Penn State Comparisons
Curious how Penn State Main Campus stacks up against other colleges? Compare Penn State to any three other US colleges using the College Simply compare tool, or compare with some of the pre-selected schools below.
Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
$7,846 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
$7,846 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
$9,700 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
$4,476 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
$4,476 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus
$714 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
$9,700 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate
Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges
Compare with Regional Public Colleges
New Jersey Institute of Technology
$3,242 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
$10,881 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate
State University of New York at New Paltz
$10,546 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
$10,546 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome
$10,546 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate
United States Coast Guard Academy
$17,416 lower in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate
University of Maryland Baltimore County
$8,882 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate
University of Maryland College Park
$8,765 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate
University of Massachusetts Amherst
$2,010 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$10,397 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate
University of Virginia Main Campus
$2,605 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate
Compare with Regional Private Colleges
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
$17,064 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate
Columbia University in the City of New York
$39,192 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
$27,134 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate
Franciscan University of Steubenville
$9,754 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
$36,540 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate
Lawrence Technological University
$14,954 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate
Long Island University C W Post Campus
$18,321 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate
Maryland Institute College of Art
$29,454 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate
New York Institute of Technology
$18,169 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate
New York School of Interior Design
$6,584 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate
Compare with National Colleges
Texas A & M University College Station
$9,108 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate
University of California Santa Cruz
$5,974 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate
University of Cincinnati Main Campus
$8,094 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate
University of Massachusetts Lowell
$2,706 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate
University of Missouri Kansas City
$10,605 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
$12,973 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
$12,628 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate
University of South Carolina Columbia
$5,198 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate
University of South Florida Main Campus
$12,857 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate
