Best Value Colleges & Universities in Pennsylvania by Academic Quality per Dollar

Best Value Colleges in Pennsylvania by Academic Quality per Dollar

These are the Pennsylvania schools which appear on CollegeCalc's Best Value Colleges in America ranking and represent the colleges providing the finest education balanced against an affordable average net price. The best value in Pennsylvania ranking goes to University of Pennsylvania with a 96th percentile national academic rank for a comparatively affordable $24,167 average net price.

Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc rating of a college's overall academics and effectiveness. The score ranges from zero to one hundred, with fifty being the median for all eligible colleges. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average price paid by students. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our rating methodology.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2021/2022 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021/2022 academic year.

Pennsylvania's Best Value Colleges by Academic Quality per Dollar
College	Net Price	Rating	Value
#1 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$24,167	96	98
#2 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Private Not For Profit	$20,360	91	98
#3 Haverford College Haverford, Private Not For Profit	$25,215	92	96
#4 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Private Not For Profit	$29,098	88	94
#5 Lafayette College Easton, Private Not For Profit	$28,735	85	93
#6 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$36,983	91	90
#7 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Private Not For Profit	$34,850	84	88
#8 Washington & Jefferson College Washington, Private Not For Profit	$27,477	73	90
#9 Allegheny College Meadville, Private Not For Profit	$26,376	67	87
#10 Muhlenberg College Allentown, Private Not For Profit	$35,152	81	86
#11 Ursinus College Collegeville, Private Not For Profit	$31,400	70	81
#12 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Private Not For Profit	$39,359	85	79
#13 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, Public Not For Profit	$22,346	75	77
#14 Villanova University Villanova, Private Not For Profit	$38,303	84	76
#15 Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$35,780	74	69
#16 Drexel University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$39,463	76	62
#17 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$32,408	67	53
#18 University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$31,497	72	45
#19 University of Scranton Scranton, Private Not For Profit	$36,093	66	44

Pennsylvania Academic Quality per Dollar Ranking

Best Value Colleges in Pennsylvania by Academic Quality per Dollar