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College costs in Pennsylvania

All 180 colleges in Pennsylvania, 131 four-year and 49 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $29,460, rising about 2.8% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 38 of the four-year schools are public. 21 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (131)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Albright College	private	$28,794	-3.1%
Allegheny College	private	$54,960	3.4%
Alvernia University	private	$42,810	4.0%
Arcadia University	private	$48,290	2.6%
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church	private	$27,804	4.6%
Bryn Mawr College	private	$73,441	4.1%
Bucknell University	private	$73,500	3.5%
Cabrini University	private	$35,815	2.0%
Cairn University-Langhorne	private	$32,275	3.7%
Carlow University	private	$34,502	3.1%
Carnegie Mellon University	private	$70,716	3.1%
Cedar Crest College	private	$44,934	3.0%
Central Penn College	private	$19,404	1.7%
Chatham University	private	$43,810	3.0%
Chestnut Hill College	private	$39,410	2.3%
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania	public	$10,904	2.0%
Clarks Summit University	private	$32,400	5.4%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	public	$11,046	n/a
Curtis Institute of Music	private	$6,000	n/a
Delaware Valley University	private	$43,300	2.8%
DeSales University	private	$44,800	3.7%
Dickinson College	private	$71,650	3.4%
Drexel University	private	$65,448	3.7%
Duquesne University	private	$47,146	4.2%
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	public	$10,736	1.5%
Eastern University	private	$37,420	2.6%
Elizabethtown College	private	$36,842	-0.9%
Franklin and Marshall College	private	$75,116	3.7%
Gannon University	private	$37,951	3.0%
Geneva College	private	$33,610	3.2%
Gettysburg College	private	$71,730	3.5%
Gratz College	private	$20,633	1.6%
Grove City College	private	$20,890	3.3%
Gwynedd Mercy University	private	$38,995	2.8%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	private	$23,900	0.0%
Haverford College	private	$68,020	4.1%
Holy Family University	private	$33,968	2.0%
Hussian College-Philadelphia	private	$22,225	4.8%
Immaculata University	private	$28,550	-0.6%
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	public	$11,380	2.1%
Juniata College	private	$56,402	4.3%
Keystone College	private	$17,850	-2.2%
King's College	private	$42,600	3.3%
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	public	$11,122	2.3%
La Roche University	private	$33,120	2.9%
La Salle University	private	$35,570	-1.2%
Lackawanna College	private	$17,950	3.1%
Lafayette College	private	$70,846	3.8%
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	private	$14,640	n/a
Lancaster Bible College	private	$29,990	5.3%
Lebanon Valley College	private	$50,320	3.3%
Lehigh University	private	$70,420	3.9%
Lincoln University	public	$12,512	2.7%
Lycoming College	private	$47,450	3.5%
Manor College	private	$19,964	2.4%
Marywood University	private	$39,570	2.5%
Mercyhurst University	private	$44,510	3.9%
Messiah University	private	$40,640	2.9%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	public	$12,262	2.0%
Misericordia University	private	$38,370	3.2%
Moore College of Art and Design	private	$50,279	4.0%
Moravian University	private	$52,000	3.7%
Mount Aloysius College	private	$27,517	3.2%
Muhlenberg College	private	$60,240	3.5%
Neumann University	private	$37,300	4.2%
Peirce College	private	$15,060	1.0%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts	private	$44,600	3.0%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design	private	$31,370	4.0%
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences	private	$31,866	3.7%
Pennsylvania College of Technology	public	$17,940	1.7%
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology	private	$14,445	1.4%
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	public	$21,440	1.8%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	public	$15,240	1.2%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	public	$15,944	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver	public	$14,380	0.7%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks	public	$15,944	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	public	$15,180	1.2%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois	public	$14,380	0.8%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	public	$15,944	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly	public	$14,380	0.7%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny	public	$14,380	0.7%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	public	$15,944	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton	public	$15,180	1.2%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley	public	$15,180	1.2%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto	public	$14,380	0.7%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington	public	$14,380	0.7%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill	public	$15,180	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton	public	$15,180	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango	public	$14,002	0.5%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre	public	$14,258	0.7%
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York	public	$15,180	1.3%
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	public	$15,204	1.5%
Pennsylvania Western University	public	$11,388	n/a
Pittsburgh Technical College	private	$18,980	2.2%
Point Park University	private	$38,160	3.8%
Robert Morris University	private	$34,740	3.2%
Rosemont College	private	$22,170	-3.9%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook	private	$25,023	2.8%
Saint Francis University	private	$41,720	3.3%
Saint Joseph's University	private	$51,340	2.6%
Saint Vincent College	private	$41,100	3.0%
Seton Hill University	private	$41,414	3.2%
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	public	$13,394	3.6%
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	public	$10,507	1.4%
Strayer University-Pennsylvania	private	$13,920	0.8%
Susquehanna University	private	$57,400	4.0%
Swarthmore College	private	$73,204	4.0%
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia	private	$10,869	2.8%
Temple University	public	$21,474	2.9%
The University of the Arts	private	$54,290	3.9%
Thiel College	private	$36,864	3.2%
Thomas Jefferson University	private	$45,533	2.9%
University of Pennsylvania	private	$73,978	3.7%
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford	public	$14,620	1.0%
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg	public	$14,630	1.0%
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	public	$14,646	1.0%
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	public	$23,749	2.5%
University of Scranton	private	$52,034	3.0%
University of Valley Forge	private	$24,510	2.1%
Ursinus College	private	$59,196	2.8%
Villanova University	private	$74,014	4.1%
Walnut Hill College	private	$23,550	0.0%
Washington & Jefferson College	private	$28,185	-4.2%
Waynesburg University	private	$29,460	3.7%
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	public	$10,686	1.7%
Westminster College	private	$39,470	1.9%
Widener University	private	$53,638	3.4%
Wilkes University	private	$42,286	3.4%
Wilson College	private	$27,000	1.1%
Yeshivath Beth Moshe	private	$10,400	3.0%
York College of Pennsylvania	private	$24,606	3.8%

