Colleges Near Lancaster
5 colleges are in Lancaster, and 45 total within 50 miles enrolling 209,961 students.
Franklin and Marshall College is the nearest college in Lancaster. Lancaster (pop. 59,322) is in Pennsylvania.
Lancaster Bible College enrolls the most students with 2,519. Harford Community College in Bel Air has the lowest tuition at $6,432 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Lancaster. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Lancaster. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Lancaster.
Harford Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Bel Air, MD
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- 33 miles from Lancaster
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business programs. The suburban campus is in Bel Air northeast of Baltimore.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,960
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Harrisburg, PA
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1.0 | 4 reviews
- 34 miles from Lancaster
Harrisburg University is a private university known for undergraduate computer science, information sciences, and biotechnology. The urban campus is in downtown Harrisburg.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 87%
- Net Price $15,984
Harrisburg Area Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Harrisburg, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 36 miles from Lancaster
HACC is a community college known for associate degree programs in nursing, allied health, and business. Most students commute to the Harrisburg campus and other locations across central Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $12,059
Messiah University
- Private 4 Year
- Mechanicsburg, PA
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- 37 miles from Lancaster
Messiah is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and music. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in the Harrisburg suburbs.
- SAT Range 1110-1350
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $29,408
University of Delaware
- Public 4 Year
- Newark, DE
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- 38 miles from Lancaster
Delaware is a large public university known for undergraduate chemical engineering, business, and fashion studies. The campus is set in the college town of Newark.
- SAT Range 1190-1370
- Avg GPA 3.94
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $19,139
Goldey Beacom College
- Private 4 Year
- Wilmington, DE
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- 38 miles from Lancaster
Goldey-Beacom is a private college known for undergraduate business, accounting, and management. The suburban campus sits in the Pike Creek area of Wilmington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Acceptance Rate 85%
- Net Price $15,688
Immaculata University
- Private 4 Year
- Immaculata, PA
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3.0 | 4 reviews
- 39 miles from Lancaster
Immaculata is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The suburban Chester County campus was a women's college for most of its history before becoming coeducational.
- SAT Range 1156-1323
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $24,708
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- West Chester, PA
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- 38 miles from Lancaster
West Chester is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, music, and nursing. The campus sits in the historic borough of West Chester near Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1100-1270
- Avg GPA 3.43
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $22,546
University of Valley Forge
- Private 4 Year
- Phoenixville, PA
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2.6 | 7 reviews
- 40 miles from Lancaster
University of Valley Forge is a private Christian university known for undergraduate ministry, theology, and worship arts. The residential campus sits in suburban Phoenixville northwest of Philadelphia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Acceptance Rate 61%
- Net Price $27,083
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Cheyney, PA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 42 miles from Lancaster
Cheyney is a small public university and the nation's oldest HBCU, with undergraduate programs rooted in teacher education and the liberal arts. The suburban campus sits in Chester County west of Philadelphia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.37
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,207
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Public 4 Year
- Kutztown, PA
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- 42 miles from Lancaster
Kutztown is a public university known for undergraduate education, communication design, and the visual arts. The campus sits in a small college town in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1120-1310
- Avg GPA 3.31
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $22,134
Penn State Schuylkill
- Public 4 Year
- Schuylkill Haven, PA
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3.0 | 1 reviews
- 42 miles from Lancaster
Penn State Schuylkill is a small public Penn State campus known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The campus is set in the small town of Schuylkill Haven in eastern Pennsylvania.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 97%
- Net Price $19,039
Wilmington University
- Private 4 Year
- New Castle, DE
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 45 miles from Lancaster
Wilmington University is a private university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and education. The suburban main campus is in New Castle near Wilmington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $14,385
Goucher College
- Private 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 46 miles from Lancaster
Goucher is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate creative writing, dance, and international studies. Every undergraduate completes a required study abroad experience.
- SAT Range 1090-1325
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $26,913
Penn State Brandywine
- Public 4 Year
- Media, PA
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- 46 miles from Lancaster
Penn State Brandywine is a public university campus known for undergraduate business, information sciences and technology, and biology. The suburban campus is located near Philadelphia in Media.
- SAT Range 1080-1310
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 98%
- Net Price $22,710
Ursinus College
- Private 4 Year
- Collegeville, PA
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- 46 miles from Lancaster
Ursinus is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology, neuroscience, and a required first-year common curriculum. The residential campus sits in suburban Collegeville northwest of Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 1200-1385
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Acceptance Rate 92%
- Net Price $32,158
Towson University
- Public 4 Year
- Towson, MD
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3.8 | 4 reviews
- 48 miles from Lancaster
Towson is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and communications. The suburban campus sits just north of Baltimore.
- SAT Range 950-1235
- Avg GPA 3.69
- Acceptance Rate 82%
- Net Price $16,653
Neumann University
- Private 4 Year
- Aston, PA
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- 47 miles from Lancaster
Neumann is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The suburban Aston campus follows a Franciscan tradition just outside Philadelphia.
- SAT Range 905-1085
- Avg GPA 3.23
- Acceptance Rate 81%
- Net Price $28,469