Lafayette College Comparisons

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Easton, PA
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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges for Lafayette College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$44,754 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$43,472 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	$54,623 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	$54,084 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Abington Abington, PA	$50,130 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	$49,426 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA	$49,426 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Brandywine Media, PA	$50,190 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Erie Behrend College Erie, PA	$49,426 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA	$50,190 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown Johnstown, PA	$50,492 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Berks Reading, PA	$49,426 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA	$50,190 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA	$50,190 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State York York, PA	$50,190 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA	$50,190 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Shenango Sharon, PA	$51,374 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA	$50,990 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA	$50,990 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Greensburg, PA	$50,688 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA	$50,990 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA	$50,990 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Wilkes Barre Dallas, PA	$51,118 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Fayette Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA	$50,990 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges for Lafayette College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$3,288 higher in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$2,378 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$848 higher in-state tuition	19% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$2,986 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$2,414 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$418 lower in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$96 higher in-state tuition	24% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$5,290 higher in-state tuition	19% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	$16,412 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$2,593 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$1,242 higher in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	$12,138 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$252 higher in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$5,396 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$522 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Allegheny College Meadville, PA	$8,848 lower in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	$4,188 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	$23,158 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA	$12,586 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania	$43,698 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	$17,893 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Lafayette College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$53,589 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$43,595 lower in-state tuition	14% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$48,588 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$51,178 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$54,467 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$54,831 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$47,626 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	$51,148 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$39,484 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$47,469 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$54,462 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$58,016 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$44,354 lower in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$65,398 lower in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$46,340 lower in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	$45,766 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$52,142 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$45,424 lower in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$58,058 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$57,934 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$50,758 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$65,398 lower in-state tuition	19% lower acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$56,445 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of New Hampshire Main Campus Durham, NH	$46,196 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA	$48,432 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	$56,399 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$57,946 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	$56,826 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	$49,694 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	$55,406 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$56,567 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut	$65,398 lower in-state tuition	9% lower acceptance rate	Compare
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	$50,100 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$56,773 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Lafayette College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$3,722 lower in-state tuition	27% lower acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$2,602 lower in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$2,710 lower in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$168 lower in-state tuition	25% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston University Boston, MA	$2,704 higher in-state tuition	20% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$1,852 higher in-state tuition	27% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$3,916 higher in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$2,619 higher in-state tuition	18% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$130 higher in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$5,304 higher in-state tuition	15% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$6,014 higher in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$3,002 lower in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$764 higher in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$6,447 higher in-state tuition	27% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$483 lower in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$2,312 higher in-state tuition	16% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$2,870 higher in-state tuition	26% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$5,306 higher in-state tuition	20% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	$2,710 lower in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Emerson College Boston, MA	$8,342 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$4,908 higher in-state tuition	17% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$1,682 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$4,490 higher in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$6,627 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$5,632 higher in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$8,246 lower in-state tuition	14% lower acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's University New York Queens, NY	$12,378 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Amherst College Amherst, MA	$5,082 higher in-state tuition	22% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$4,398 lower in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$168 lower in-state tuition	9% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$1,317 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pace University New York, NY	$12,108 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$2,682 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$7,738 lower in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$12,228 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$3,162 higher in-state tuition	23% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$1,210 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Providence College Providence, RI	$1,848 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY	$17,648 lower in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$6,124 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$4,944 higher in-state tuition	15% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$2,647 higher in-state tuition	17% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$1,892 higher in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Adelphi University Garden City, NY	$16,288 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	$11,998 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$7,048 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$3,553 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$1,778 higher in-state tuition	17% lower acceptance rate	Compare
The New School New York, NY	$6,704 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Lafayette College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Davidson College Davidson, NC	$988 lower in-state tuition	18% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	$876 higher in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wheaton College Wheaton, IL	$19,852 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Trinity University San Antonio, TX	$11,722 lower in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$1,968 higher in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Reed College Portland, OR	$3,952 higher in-state tuition	6% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Colby College Waterville, ME	$4,202 higher in-state tuition	24% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fisk University Nashville, TN	$39,540 lower in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Scripps College Claremont, CA	$552 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA	$11,814 lower in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Denison University Granville, OH	$1,602 higher in-state tuition	14% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	$2,708 higher in-state tuition	16% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$6,122 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rhodes College Memphis, TN	$8,288 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Furman University Greenville, SC	$5,628 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Willamette University Salem, OR	$14,242 lower in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	$2,706 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$3,758 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO	$5,336 higher in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Whitman College Walla Walla, WA	$1,348 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN	$6,749 lower in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	$26,670 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Beloit College Beloit, WI	$4,512 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Centre College Danville, KY	$12,578 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Oakland Oakland, CA	$2,380 higher in-state tuition	14% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Knox College Galesburg, IL	$7,495 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St. John's College Santa Fe, NM	$24,894 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME	$17,401 lower in-state tuition	39% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hillsdale College Hillsdale, Michigan	$32,209 lower in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare

Data source: NCES / IPEDS https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=213385.

Last updated: August 2026