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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

$37,488 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$36,764 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


W
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$48,140 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


M
Millersville University of Pennsylvania

$46,286 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$42,462 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

P
University of Pennsylvania

$1,204 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$2,434 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$1,704 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$1,090 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$3,618 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$1,124 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$18 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$4,586 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$761 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$4,104 higher in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$30,056 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$3,946 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$744 higher in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


M
Messiah College

$18,426 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$48,837 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$44,106 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$46,856 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$49,321 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$39,846 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$42,876 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$46,346 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$48,786 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$48,786 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$40,065 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$38,422 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$43,320 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$48,786 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$48,926 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$40,826 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$55,856 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$39,464 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$42,253 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$46,978 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$41,066 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$48,926 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$55,856 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$40,778 lower in-state tuition
77% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$55,856 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$43,740 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

$48,786 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$4,713 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
New York University

$2,086 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$2,229 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$154 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$2,864 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,704 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$4,094 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$4,430 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$3,928 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$64 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$4,674 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$5,088 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$346 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$644 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

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


F
Fordham University

$1,126 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$3,924 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$3,097 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$5,790 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$636 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$4,592 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$5,738 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$2,420 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$1,878 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$3,314 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$6,084 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$912 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$4,844 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$946 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$2,714 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$1,244 higher in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$3,552 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$7,541 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$11,436 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$1,836 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$13,206 lower in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$3,826 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$5,593 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$2,404 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$3,208 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$3,786 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$2,290 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$4,568 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$4,728 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$3,474 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$3,524 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$1,076 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$2,756 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$12,116 lower in-state tuition
80% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

C
California Institute of Technology

$508 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


P
Pomona College

$428 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$1,974 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$4,546 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$2,784 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$3,994 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$2,020 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$2,368 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


G
Grinnell College

$2,300 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$7,204 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhodes College

$5,256 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$4,432 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate