Pennsylvania Best Colleges Comparison

Colleges In Pennsylvania Statistics

There are 431 colleges in Pennsylvania - 126 public and 305 private schools. The 2023 average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $23,074 and the average graduate tuition & fees is $23,585. The average SAT scores of enrolled students is 1,174 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.

2021-2022 Colleges In Pennsylvania Statistics
	Top 20 colleges in Pennsylvania	All colleges in Pennsylvania
Number of Schools	20 schools (4 public, 16 private)	431 schools (126 public, 305 private)
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$18,180 (in-state) $51,730 (out-of-state)	$14,149 (in-state) $23,074 (out-of-state)
Graduate Tuition & Fees	$25,189 (in-state) $32,267 (out-of-state)	$21,654 (in-state) $23,585 (out-of-state)
Average Financial Aid	$31,333	$11,098
Test Scores	1,347 SAT, 31 ACT	1,174 SAT, 26 ACT
Acceptance Rate	52.78%	75.25%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	26.64%	39.17%
Population	252,204	851,318
Undergraduate	179,856	673,693
Graduate	72,348	177,625
Graduation Rate	84.28%	64.39%
Transfer-out Rate	9.44%	18.02%
Students to Faculty Ratio	10.45 to 1	12.94 to 1

Top Colleges In Pennsylvania Comparison

The next table lists the top 20 colleges in Pennsylvania for academic year 2021-2022. 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 $51,730 for undergraduate programs $32,267 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top colleges in Pennsylvania is 1,347 and the acceptance rate is 52.78%. The average students to faculty ratio is 10.45 to 1 for top colleges in Pennsylvania. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.

2021-2022 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	$63,452	$43,362	28,038	6%	1,525 SAT 34 ACT	6 to 1
2	Swarthmore College Request Info Private, 4-yearsSwarthmore, PA	$59,328	$41,377	1,651	8%	1,495 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
3	Carnegie Mellon University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPittsburgh, PA	$61,344	$39,371	15,057	14%	1,520 SAT 34 ACT	5 to 1
4	Lehigh University Request Info Private, 4-yearsBethlehem, PA	$59,930	$28,703	7,263	46%	1,408 SAT 32 ACT	10 to 1
5	Haverford College Request Info Private, 4-yearsHaverford, PA	$63,628	$51,927	1,420	18%	1,480 SAT 34 ACT	8 to 1
6	Lafayette College Request Info Private, 4-yearsEaston, PA	$59,368	$36,325	2,725	41%	1,380 SAT 32 ACT	10 to 1
7	Villanova University Request Info Private, 4-yearsVillanova, PA	$61,618	$38,028	10,870	25%	1,420 SAT 33 ACT	11 to 1
8	Bucknell University Request Info Private, 4-yearsLewisburg, PA	$61,746	$35,048	3,757	35%	1,373 SAT 31 ACT	9 to 1
9	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Request Info Public, 4-yearsUniversity Park, PA	$38,650 ($19,834)	$9,887	88,914	92%	1,250 SAT 28 ACT	15 to 1
10	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Request Info Public, 4-yearsPittsburgh, PA	$37,320 ($21,080)	$11,907	33,230	67%	1,360 SAT 31 ACT	14 to 1
11	Bryn Mawr College Request Info Private, 4-yearsBryn Mawr, PA	$59,330	$38,434	1,778	39%	-	9 to 1
12	Drexel University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$58,965	$25,827	23,216	83%	1,310 SAT 29 ACT	10 to 1
13	Saint Joseph's University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPhiladelphia, PA	$49,610	$26,602	6,464	83%	1,215 SAT 28 ACT	10 to 1
14	Muhlenberg College Request Info Private, 4-yearsAllentown, PA	$58,205	$33,308	2,095	68%	1,285 SAT 30 ACT	9 to 1
15	Elizabethtown College Request Info Private, 4-yearsElizabethtown, PA	$35,670	$17,321	1,933	79%	1,175 SAT 26 ACT	12 to 1
16	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Request Info Public, 4-yearsErie, PA	$26,369 ($15,903)	-	4,312	-	-	13 to 1
17	Duquesne University Request Info Private, 4-yearsPittsburgh, PA	$45,376	$22,440	8,300	84%	1,225 SAT 27 ACT	13 to 1
18	Ursinus College Request Info Private, 4-yearsCollegeville, PA	$58,016	$38,372	1,556	83%	1,280 SAT 30 ACT	10 to 1
19	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Request Info Public, 4-yearsMiddletown, PA	$26,369 ($15,903)	-	4,933	-	-	15 to 1
20	University of Scranton Request Info Private, 4-yearsScranton, PA	$50,312	$25,749	4,692	80%	1,190 SAT 26 ACT	12 to 1
	Average	$51,730 ($18,180)	$31,333	252,204	52.78%	1,347 SAT 30.5294 ACT	10.45 to 1

^*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.