Pennsylvania Universities and Colleges


Pennsylvania has a long and rich history of higher education. The state has over 200 colleges and universities, including some of the most prestigious institutions in the nation. The University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1740, is one of the oldest universities in the country and consistently ranks among the top universities in the world. Penn State University, founded in 1855, is the largest public university in the state and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. It is well-known for its academic excellence, research opportunities, and vibrant campus life. Other notable universities in Pennsylvania include Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, Lehigh University, and Temple University.

Pennsylvania is also home to many smaller, private liberal arts colleges. These include Swarthmore College, Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College, and Dickinson College. These institutions offer a rigorous academic curriculum as well as a variety of extracurricular activities.

Pennsylvania also has a wide range of community colleges and technical schools. These institutions offer two-year associate's degrees, certificates, and diplomas in a variety of fields. They are a great way for students to get a head start on their college education.

Pennsylvania's higher education system also includes a number of specialty schools. These include the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the Philadelphia College of Art. These schools provide students with a specialized education in their chosen fields.

In addition to its traditional colleges and universities, Pennsylvania also has a number of online schools. These schools offer flexible schedules and allow students to complete their degrees on their own time.

Pennsylvania's higher education system is diverse and offers something for everyone. Whether you're looking for a large public university, a small liberal arts college, or an online school, Pennsylvania has it all.


Pennsylvania Cities with 4-Year Colleges

Abington | Allentown | Altoona | Ambridge | Annville | Aston | Beaver Falls | Bethlehem | Bloomsburg | Blue Bell | Bradford | Bryn Athyn | Bryn Mawr | California | Carlisle | Center Valley | Chambersburg | Chester | Cheyney | Clarion | Clarks Summit | Collegeville | Cresson | Dallas | Doylestown | DuBois | Dunmore | East Stroudsburg | Easton | Edinboro | Elizabethtown | Elkins Park | Erie | Ft. Washington | Gettysburg | Glenside | Greensburg | Greenville | Grove City | Gwynedd Valley | Harrisburg | Haverford | Hazleton | Hershey | Huntingdon | Immaculata | Indiana | Jenkintown | Johnstown | King of Prussia | Kutztown | La Plume | Lancaster | Langhorne | Latrobe | Lehman | Lemont Furnace | Lewisburg | Lincoln University | Lock Haven | Loretto | Malvern | Mansfield | McKeesport | Meadville | Mechanicsburg | Media | Melrose Park | Middletown | Millersville | Monaca | Mont Alto | Moon Township | Myerstown | New Kensington | New Wilmington | Oakdale | Philadelphia | Phoenixville | Pittsburgh | Radnor | Reading | Rosemont | Saint Davids | Schuylkill Haven | Scranton | Selinsgrove | Sharon | Shippensburg | Slippery Rock | Summerdale | Swarthmore | Trevose | University Park | Villanova | Washington | Waynesburg | West Chester | Wilkes-Barre | Williamsport | Wyncote | Wynnewood | York |

