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#6 Best Private Colleges in Pennsylvania

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

P
Penn State Main Campus

$48,508 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$48,026 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


W
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$60,464 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


K
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$60,464 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


S
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

$58,610 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$53,496 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


M
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

$58,610 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$52,792 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Altoona

$52,792 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$53,556 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$52,792 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$53,556 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$54,520 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Bradford

$54,520 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$52,792 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Worthington Scranton

$53,556 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State York

$53,556 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$53,556 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Shenango

$54,612 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Greater Allegheny

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State New Kensington

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$54,520 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Mont Alto

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Wilkes Barre

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Dubois

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus

$54,356 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

P
University of Pennsylvania

$9,560 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$4,374 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$5,920 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$9,887 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$3,762 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$7,000 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$6,698 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$6,188 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$16,646 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$658 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$21,034 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$8,675 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$3,950 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$17,040 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$42,380 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$6,990 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$13,880 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$8,984 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


M
Messiah College

$28,480 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


M
Moore College of Art and Design

$19,924 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


G
Grove City College

$47,290 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Jefferson University

$23,780 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$61,161 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$55,482 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$58,291 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$61,645 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$50,690 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$54,140 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$58,085 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$51,589 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$60,266 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$49,928 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$54,506 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$61,250 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$51,848 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$68,180 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$51,900 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$61,250 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$53,474 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$58,942 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$52,564 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$61,250 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$61,250 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$59,242 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$68,180 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$52,330 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$61,683 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$61,250 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$53,490 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$68,180 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$56,064 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Connecticut State University

$61,516 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$61,110 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$13,911 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


N
New York University

$7,742 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$4,730 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$8,470 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$5,340 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$4,382 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$3,480 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$2,976 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$3,284 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$6,870 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$1,770 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$2,524 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$8,430 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$6,180 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$2,840 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$7,845 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$3,480 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$4,496 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$1,822 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$9,490 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$13,780 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$1,558 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$5,030 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$4,102 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$12,456 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$1,310 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


W
Wake Forest University

$4,572 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$12,148 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$19,680 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$1,530 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$10,030 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$5,580 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$7,820 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


P
Pace University New York

$18,630 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$3,832 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$13,845 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$19,510 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$3,640 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$4,080 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$8,350 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$4,480 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$22,850 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$12,044 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$1,464 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$4,865 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$4,450 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$22,080 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$12,670 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$10,521 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

D
Davidson College

$8,670 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$5,330 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$24,510 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity University

$17,468 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Reed College

$1,470 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


F
Fisk University

$45,860 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$4,964 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$17,630 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


D
DePauw University

$12,150 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhodes College

$14,098 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$10,278 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


W
Willamette University

$20,180 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$3,502 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
Colorado College

$722 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


W
Whitman College

$7,110 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$15,182 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$21,795 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$33,798 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


B
Bates College

$4,702 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


C
Centre College

$17,930 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$6,180 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$13,031 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


C
Concordia College at Moorhead

$38,780 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$24,806 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota Wesleyan University

$36,480 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


S
St John's College

$30,338 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$37,400 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate