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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges for Swarthmore College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$44,850 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$43,568 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	$54,719 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	$54,180 lower in-state tuition	84% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Abington Abington, PA	$50,226 lower in-state tuition	90% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	$49,522 lower in-state tuition	91% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA	$49,522 lower in-state tuition	91% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Brandywine Media, PA	$50,286 lower in-state tuition	91% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Erie Behrend College Erie, PA	$49,522 lower in-state tuition	90% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA	$50,286 lower in-state tuition	90% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Berks Reading, PA	$49,522 lower in-state tuition	92% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA	$50,286 lower in-state tuition	92% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State York York, PA	$50,286 lower in-state tuition	90% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA	$50,286 lower in-state tuition	89% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA	$51,086 lower in-state tuition	89% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA	$51,086 lower in-state tuition	88% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg Greensburg, PA	$50,784 lower in-state tuition	88% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA	$51,086 lower in-state tuition	89% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA	$51,086 lower in-state tuition	91% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Wilkes Barre Dallas, PA	$51,214 lower in-state tuition	90% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Fayette Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA	$51,086 lower in-state tuition	88% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges for Swarthmore College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$3,192 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$2,282 higher in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$752 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$3,082 lower in-state tuition	72% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$2,318 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$514 lower in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$96 lower in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$5,194 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$2,689 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$1,146 higher in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$156 higher in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$5,300 higher in-state tuition	21% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$426 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	$4,284 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA	$12,682 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Grove City College Grove City, Pennsylvania	$43,794 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Swarthmore College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$56,500 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	$49,546 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$53,685 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$56,695 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$43,691 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$48,684 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$51,274 lower in-state tuition	80% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$54,563 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$54,927 lower in-state tuition	32% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$47,722 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$39,580 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$47,565 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$54,558 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$58,112 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$44,450 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$65,494 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$46,436 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$52,238 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$45,520 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$58,154 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$58,030 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$50,854 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$65,494 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$56,541 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA	$48,528 lower in-state tuition	76% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$56,663 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut	$65,494 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$56,869 lower in-state tuition	74% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Swarthmore College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$3,818 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$2,698 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Duke University Durham, NC	$3,264 higher in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$2,806 lower in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$264 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston University Boston, MA	$2,608 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$1,756 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$3,820 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$2,523 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$34 higher in-state tuition	39% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$5,208 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$5,918 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$3,098 lower in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$668 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$6,351 higher in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$579 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$2,216 higher in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$2,774 higher in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$5,210 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	$2,806 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Emerson College Boston, MA	$8,438 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$4,812 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$1,586 higher in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$4,394 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$6,723 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$5,536 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$8,342 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Amherst College Amherst, MA	$4,986 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$4,494 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$264 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$1,413 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$2,586 higher in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$7,834 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$12,324 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$3,066 higher in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$1,114 higher in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Providence College Providence, RI	$1,944 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$6,220 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$4,848 higher in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$2,551 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$1,796 higher in-state tuition	14% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$7,144 lower in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$3,649 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$1,682 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The New School New York, NY	$6,800 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$2,106 higher in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$11,954 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$3,466 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$2,032 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Swarthmore College
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Davidson College Davidson, NC	$1,084 lower in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	$404 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Pomona College Claremont, CA	$74 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Occidental College Los Angeles, CA	$780 higher in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$1,872 higher in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Reed College Portland, OR	$3,856 higher in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	$3,119 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colby College Waterville, ME	$4,106 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Carleton College Northfield, MN	$3,398 higher in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	$2,486 higher in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fisk University Nashville, TN	$39,636 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Scripps College Claremont, CA	$456 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Grinnell College Grinnell, IA	$2,612 higher in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Macalester College Saint Paul, MN	$2,610 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$2,338 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA	$26,766 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bates College Lewiston, ME	$1,096 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Oakland Oakland, CA	$2,284 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Data source: NCES / IPEDS https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=216287.

Last updated: August 2026