Pennsylvania Universities and Colleges

School City Enroll In-State Cost Out-State Cost
Academy of Vocal Arts Philadelphia 24 $0 $0
Albright College Reading 1,584 $42,838 $42,838
Allegheny College Meadville 1,667 $67,560 $67,560
Alvernia University Reading 2,560 $55,310 $55,310
American College of Financial Services King of Prussia 5,723 $0 $0
Arcadia University Glenside 3,300 $61,970 $61,970
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg 8,427 $25,996 $37,820
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn 287 $41,625 $41,625
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr 1,634 $73,540 $73,540
Bucknell University Lewisburg 3,726 $75,922 $75,922
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius Pittsburgh 47 $0 $0
Cabrini University Radnor 2,009 $49,710 $49,710
Cairn University-Langhorne Langhorne 1,229 $43,862 $43,862
California University of Pennsylvania California 6,885 $27,526 $32,144
Carlow University Pittsburgh 1,976 $47,188 $47,188
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh 13,519 $76,435 $76,435
Cedar Crest College Allentown 1,433 $57,739 $57,739
Central Penn College Summerdale 963 $28,830 $28,830
Chatham University Pittsburgh 2,353 $55,128 $55,128
Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia 1,528 $58,396 $58,396
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney 623 $26,311 $31,568
Clarion University of Pennsylvania Clarion 4,465 $28,389 $33,268
Clarks Summit University Clarks Summit 768 $35,272 $35,272
Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia 145 $24,539 $24,539
DeSales University Center Valley 3,302 $57,194 $57,194
DeVry University-Pennsylvania Ft. Washington 115 $0 $0
Delaware Valley University Doylestown 2,303 $58,270 $58,270
Dickinson College Carlisle 1,932 $74,422 $74,422
Drexel University Philadelphia 23,589 $75,146 $75,146
Duquesne University Pittsburgh 8,830 $59,104 $59,104
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg 5,835 $26,721 $35,259
Eastern University Saint Davids 3,504 $51,375 $51,375
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro 4,319 $24,738 $29,256
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown 1,881 $47,170 $47,170
Evangelical Theological Seminary Myerstown 179 $0 $0
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster 2,254 $77,982 $77,982
Gannon University Erie 4,251 $53,576 $53,576
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Scranton 607 $0 $0
Geneva College Beaver Falls 1,349 $42,690 $42,690
Gettysburg College Gettysburg 2,507 $74,460 $74,460
Gratz College Melrose Park 454 $0 $0
Grove City College Grove City 2,277 $31,090 $31,090
Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley 2,737 $54,097 $54,097
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg 3,997 $35,550 $35,550
Haverford College Haverford 1,307 $78,628 $78,628
Holy Family University Philadelphia 3,087 $48,226 $48,226
Hussian College-Philadelphia Philadelphia 101 $0 $0
Immaculata University Immaculata 2,563 $46,470 $46,470
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana 10,037 $28,960 $34,713
International Institute for Restorative Practices Bethlehem 185 $0 $0
Juniata College Huntingdon 1,356 $64,475 $64,475
Keystone College La Plume 1,386 $32,500 $32,500
King's College Wilkes-Barre 2,320 $58,088 $58,088
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown 7,890 $28,504 $32,612
La Roche University Pittsburgh 1,292 $46,220 $46,220
La Salle University Philadelphia 4,624 $49,647 $49,647
Lackawanna College Scranton 2,043 $31,252 $31,252
Lafayette College Easton 2,514 $73,258 $73,258
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Erie 4,336 $0 $0
Lancaster Bible College Lancaster 2,038 $40,010 $40,010
Lancaster Theological Seminary Lancaster 99 $0 $0
Lebanon Valley College Annville 1,959 $62,212 $62,212
Lehigh University Bethlehem 7,067 $72,065 $72,065
Lincoln University Lincoln University 2,077 $24,134 $30,336
Lock Haven University Lock Haven 3,163 $27,595 $37,419
Lycoming College Williamsport 1,065 $59,369 $59,369
Manor College Jenkintown 834 $0 $0
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Mansfield 1,784 $25,500 $28,066
Marywood University Scranton 2,613 $54,416 $54,416
Mercyhurst University Erie 2,790 $59,579 $59,579
Messiah University Mechanicsburg 3,370 $51,670 $51,670
Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville 7,456 $29,321 $39,291
Misericordia University Dallas 2,374 $52,530 $52,530
Missio Theological Seminary Philadelphia 223 $0 $0
Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia 389 $64,842 $64,842
Moravian College Bethlehem 2,605 $65,268 $65,268
Mount Aloysius College Cresson 2,806 $41,163 $41,163
Muhlenberg College Allentown 2,067 $68,311 $68,311
Neumann University Aston 2,506 $50,920 $50,920
Peirce College Philadelphia 1,046 $0 $0
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia 188 $62,908 $62,908
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster 242 $40,988 $40,988
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Lancaster 2,011 $0 $0
Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport 4,565 $34,519 $42,079
Pennsylvania State University-College of Medicine Hershey 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson Law Carlisle 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley Malvern 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Lehman 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York 0 $0 $0
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park 0 $0 $0
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia 3,133 $0 $0
Pittsburgh Technical College Oakdale 1,559 $34,984 $34,984
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Pittsburgh 209 $0 $0
Point Park University Pittsburgh 3,591 $49,460 $49,460
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Wyncote 43 $0 $0
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary Pittsburgh 0 $0 $0
Robert Morris University Moon Township 4,134 $49,092 $49,092
Rosemont College Rosemont 777 $36,798 $36,798
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook Wynnewood 180 $42,404 $42,404
Saint Francis University Loretto 2,769 $58,012 $58,012
Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia 6,779 $65,606 $65,606
Saint Vincent College Latrobe 1,634 $53,330 $53,330
Saint Vincent Seminary Latrobe 54 $0 $0
Salus University Elkins Park 1,280 $0 $0
Seton Hill University Greensburg 1,935 $54,226 $54,226
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg 6,130 $29,772 $30,500
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock 8,860 $24,572 $28,680
Strayer University-Pennsylvania Trevose 2,190 $0 $0
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove 2,241 $67,500 $67,500
Swarthmore College Swarthmore 1,437 $73,689 $73,689
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Philadelphia 132 $20,600 $20,600
Temple University Philadelphia 37,236 $35,704 $48,616
The Pennsylvania State University University Park 89,816 $34,459 $43,847
The University of the Arts Philadelphia 1,530 $68,144 $68,144
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church Blue Bell 18 $0 $0
Thiel College Greenville 768 $51,316 $51,316
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia 8,286 $61,627 $61,627
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry Ambridge 160 $0 $0
United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg 390 $0 $0
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 26,552 $81,110 $81,110
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford 1,305 $29,338 $40,806
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg 1,408 $30,628 $42,096
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown 2,356 $29,794 $41,262
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh 32,277 $35,146 $49,174
University of Scranton Scranton 4,957 $65,902 $65,902
University of Valley Forge Phoenixville 557 $41,306 $41,306
University of the Sciences Philadelphia 2,375 $50,627 $50,627
Ursinus College Collegeville 1,493 $72,062 $72,062
Villanova University Villanova 11,032 $75,835 $75,835
Walnut Hill College Philadelphia 159 $39,963 $39,963
Washington & Jefferson College Washington 1,167 $64,594 $64,594
Waynesburg University Waynesburg 1,576 $39,880 $39,880
West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester 17,719 $28,121 $39,945
Westminster College New Wilmington 1,228 $51,475 $51,475
Westminster Theological Seminary Glenside 854 $0 $0
Widener University Chester 6,150 $65,390 $65,390
Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre 4,781 $58,945 $58,945
Wilson College Chambersburg 1,535 $40,611 $40,611
Won Institute of Graduate Studies Glenside 124 $0 $0
Yeshivath Beth Moshe Scranton 42 $17,500 $17,500
York College of Pennsylvania York 4,039 $36,640 $36,640


