Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison

Colleges In Pennsylvania Statistics

There are 413 colleges in Pennsylvania - 107 public and 306 private schools. The 2023 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $23,428 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $23,021. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,181 and the average acceptance rate is 75% for Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison.

The 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.

2022-2023 Colleges In Pennsylvania Statistics
	Top 20 colleges in Pennsylvania	All colleges in Pennsylvania
Number of Schools	20 schools (4 public, 16 private)	413 schools (107 public, 306 private)
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$18,412 (in-state) $53,929 (out-of-state)	$14,240 (in-state) $23,428 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$25,687 (in-state) $33,016 (out-of-state)	$20,362 (in-state) $23,021 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid	$30,964	$11,583
Test Scores	1,352 SAT, 30 ACT	1,181 SAT, 26 ACT
Acceptance Rate	53.03%	75.45%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	25.46%	37.10%
Population	213,496	790,471
Undergraduate	148,258	618,455
Graduate	65,238	172,016
Graduation Rate	79.40%	55.74%
Transfer-out Rate	12.58%	22.09%
Students to Faculty Ratio	10.20 to 1	12.75 to 1

Top Colleges In Pennsylvania Comparison

The next table lists the top 20 colleges in Pennsylvania for academic year 2022-2023. University of Pennsylvania ranked top in the Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison and Swarthmore College and Carnegie Mellon University follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $53,929 for undergraduate programs $33,016 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top colleges in Pennsylvania is 1,352 and the acceptance rate is 53.03%. The average students to faculty ratio is 10.20 to 1 for top colleges in Pennsylvania. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2022-2023 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	$66,104	$47,776	28,201	7%	1,540 SAT 35 ACT	8 to 1
2	Swarthmore College Request Info Private, 4-yearsSwarthmore, PA	$62,412	$51,095	1,625	7%	1,520 SAT 33 ACT	8 to 1
3	Carnegie Mellon University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPittsburgh, PA	$63,829	$40,660	16,002	11%	1,540 SAT 35 ACT	5 to 1
4	Lehigh University Request Info Private, 4-yearsBethlehem, PA	$62,180	$44,678	7,394	37%	1,410 SAT 32 ACT	10 to 1
5	Haverford College Request Info Private, 4-yearsHaverford, PA	$68,300	$55,489	1,421	14%	1,500 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
6	Lafayette College Request Info Private, 4-yearsEaston, PA	$62,574	$25,351	2,729	34%	1,410 SAT 31 ACT	10 to 1
7	Villanova University Request Info Private, 4-yearsVillanova, PA	$64,701	$38,902	10,383	23%	1,440 SAT 33 ACT	10 to 1
8	Bucknell University Request Info Private, 4-yearsLewisburg, PA	$64,772	$36,218	3,787	33%	1,390 SAT 32 ACT	9 to 1
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Request Info Public, 4-yearsUniversity Park, PA	$40,188 ($20,234)	$11,574	50,028	55%	1,300 SAT 29 ACT	15 to 1
10	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Request Info Public, 4-yearsPittsburgh, PA	$39,890 ($21,524)	$11,497	33,767	49%	1,370 SAT 31 ACT	13 to 1
11	Bryn Mawr College Request Info Private, 4-yearsBryn Mawr, PA	$62,560	$39,543	1,742	31%	1,400 SAT 31 ACT	8 to 1
12	Drexel University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$60,663	$27,159	22,344	80%	1,330 SAT 29 ACT	9 to 1
13	Saint Joseph's University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$51,340	$25,145	7,861	89%	1,230 SAT 28 ACT	10 to 1
14	Muhlenberg College Request Info Private, 4-yearsAllentown, PA	$60,240	$34,766	1,959	66%	1,310 SAT 31 ACT	8 to 1
15	Elizabethtown College Request Info Private, 4-yearsElizabethtown, PA	$36,842	$19,576	2,021	81%	1,180 SAT 27 ACT	13 to 1
16	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Request Info Public, 4-yearsErie, PA	$26,668 ($15,944)	$10,004	3,295	95%	1,205 SAT 25 ACT	12 to 1
17	Duquesne University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPittsburgh, PA	$47,146	$22,716	8,107	87%	1,240 SAT 28 ACT	12 to 1
18	Ursinus College Request Info Private, 4-yearsCollegeville, PA	$59,196	$39,064	1,527	82%	1,280 SAT 30 ACT	10 to 1
19	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Request Info Public, 4-yearsMiddletown, PA	$26,668 ($15,944)	$10,114	4,572	96%	1,210 SAT 26 ACT	14 to 1
20	University of Scranton Request Info Private, 4-yearsScranton, PA	$52,309	$27,952	4,731	84%	1,230 SAT 27 ACT	12 to 1
	Average	$53,929 ($18,412)	$30,964	213,496	53.03%	1,352 SAT 30.3500 ACT	10.20 to 1

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.