Two-year colleges (49)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
ASPIRA City College	private	$12,147	-7.4%
Bucks County Community College	public	$9,184	2.4%
Butler County Community College	public	$8,700	3.0%
Commonwealth Technical Institute	private	$7,714	-8.3%
Community College of Allegheny County	public	$8,803	2.2%
Community College of Beaver County	public	$13,860	5.2%
Community College of Philadelphia	public	$8,688	-0.8%
Delaware County Community College	public	$10,800	3.2%
Douglas Education Center	private	$18,950	0.7%
Erie Institute of Technology Inc	private	$15,768	0.7%
Fortis Institute-Forty Fort	private	$13,955	-1.0%
Fortis Institute-Scranton	private	$14,444	-6.6%
Harcum College	private	$29,900	3.9%
Harrisburg Area Community College	public	$8,918	2.0%
Jna Institute of Culinary Arts	private	$14,575	1.5%
Johnson College	private	$20,733	1.9%
Lansdale School of Business	private	$11,850	2.2%
Laurel Business Institute	private	$11,470	1.9%
Laurel Technical Institute	private	$11,470	1.9%
Laurel Technical Institute	private	$11,470	2.2%
Lehigh Carbon Community College	public	$9,210	3.5%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Philadelphia	private	$22,678	n/a
Luzerne County Community College	public	$11,130	3.1%
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute	private	$11,260	-5.3%
Miller-Motte College-McCann-Allentown	private	$11,180	n/a
Miller-Motte College-McCann-Lewisburg	private	$11,346	n/a
Montgomery County Community College	public	$11,250	2.6%
Northampton County Area Community College	public	$10,980	3.0%
Northern Pennsylvania Regional College	public	$4,800	n/a
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School	private	$13,654	-4.7%
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College	public	$9,360	4.9%
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics	private	$17,725	-0.8%
Reading Area Community College	public	$10,890	2.8%
Rosedale Technical College	private	$16,700	1.9%
South Hills School of Business & Technology	private	$19,208	1.7%
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology	public	$9,050	2.2%
Triangle Tech Inc-Bethlehem	private	$18,593	1.2%
Triangle Tech Inc-Dubois	private	$18,575	1.3%
Triangle Tech Inc-Greensburg	private	$18,513	1.3%
Triangle Tech Inc-Pittsburgh	private	$18,541	1.2%
Triangle Tech Inc-Sunbury	private	$18,700	1.2%
Triangle Tech-Chambersburg	private	$19,005	n/a
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville	public	$11,918	0.3%
Valley Forge Military College	private	$32,176	2.6%
Vet Tech Institute	private	$16,920	1.7%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute	private	$13,625	0.4%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute	private	$14,070	n/a
Westmoreland County Community College	public	$10,528	4.7%
Williamson College of the Trades	private	$30,858	n/a

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.