Cheapest Colleges & Universities in Pennsylvania by In State Tuition

Cheapest Colleges in Pennsylvania by In State Tuition

If you're looking for an affordable university and you are a resident of Pennsylvania these are the least expensive in state colleges to consider.

Affordable doesn't simply mean finding a school with a low published in state tuition. It's important to research the typical financial aid package offered by a school, the average net price actually paid and most importantly the quality of education you receive for your tuition dollar. Sometimes a school which appears cheap based on list price can be a poor relative value if it can't award competitive financial aid or doesn't offer a quality education. The list below is a ranking on published in state tuition with no consideration of actual average price paid or academic quality of the school. Please see the CollegeCalc best value colleges in Pennsylvania list for a ranking which considers school quality and average net price.

The most affordable four year colleges in Pennsylvania are listed by one year's in state tuition list price for the 2021/2022 school year.

What is the cheapest college in Pennsylvania? Leading the colleges list is Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in Bloomsburg with an in state tuition of $7,716.

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 Cheapest Colleges by In State Tuition
College	In State Tuition	Rating	Value
#1 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	NA	NA
#2 California University of Pennsylvania California, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	35	7
#3 Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	NA	NA
#4 Clarion University of Pennsylvania Clarion, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	NA	NA
#5 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	41	12
#6 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	38	3
#7 Lock Haven University Lock Haven, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	36	5
#8 Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	36	57
#9 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	43	11
#10 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, Public Not For Profit	$7,716	54	20
#11 Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Lincoln University, Public Not For Profit	$8,228	26	2
#12 East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, Public Not For Profit	$8,288	43	7
#13 University of Phoenix Philadelphia Campus Wayne, Private For Profit	$9,480	NA	NA
#14 University of Phoenix Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, Private For Profit	$9,480	NA	NA
#15 University of Phoenix Harrisburg Campus Harrisburg, Private For Profit	$9,480	NA	NA
#16 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Main Campus Indiana, Public Not For Profit	$9,570	36	4
#17 Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, Public Not For Profit	$9,570	43	5
#18 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, Public Not For Profit	$9,570	43	8
#19 Yeshivath Beth Moshe Scranton, Private Not For Profit	$9,600	NA	NA
#20 Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$9,825	NA	NA
#21 Penn State Shenango Sharon, Public Not For Profit	$12,474	NA	NA
#22 Penn State New Kensington Upper Burrell, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#23 Penn State Wilkes Barre Lehman, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#24 Penn State Beaver Monaca, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#25 Penn State Dubois Dubois, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#26 Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus Uniontown, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#27 Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#28 Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, Public Not For Profit	$12,718	NA	NA
#29 University of Pittsburgh Bradford Bradford, Public Not For Profit	$13,394	51	78
#30 University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Greensburg, Public Not For Profit	$13,394	43	46
#31 University of Pittsburgh Johnstown Johnstown, Public Not For Profit	$13,394	50	46
#32 Penn State Worthington Scranton Dunmore, Public Not For Profit	$13,484	NA	NA
#33 Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, Public Not For Profit	$13,484	NA	NA
#34 Penn State Brandywine Media, Public Not For Profit	$13,484	NA	NA
#35 Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, Public Not For Profit	$13,484	NA	NA
#36 Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, Public Not For Profit	$13,484	NA	NA
#37 Penn State York York, Public Not For Profit	$13,484	NA	NA
#38 Penn State Abington Abington, Public Not For Profit	$13,540	NA	NA
#39 Penn State Erie Behrend College Erie, Public Not For Profit	$14,214	NA	NA
#40 Penn State Altoona Altoona, Public Not For Profit	$14,214	NA	NA
#41 Penn State Berks Reading, Public Not For Profit	$14,214	NA	NA
#42 Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, Public Not For Profit	$14,214	NA	NA
#43 Peirce College Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$14,400	NA	NA
#44 Keystone College La Plume, Private Not For Profit	$14,800	28	2
#45 Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, Public Not For Profit	$15,120	NA	NA
#46 DeVry University Pennsylvania Fort Washington, Private For Profit	$15,835	NA	NA
#47 Temple University Philadelphia, Public Not For Profit	$16,488	NA	NA
#48 Penn State Main Campus University Park, Public Not For Profit	$18,368	63	26
#49 Gratz College Melrose Park, Private Not For Profit	$18,792	NA	NA
#50 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, Public Not For Profit	$19,092	75	77
#51 Rosemont College Rosemont, Private Not For Profit	$19,500	43	49
#52 The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College Philadelphia, Private For Profit	$19,650	NA	NA
#53 York College Pennsylvania York, Private Not For Profit	$20,260	56	33
#54 Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary Overbrook Wynnewood, Private Not For Profit	$21,748	NA	NA
