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#6 Best Private Colleges in Pennsylvania

F&M Comparisons

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$47,284 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$45,892 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


W
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$57,936 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


K
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$57,936 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


S
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

$56,082 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$50,968 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


M
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

$56,082 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$50,264 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Altoona

$50,264 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$51,028 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$50,264 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$51,028 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$51,992 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$50,264 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Worthington Scranton

$51,028 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State York

$51,028 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$51,028 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Greater Allegheny

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State New Kensington

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$51,992 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Mont Alto

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Wilkes Barre

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Dubois

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus

$51,828 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

P
University of Pennsylvania

$9,440 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$4,884 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$5,788 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$9,057 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$4,244 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$6,682 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$7,542 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$6,724 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$15,740 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$2,802 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$20,276 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$8,382 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$3,892 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$19,222 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$16,242 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$39,852 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$7,652 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$12,702 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$7,636 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


M
Messiah College

$27,102 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


J
Juniata College

$12,396 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


G
Grove City College

$45,662 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Jefferson University

$22,552 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$58,633 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$53,548 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$55,957 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$59,117 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$48,672 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$52,282 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$55,857 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$49,466 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$57,968 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$48,218 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$52,752 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$58,722 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$49,980 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$65,652 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$49,372 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$51,512 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$56,596 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$50,454 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$58,722 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$56,714 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$65,652 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
Salisbury University

$58,096 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$50,190 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$59,155 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$51,460 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$65,652 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$53,536 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$58,582 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


U
United States Merchant Marine Academy

$65,652 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$12,993 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


N
New York University

$10,268 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$5,217 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$8,242 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$5,172 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$4,602 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$3,402 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$3,196 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$3,780 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$7,212 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$2,702 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$2,972 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$8,062 lower in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$6,552 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$3,082 lower in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$8,732 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$3,542 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$23,918 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$4,965 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$1,848 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$9,217 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$13,364 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$1,748 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$5,102 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$5,174 lower in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$12,582 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$1,812 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$10,708 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$19,422 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$2,152 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$9,152 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$5,322 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$7,052 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$3,928 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$13,437 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$19,272 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$4,202 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$4,612 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$8,672 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$4,546 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$21,752 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$11,932 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$1,930 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$5,062 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$4,520 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$23,567 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$21,552 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$12,022 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$10,077 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

D
Davidson College

$9,102 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$5,682 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$23,662 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Dallas

$21,022 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity University

$17,004 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


R
Reed College

$1,202 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


F
Fisk University

$44,052 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$5,158 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


W
Westmont College

$16,812 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhodes College

$13,652 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


F
Furman University

$10,260 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$3,382 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
Colorado College

$1,098 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


W
Whitman College

$7,452 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$14,691 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$21,051 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


S
Soka University of America

$32,434 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Puget Sound

$8,322 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


P
Pacific Lutheran University

$16,180 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


C
Centre College

$17,582 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$36,312 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$11,985 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Aquinas College

$38,652 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


J
John Brown University

$37,228 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$13,191 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota Wesleyan University

$34,952 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


S
St John's College

$29,612 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate