	88	59
Neumann University Aston, 1,800 Students	$28,710	23	-
Peirce College Philadelphia, 323 Students	$14,400	-	-
Penn State Abington Abington, 3,143 Students	$13,540	46	76
Penn State Altoona Altoona, 3,353 Students	$14,214	41	49
Penn State Beaver Monaca, 634 Students	$12,718	40	59
Penn State Berks Reading, 2,553 Students	$14,214	37	46
Penn State Brandywine Media, 1,186 Students	$13,484	34	62
Penn State Dubois Dubois, 483 Students	$12,718	42	65
Penn State Erie Behrend College Erie, 4,218 Students	$14,214	54	60
Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus Uniontown, 557 Students	$12,718	33	61
Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, 493 Students	$12,718	37	58
Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, 4,056 Students	$14,214	54	64
Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, 764 Students	$13,484	53	65
Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, 697 Students	$13,484	48	72
Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, 683 Students	$12,718	49	61
Penn State New Kensington Upper Burrell, 534 Students	$12,718	35	64
Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, 627 Students	$13,484	38	60
Penn State Shenango Sharon, 239 Students	$12,474	57	74
Penn State Wilkes Barre Lehman, 426 Students	$12,718	33	56
Penn State Worthington Scranton Dunmore, 868 Students	$13,484	31	60
Penn State York York, 840 Students	$13,484	44	70
Penn State Main Campus  Best Value University Park, 45,874 Students	$17,416	83	71
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, 283 Students	$35,646	-	-
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster, 223 Students	$23,500	-	-
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Lancaster, 484 Students	$27,084	-	-
Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, 4,586 Students	$13,860	-	-
Philadelphia University Philadelphia, 2,925 Students	$38,160	64	53
Point Park University Pittsburgh, 2,943 Students	$28,860	53	57
Robert Morris University Moon Township, 3,940 Students	$28,210	51	53
Rosemont College Rosemont, 671 Students	$18,500	39	51
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary Overbrook Wynnewood, 149 Students	$19,420	-	-
Saint Francis University Loretto, 1,777 Students	$33,856	65	64
Saint Joseph's University  Best Value Philadelphia, 5,185 Students	$43,700	64	46
Saint Vincent College Latrobe, 1,693 Students	$33,516	66	70
Seton Hill University Greensburg, 1,725 Students	$33,910	-	-
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, 5,901 Students	$9,000	35	53
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, 7,621 Students	$7,492	48	68
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, 2,129 Students	$44,890	-	-
Swarthmore College  Best Value Swarthmore, 1,542 Students	$50,424	98	77
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Philadelphia, 124 Students	$8,800	-	-
Temple University Philadelphia, 33,702 Students	$15,768	-	-
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College Philadelphia, 428 Students	$19,650	-	-
The University of the Arts Philadelphia, 1,821 Students	$43,100	58	40
Thiel College Greenville, 869 Students	$29,000	31	26
University of Pennsylvania  Best Value Philadelphia, 21,358 Students	$47,416	99	77
University of Phoenix Harrisburg Campus Harrisburg, 107 Students	$9,480	-	-
University of Phoenix Philadelphia Campus Wayne, 734 Students	$9,480	-	-
University of Phoenix Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, 124 Students	$9,480	-	-
University of Pittsburgh Bradford Bradford, 1,349 Students	$12,940	52	69
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Greensburg, 1,438 Students	$12,940	47	67
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown Johnstown, 2,708 Students	$12,940	51	65
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus  Best Value Pittsburgh, 25,604 Students	$18,130	85	72
University of Scranton  Best Value Scranton, 4,156 Students	$42,910	67	50
University of the Sciences Philadelphia, 2,295 Students	$38,294	73	58
University of Valley Forge Phoenixville, 629 Students	$19,820	-	-
Ursinus College Collegeville, 1,542 Students	$50,360	-	-
Villanova University  Best Value Villanova, 7,758 Students	$50,554	91	64
Washington & Jefferson College Washington, 1,386 Students	$46,048	-	-
Waynesburg University Waynesburg, 1,441 Students	$23,160	40	55
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, 13,715 Students	$7,492	62	69
Westminster College New Wilmington, 1,156 Students	$34,830	61	64
Widener University Main Campus Chester, 4,386 Students	$43,296	56	51
Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, 2,847 Students	$33,208	49	48
Wilson College Chambersburg, 510 Students	$23,745	63	66
Yeshivath Beth Moshe Scranton, 45 Students	$9,000	-	-
York College Pennsylvania York, 3,891 Students	$17,560	60	64

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