#55 University of Valley Forge Phoenixville, Private Not For Profit	$21,760	NA	NA
#56 Mount Aloysius College Cresson, Private Not For Profit	$23,590	NA	NA
#57 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, Private Not For Profit	$23,900	NA	NA
#58 Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, Private Not For Profit	$24,408	57	60
#59 Wilson College Chambersburg, Private Not For Profit	$25,200	33	7
#60 University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$25,800	72	45
#61 Waynesburg University Waynesburg, Private Not For Profit	$26,380	52	55
#62 Albright College Reading, Private Not For Profit	$26,490	NA	NA
#63 Lancaster Bible College Lancaster, Private Not For Profit	$26,690	40	19
#64 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster, Private Not For Profit	$26,750	NA	NA
#65 Immaculata University Immaculata, Private Not For Profit	$26,900	53	23
#66 Clarks Summit University Clarks Summit, Private Not For Profit	$27,200	NA	NA
#67 Geneva College Beaver Falls, Private Not For Profit	$29,160	NA	NA
#68 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Lancaster, Private Not For Profit	$29,386	NA	NA
#69 Cairn University Langhorne, Private Not For Profit	$30,345	NA	NA
#70 Holy Family University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$30,590	53	71
#71 La Roche College Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$30,720	47	25
#72 Robert Morris University Moon Township, Private Not For Profit	$31,450	53	39
#73 Carlow University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$31,458	47	44
#74 La Salle University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$32,000	NA	NA
#75 Thiel College Greenville, Private Not For Profit	$32,640	36	16
#76 Neumann University Aston, Private Not For Profit	$32,760	40	7
#77 Cabrini College Radnor, Private Not For Profit	$32,830	45	41
#78 Gannon University Erie, Private Not For Profit	$33,560	58	65
#79 Point Park University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$33,870	45	29
#80 Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, Private Not For Profit	$34,000	65	64
#81 Misericordia University Dallas, Private Not For Profit	$34,100	NA	NA
#82 Eastern University Saint Davids, Private Not For Profit	$34,990	48	42
#83 Gwynedd Mercy College Gwynedd Valley, Private Not For Profit	$35,344	57	54
#84 Marywood University Scranton, Private Not For Profit	$35,534	49	55
#85 Messiah College Grantham, Private Not For Profit	$37,430	65	65
#86 Westminster College New Wilmington, Private Not For Profit	$37,630	55	75
#87 Saint Vincent College Latrobe, Private Not For Profit	$37,684	62	85
#88 Alvernia University Reading, Private Not For Profit	$37,780	NA	NA
#89 Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$37,950	33	16
#90 Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, Private Not For Profit	$37,994	57	38
#91 Philadelphia University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$38,160	NA	NA
#92 Seton Hill University Greensburg, Private Not For Profit	$38,518	NA	NA
#93 Delaware Valley University Doylestown, Private Not For Profit	$38,780	50	34
#94 King's College Wilkes-Barre, Private Not For Profit	$38,822	NA	NA
#95 Saint Francis University Loretto, Private Not For Profit	$38,852	55	38
#96 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$38,926	NA	NA
#97 Chatham University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$39,443	NA	NA
#98 DeSales University Center Valley, Private Not For Profit	$39,500	64	58
#99 Mercyhurst College Erie, Private Not For Profit	$39,750	NA	NA
#100 Cedar Crest College Allentown, Private Not For Profit	$41,991	61	77
#101 Lycoming College Williamsport, Private Not For Profit	$43,232	61	91
#102 Duquesne University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$43,526	67	53
#103 Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$44,620	NA	NA
#104 Arcadia University Glenside, Private Not For Profit	$45,520	54	42
#105 Lebanon Valley College Annville, Private Not For Profit	$45,860	66	75
#106 Moravian University Bethlehem, Private Not For Profit	$46,799	NA	NA
#107 Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$47,740	74	69
#108 University of Scranton Scranton, Private Not For Profit	$48,062	66	44
#109 The University of the Arts Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$48,350	NA	NA
#110 Widener University Main Campus Chester, Private Not For Profit	$48,724	59	41
#111 Washington & Jefferson College Washington, Private Not For Profit	$49,612	73	90
#112 Juniata College Huntingdon, Private Not For Profit	$50,100	NA	NA
#113 Allegheny College Meadville, Private Not For Profit	$51,910	67	87
#114 Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Private Not For Profit	$52,380	NA	NA
#115 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$54,652	96	98
#116 Drexel University Philadelphia, Private Not For Profit	$54,766	76	62
#117 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Private Not For Profit	$55,025	NA	NA
#118 Muhlenberg College Allentown, Private Not For Profit	$55,095	81	86
#119 Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Private Not For Profit	$55,856	91	98
#120 Lafayette College Easton, Private Not For Profit	$55,874	85	93
#121 Ursinus College Collegeville, Private Not For Profit	$56,600	70	81
#122 Lehigh University Bethlehem, Private Not For Profit	$56,980	88	94
#123 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Private Not For Profit	$57,560	91	90
#124 Dickinson College Carlisle, Private Not For Profit	$58,158	NA	NA
#125 Villanova University Villanova, Private Not For Profit	$58,290	84	76
#126 Bucknell University Lewisburg, Private Not For Profit	$59,474	85	79
#127 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, Private Not For Profit	$59,960	84	88
#128 Haverford College Haverford, Private Not For Profit	$60,442	92	96
#129 Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, Private Not For Profit	$63,216	NA	NA

Pennsylvania In State Tuition Ranking

Cheapest Colleges in Pennsylvania by In State Tuition