Most Selective Universities in Pennsylvania

Rankings based on government-verified data for qualifying institutions in Pennsylvania.

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#	Institution	Tuition	Avg Earnings	Grad Rate	State
1	University of Pennsylvania Private Non-Profit	$66,104	$90,555	97%	PA
2	Swarthmore College Private Non-Profit	$62,412	$56,211	94%	PA
3	Curtis Institute of Music Private Non-Profit	$6,000	$31,201	89%	PA
4	Carnegie Mellon University Private Non-Profit	$63,829	$105,360	92%	PA
5	Haverford College Private Non-Profit	$68,300	$53,353	90%	PA
6	Villanova University Private Non-Profit	$64,701	$84,905	92%	PA
7	Central Penn College Private For-Profit	$19,404	$40,798	36%	PA
8	Lehigh University Private Non-Profit	$62,180	$88,810	90%	PA
9	Bryn Mawr College Private Non-Profit	$62,560	$53,102	84%	PA
10	Lafayette College Private Non-Profit	$62,574	$80,614	89%	PA
11	Franklin and Marshall College Private Non-Profit	$68,380	$62,544	86%	PA
12	Bucknell University Private Non-Profit	$64,772	$78,852	86%	PA
13	Dickinson College Private Non-Profit	$63,475	$57,110	84%	PA
14	Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Private Non-Profit	$31,370	$23,638	62%	PA
15	Gettysburg College Private Non-Profit	$64,230	$57,274	82%	PA
16	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Public	$21,524	$54,240	84%	PA
17	Moravian University Private Non-Profit	$52,000	$53,471	71%	PA
18	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Public	$20,234	$55,620	84%	PA
19	Allegheny College Private Non-Profit	$54,960	$45,603	67%	PA
20	Saint Vincent College Private Non-Profit	$41,100	$47,267	74%	PA
21	Moore College of Art and Design Private Non-Profit	$50,279	$30,512	63%	PA
22	Alvernia University Private Non-Profit	$42,810	$49,938	61%	PA
23	Muhlenberg College Private Non-Profit	$60,240	$53,265	82%	PA
24	Lycoming College Private Non-Profit	$47,675	$43,713	62%	PA
25	Chatham University Private Non-Profit	$43,810	$48,709	67%	PA
26	Thiel College Private Non-Profit	$36,864	$40,686	43%	PA
27	Juniata College Private Non-Profit	$56,402	$48,571	70%	PA
28	Grove City College Private Non-Profit	$20,890	$0	80%	PA
29	Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Private Non-Profit	$27,804	$32,083	48%	PA
30	Holy Family University Private Non-Profit	$33,968	$55,285	60%	PA
31	Lebanon Valley College Private Non-Profit	$50,320	$54,021	71%	PA
32	Rosemont College Private Non-Profit	$22,171	$40,852	43%	PA
33	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Public	$10,507	$45,398	66%	PA
34	Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Private Non-Profit	$10,869	$0	71%	PA
35	Seton Hill University Private Non-Profit	$41,414	$43,700	71%	PA
36	Neumann University Private Non-Profit	$37,300	$48,556	50%	PA
37	Gannon University Private Non-Profit	$37,951	$55,319	70%	PA
38	Elizabethtown College Private Non-Profit	$36,842	$54,833	77%	PA
39	Saint Francis University Private Non-Profit	$41,720	$56,920	72%	PA
40	Drexel University Private Non-Profit	$60,663	$69,063	78%	PA
41	La Roche University Private Non-Profit	$33,120	$45,308	56%	PA
42	University of Valley Forge Private Non-Profit	$24,510	$35,671	48%	PA
43	Lincoln University Public	$12,512	$32,865	49%	PA
44	Immaculata University Private Non-Profit	$28,550	$56,416	63%	PA
45	Messiah University Private Non-Profit	$40,640	$50,192	78%	PA
46	DeSales University Private Non-Profit	$44,800	$52,721	69%	PA
47	Susquehanna University Private Non-Profit	$57,400	$51,535	75%	PA
48	Duquesne University Private Non-Profit	$47,146	$62,627	77%	PA
49	Chestnut Hill College Private Non-Profit	$39,410	$45,221	59%	PA
50	Arcadia University Private Non-Profit	$48,290	$44,004	64%	PA

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This ranking is based on data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which provides comprehensive information about colleges and universities across the country.

Institutions are ranked by most selective metrics using the most recently available data. Only institutions with complete data for the ranking criteria are included.

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