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Pennsylvania Cities with 4-Year Colleges

Abington | Allentown | Altoona | Ambridge | Annville | Aston | Beaver Falls | Bethlehem | Bloomsburg | Blue Bell | Bradford | Bryn Athyn | Bryn Mawr | California | Carlisle | Center Valley | Chambersburg | Chester | Cheyney | Clarion | Clarks Summit | Collegeville | Cresson | Dallas | Doylestown | DuBois | Dunmore | East Stroudsburg | Easton | Edinboro | Elizabethtown | Elkins Park | Erie | Ft. Washington | Gettysburg | Glenside | Greensburg | Greenville | Grove City | Gwynedd Valley | Harrisburg | Haverford | Hazleton | Hershey | Huntingdon | Immaculata | Indiana | Jenkintown | Johnstown | King of Prussia | Kutztown | La Plume | Lancaster | Langhorne | Latrobe | Lehman | Lemont Furnace | Lewisburg | Lincoln University | Lock Haven | Loretto | Malvern | Mansfield | McKeesport | Meadville | Mechanicsburg | Media | Melrose Park | Middletown | Millersville | Monaca | Mont Alto | Moon Township | Myerstown | New Kensington | New Wilmington | Oakdale | Philadelphia | Phoenixville | Pittsburgh | Radnor | Reading | Rosemont | Saint Davids | Schuylkill Haven | Scranton | Selinsgrove | Sharon | Shippensburg | Slippery Rock | Summerdale | Swarthmore | Trevose | University Park | Villanova | Washington | Waynesburg | West Chester | Wilkes-Barre | Williamsport | Wyncote | Wynnewood | York |