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Colleges and universities in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is home to 307 Title IV-eligible colleges and universities, enrolling about 656,594 students in total.

Of these, 86 are public and 221 private. The largest by enrollment include PSUC, UPC, and Temple. Among institutions that report the figure, the median graduation rate is 66% and the median average net price is $20,010.

Institutions
307
indexed
Combined enrollment
656,594
students
Median grad rate
66%
reporting
Median net price
$20,010
reporting
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How the 307 institutions in Pennsylvania break down

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By control
Public
86
28% of all
State and locally governed
Private
221
72% of all
126 nonprofit · 95 for-profit
By level
4-year
145
47% of all
Bachelor's and above
2-year
73
24% of all
Associate degrees
Less-than-2-year
86
28% of all
Certificate programs

3 institutions have no reported level in IPEDS; they stay in the full list but not in the level slices.

145 institutions4-year · of 307

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Private (nonprofit)

Academy of Vocal Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
—
Net price
Grad-only
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Albright College

Reading, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
76.3%
Enrollment
1,380
Net price
$20,024
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Allegheny College

Meadville, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
73%
Admit rate
54.6%
Enrollment
1,171
Net price
$22,940
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Alvernia University

Reading, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
58.1%
Enrollment
2,796
Net price
$28,138
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Private (nonprofit)

American College of Financial Services

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
No freshman cohort
Admit rate
No freshman entry
Enrollment
5,514
Net price
No federal aid
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Arcadia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
67%
Admit rate
80.2%
Enrollment
3,404
Net price
$29,466
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
68%
Admit rate
82.9%
Enrollment
255
Net price
$20,586
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
82%
Admit rate
29.4%
Enrollment
1,679
Net price
$31,759
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
86%
Admit rate
28.9%
Enrollment
3,969
Net price
$40,766
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Private (nonprofit)

Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
24
Net price
Grad-only
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Cairn University - Langhorne

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
88.2%
Enrollment
1,097
Net price
$27,642
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
87.0%
Enrollment
2,416
Net price
$20,786
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
94%
Admit rate
11.7%
Enrollment
15,888
Net price
$31,944
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Cedar Crest College

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
84.1%
Enrollment
1,290
Net price
$18,659
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BaccalaureatePrivate (for-profit)

Central Penn College

Summerdale, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
51%
Admit rate
18.5%
Enrollment
684
Net price
$18,953
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
63%
Admit rate
62.0%
Enrollment
2,309
Net price
$29,954
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
49%
Admit rate
74.5%
Enrollment
1,288
Net price
$27,970
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BaccalaureatePublicHBCU

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Cheyney, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
41%
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
617
Net price
$14,265
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Public

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
93.1%
Enrollment
11,092
Net price
$15,699
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Private (nonprofit)

Curtis Institute of Music

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
96%
Admit rate
4.6%
Enrollment
161
Net price
Not reported
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
93.2%
Enrollment
2,199
Net price
$28,278
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

DeSales University

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
72%
Admit rate
77.1%
Enrollment
2,972
Net price
$31,643
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Dickinson College

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
80%
Admit rate
42.1%
Enrollment
2,314
Net price
$37,607
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R1 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
78%
Admit rate
79.4%
Enrollment
21,153
Net price
$38,509
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R2 ResearchPrivate (nonprofit)

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
77%
Admit rate
83.6%
Enrollment
8,234
Net price
$37,730
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
43%
Admit rate
92.0%
Enrollment
5,633
Net price
$18,134
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)HSI

Eastern University

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
90.8%
Enrollment
8,727
Net price
$26,662
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
76%
Admit rate
77.9%
Enrollment
2,283
Net price
$26,598
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
84%
Admit rate
28.2%
Enrollment
1,808
Net price
$36,425
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Gannon University

Erie, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
66%
Admit rate
74.2%
Enrollment
4,189
Net price
$22,553
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Private (nonprofit)

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
Not reported
Admit rate
Open admission
Enrollment
665
Net price
$23,384
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
79.0%
Enrollment
1,366
Net price
$25,890
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
38.9%
Enrollment
2,812
Net price
$31,490
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Gratz College

Melrose Park, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
No freshman cohort
Admit rate
No freshman entry
Enrollment
449
Net price
No freshman cohort
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Grove City College

Grove City, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
83%
Admit rate
72.3%
Enrollment
2,383
Net price
No federal aid
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Gwynedd Mercy University

Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
89.6%
Enrollment
2,017
Net price
$27,483
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
34%
Admit rate
87.4%
Enrollment
3,650
Net price
$15,376
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Haverford College

Haverford, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
90%
Admit rate
12.4%
Enrollment
1,431
Net price
$25,314
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

Holy Family University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
61%
Admit rate
71.0%
Enrollment
3,225
Net price
$13,143
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

Immaculata University

Immaculata, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
71%
Admit rate
85.8%
Enrollment
2,512
Net price
$24,258
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R2 ResearchPublic

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
56%
Admit rate
90.8%
Enrollment
9,073
Net price
$16,804
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Private (nonprofit)

International Institute for Restorative Practices

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
Grad-only
Admit rate
Grad-only
Enrollment
110
Net price
Grad-only
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Juniata College

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
74%
Admit rate
78.9%
Enrollment
1,321
Net price
$23,988
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BaccalaureatePrivate (nonprofit)

Keystone College

La Plume, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
36%
Admit rate
84.8%
Enrollment
952
Net price
$22,051
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

King's College

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
60%
Admit rate
93.1%
Enrollment
1,939
Net price
$23,093
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsPublic

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
54%
Admit rate
90.8%
Enrollment
7,467
Net price
$21,331
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Masters Colleges & Universities: Small ProgramsPrivate (nonprofit)

La Roche University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
75.8%
Enrollment
2,153
Net price
$20,794
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Doctoral/ProfessionalPrivate (nonprofit)

La Salle University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Grad rate
57%
Admit rate
96.6%
Enrollment
3,153
Net price
$19,409
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Frequently asked questions

How many colleges and universities are in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania has 307 Title IV-eligible institutions in this dataset, drawn from IPEDS and College Scorecard. Together they enroll about 656,594 students.
What are the largest universities in Pennsylvania?
By total enrollment, the largest institutions in Pennsylvania are PSUC, UPC, Temple, University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel.
What is the average graduation rate and net price in Pennsylvania?
The median graduation rate among institutions that report one is 66%, and the median average net price is $20,010. Figures come from IPEDS and College Scorecard.
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