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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$38,948 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$38,466 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


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West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$50,904 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$50,904 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Abington

$43,936 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Harrisburg

$43,232 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Altoona

$43,232 lower in-state tuition
91% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Brandywine

$43,996 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Erie Behrend College

$43,232 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Lehigh Valley

$43,996 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$44,960 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Bradford

$44,960 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Berks

$43,232 lower in-state tuition
91% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Worthington Scranton

$43,996 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State York

$43,996 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Hazleton

$43,996 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State New Kensington

$44,796 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$44,960 lower in-state tuition
92% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Beaver

$44,796 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Wilkes Barre

$44,796 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Dubois

$44,796 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus

$44,796 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

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Villanova University

$5,186 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Carnegie Mellon University

$3,640 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$327 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$5,798 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$2,560 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


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Lafayette College

$2,862 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Swarthmore College

$3,372 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$8,902 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Muhlenberg College

$885 higher in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$5,610 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

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


B
Bryn Mawr College

$2,570 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Ursinus College

$576 higher in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


M
Moore College of Art and Design

$10,364 lower in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


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Grove City College

$37,730 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$51,601 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Virginia Tech

$45,922 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$48,731 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$52,085 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$41,130 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$44,580 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$51,550 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$51,550 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$42,029 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$40,368 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$44,946 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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University at Buffalo

$51,550 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$51,690 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$42,288 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$58,620 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$42,340 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$49,382 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


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New Jersey Institute of Technology

$43,004 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$51,690 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$51,690 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


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United States Military Academy

$58,620 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Purchase College

$51,550 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Geneseo

$51,550 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$51,690 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$58,620 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Harvard University

$4,351 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$1,818 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$4,830 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$1,090 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$4,220 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$5,178 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Yale University

$6,080 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$6,584 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$6,276 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$2,690 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$7,790 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$7,036 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$1,130 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$3,380 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$6,720 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$1,715 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$6,080 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$5,064 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$7,738 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$70 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$4,220 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$8,002 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$4,530 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$5,458 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$2,896 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$8,250 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$2,588 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$8,030 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$470 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$3,980 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$1,740 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$5,728 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$4,285 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


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Seton Hall University

$9,950 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


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Williams College

$5,920 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$1,210 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


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Marist College

$13,290 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


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Rochester Institute of Technology

$2,484 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$8,096 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$4,695 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$5,110 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$3,110 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


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Pratt Institute Main

$961 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$5,380 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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The New School

$3,710 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$6,180 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Ithaca College

$8,110 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$6,470 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$60 higher in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Stanford University

$3,111 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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University of Southern California

$8,020 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$5,181 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$6,267 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$1,300 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$3,130 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate