Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison

Colleges In Pennsylvania Statistics

There are 385 colleges in Pennsylvania - 95 public and 290 private schools. The 2020 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,725 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $22,344. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,117 and the average acceptance rate is 74% for Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison.

Next table shows the key academic facts for all colleges in Pennsylvania. You may want to check more statistics and compare all Pennsylvania colleges at Pennsylvania Statistics page.

2019-2020 Colleges In Pennsylvania Statistics
	Top 20 colleges in Pennsylvania	All colleges in Pennsylvania
Number of Schools	20 schools (4 public, 16 private)	385 schools (95 public, 290 private)
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$17,135 (in-state) $48,361 (out-of-state)	$14,076 (in-state) $22,725 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$23,258 (in-state) $30,580 (out-of-state)	$19,304 (in-state) $22,344 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid	$29,444	$10,320
Test Scores	1,308 SAT, 30 ACT	1,117 SAT, 24 ACT
Acceptance Rate	55.20%	73.71%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	28.35%	41.24%
Population	206,716	705,034
Undergraduate	145,315	556,733
Graduate	61,401	148,301
Graduation Rate	82.95%	63.96%
Transfer-out Rate	8.14%	18.33%
Students to Faculty Ratio	10.35 to 1	13.11 to 1

Top Colleges In Pennsylvania Comparison

Next table lists the top 20 colleges in Pennsylvania for academic year 2019-2020. University of Pennsylvania ranked top in the Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison and Swarthmore College and Carnegie Mellon University follows it. The 2020 average tuition & fees is $48,361 for undergraduate programs $30,580 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top colleges in Pennsylvania is 1,308 and the acceptance rate is 55.20%. The average students to faculty ratio is 10.35 to 1 for top colleges in Pennsylvania. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2019-2020 Top colleges in Pennsylvania Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Tuition & Fees	Average Financial Aid	Population	Acceptance Rate	Test Scores	Students to Faculty Ratio
1	University of Pennsylvania Request Info Private, 4 yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$60,042	$44,232	26,552	9%	1,515 SAT 34 ACT	6 to 1
2	Swarthmore College Request Info Private, 4 yearsSwarthmore, PA	$54,456	$51,088	1,437	9%	1,468 SAT 33 ACT	7 to 1
3	Carnegie Mellon University Request Info Private, 4 yearsPittsburgh, PA	$58,485	$36,928	13,519	17%	1,510 SAT 34 ACT	5 to 1
4	Lehigh University Request Info Private, 4 yearsBethlehem, PA	$55,260	$43,288	7,067	50%	1,347 SAT 31 ACT	9 to 1
5	Haverford College Request Info Private, 4 yearsHaverford, PA	$58,900	$50,162	1,307	18%	1,440 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
6	Lafayette College Request Info Private, 4 yearsEaston, PA	$54,992	$42,748	2,514	36%	1,345 SAT 31 ACT	9 to 1
7	Villanova University Request Info Private, 4 yearsVillanova, PA	$57,460	$32,435	11,032	31%	1,390 SAT 32 ACT	11 to 1
8	Bucknell University Request Info Private, 4 yearsLewisburg, PA	$58,202	$33,809	3,726	38%	1,340 SAT 30 ACT	9 to 1
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Request Info Public, 4 yearsUniversity Park, PA	$35,514 ($18,450)	$6,928	46,810	76%	1,190 SAT 27 ACT	14 to 1
10	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Request Info Public, 4 yearsPittsburgh, PA	$33,706 ($19,678)	$12,750	32,277	64%	1,332 SAT 30 ACT	14 to 1
11	Bryn Mawr College Request Info Private, 4 yearsBryn Mawr, PA	$54,440	$39,737	1,634	38%	1,405 SAT	8 to 1
12	Drexel University Request Info Private, 4 yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$56,238	$25,373	23,589	77%	1,280 SAT 28 ACT	11 to 1
13	Saint Joseph's University Request Info Private, 4 yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$47,940	$25,084	6,779	80%	1,195 SAT 26 ACT	11 to 1
14	Muhlenberg College Request Info Private, 4 yearsAllentown, PA	$54,600	$32,069	2,067	62%	1,260 SAT 29 ACT	9 to 1
15	Elizabethtown College Request Info Private, 4 yearsElizabethtown, PA	$32,960	$16,715	1,881	86%	1,180 SAT 23 ACT	12 to 1
16	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Request Info Public, 4 yearsErie, PA	$24,916 ($15,206)	$6,084	4,312	89%	1,165 SAT	13 to 1
17	Duquesne University Request Info Private, 4 yearsPittsburgh, PA	$41,892	$22,575	8,830	77%	1,195 SAT 26 ACT	13 to 1
18	Ursinus College Request Info Private, 4 yearsCollegeville, PA	$55,210	$36,269	1,493	80%	1,240 SAT 28 ACT	11 to 1
19	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Request Info Public, 4 yearsMiddletown, PA	$24,916 ($15,206)	$6,147	4,933	88%	1,170 SAT	15 to 1
20	University of Scranton Request Info Private, 4 yearsScranton, PA	$47,084	$24,463	4,957	79%	1,190 SAT 26 ACT	12 to 1
	Average	$48,361 ($17,135)	$29,444	206,716	55.20%	1,308 SAT 29.5294 ACT	10.35 to 1

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.