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Swarthmore Comparisons

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$42,320 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$41,838 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


W
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$54,276 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


K
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$54,276 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$47,308 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$46,604 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Altoona

$46,604 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$47,368 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$46,604 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$47,368 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$48,332 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Bradford

$48,332 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$46,604 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Worthington Scranton

$47,368 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State York

$47,368 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$47,368 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State New Kensington

$48,168 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$48,332 lower in-state tuition
91% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$48,168 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Wilkes Barre

$48,168 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Dubois

$48,168 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Fayette Eberly Campus

$48,168 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

P
University of Pennsylvania

$3,372 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$1,814 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$268 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$3,699 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$2,426 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$812 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$510 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$5,530 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$14,846 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$2,487 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$2,238 higher in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$6,188 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$802 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$7,692 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$2,796 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


M
Moore College of Art and Design

$13,736 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


G
Grove City College

$41,102 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Jefferson University

$17,592 lower in-state tuition
79% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$54,973 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$49,294 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$52,103 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$55,457 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$44,502 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$47,952 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$54,922 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$54,922 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$45,401 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$43,740 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$48,318 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$54,922 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$55,062 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$45,660 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$61,992 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$45,712 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$52,754 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$46,376 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$55,062 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$55,062 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$61,992 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$54,922 lower in-state tuition
66% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$46,142 lower in-state tuition
78% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$54,922 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$55,062 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$61,992 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$7,723 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
New York University

$1,554 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$1,458 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$2,282 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$848 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$1,806 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$2,708 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$3,212 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$2,904 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$682 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$4,418 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$3,664 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$2,242 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$8 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$3,348 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$1,657 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$2,708 higher in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$1,692 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$4,366 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$3,302 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$7,592 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$4,630 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$1,158 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$2,086 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$6,268 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$4,878 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$5,960 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$4,658 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$3,842 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$608 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$1,632 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$2,356 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$7,657 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$13,322 lower in-state tuition
72% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$2,548 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$2,108 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$2,162 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$16,662 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$5,856 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$4,724 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$1,323 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$1,738 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$6,482 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$4,333 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$2,008 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$7,082 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$2,808 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$11,482 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$3,098 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

D
Davidson College

$2,482 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$1,176 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


P
Pomona College

$86 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$858 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$1,708 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


R
Reed College

$4,718 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$3,962 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$1,798 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$3,051 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$1,808 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$1,224 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


G
Grinnell College

$2,350 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$7,038 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$2,686 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


C
Colorado College

$5,466 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$2,312 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Bates College

$1,486 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
Mills College

$8 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$31,212 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate