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Penn Comparisons

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$37,844 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$36,452 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


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West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$48,496 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$48,496 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Abington

$41,528 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Harrisburg

$40,824 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Altoona

$40,824 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Brandywine

$41,588 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Erie Behrend College

$40,824 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Lehigh Valley

$41,588 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Berks

$40,824 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State York

$41,588 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Hazleton

$41,588 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Greater Allegheny

$42,388 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$42,552 lower in-state tuition
91% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Beaver

$42,388 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Wilkes Barre

$42,388 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

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Villanova University

$4,556 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


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Carnegie Mellon University

$3,652 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$383 higher in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$5,196 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$2,758 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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Lafayette College

$1,898 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


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Swarthmore College

$2,716 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Haverford College

$6,638 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Muhlenberg College

$1,058 higher in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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Gettysburg College

$5,548 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

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


B
Bryn Mawr College

$1,788 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


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Allegheny College

$3,262 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


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Ursinus College

$1,804 higher in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


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Grove City College

$36,222 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$49,193 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Virginia Tech

$44,108 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$46,517 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$49,677 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$39,232 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$42,842 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$49,142 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Binghamton

$49,142 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$40,026 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$38,778 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$43,312 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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University at Buffalo

$49,142 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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University of Connecticut

$40,540 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$56,212 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$39,932 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$47,156 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


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New Jersey Institute of Technology

$41,014 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$49,282 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$56,212 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$56,212 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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St Mary's College of Maryland

$44,096 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

$49,142 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Harvard University

$3,553 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$828 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$4,223 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$1,198 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$4,268 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$4,838 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Yale University

$6,038 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$6,244 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$5,660 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$2,228 higher in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$6,738 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$6,468 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$1,378 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$2,888 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$6,358 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$708 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$5,898 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$4,475 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$7,592 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$223 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$3,924 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$7,692 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$4,338 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$4,266 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$3,142 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$7,628 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$1,268 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$7,288 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$288 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$4,118 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$2,388 higher in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$5,512 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$3,997 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


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Seton Hall University

$9,832 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


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Williams College

$5,238 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$768 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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Marist College

$12,312 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


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Rochester Institute of Technology

$2,492 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$7,510 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$4,378 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Skidmore College

$4,920 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$2,582 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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Pratt Institute Main

$637 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


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Wellesley College

$5,372 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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The New School

$3,286 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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Middlebury College

$5,788 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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Ithaca College

$8,086 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$5,838 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$212 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Stanford University

$1,481 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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University of Southern California

$7,256 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$4,967 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Northwestern University

$6,179 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Washington University in St Louis

$3,208 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate