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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

$40,560 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$39,168 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


W
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$51,212 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


K
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$51,212 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Abington

$44,244 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$43,540 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Altoona

$43,540 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$44,304 lower in-state tuition
89% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$43,540 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$44,304 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$43,540 lower in-state tuition
90% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Worthington Scranton

$44,304 lower in-state tuition
87% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State York

$44,304 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$44,304 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Greater Allegheny

$45,104 lower in-state tuition
81% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg

$45,268 lower in-state tuition
91% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$45,104 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Mont Alto

$45,104 lower in-state tuition
84% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Wilkes Barre

$45,104 lower in-state tuition
88% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

P
University of Pennsylvania

$2,716 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$1,840 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$936 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$2,333 lower in-state tuition
73% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$2,480 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$42 higher in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$818 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$3,922 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$1,658 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$2,832 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$6,724 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$928 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$5,978 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


U
Ursinus College

$912 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


G
Grove City College

$38,938 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$51,909 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$46,824 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$49,233 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$52,393 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$41,948 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$45,558 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


S
Stony Brook University

$51,858 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$51,858 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$42,742 lower in-state tuition
57% higher acceptance rate


W
College of William and Mary

$41,494 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$46,028 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$51,858 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$43,256 lower in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$58,928 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$42,648 lower in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$49,872 lower in-state tuition
74% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$43,730 lower in-state tuition
59% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$51,998 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$58,928 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$58,928 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$46,812 lower in-state tuition
70% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

$51,858 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$6,269 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
New York University

$3,544 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$1,507 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$1,518 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$1,552 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,122 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$3,322 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$3,528 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$2,944 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$488 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$4,022 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$3,752 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$1,338 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$172 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$3,642 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$2,008 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$3,182 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


E
Elon University

$17,194 lower in-state tuition
67% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$1,759 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$4,876 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$2,493 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$6,640 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$4,976 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$1,622 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$1,550 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$5,858 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$4,912 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$3,984 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$4,572 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$2,428 lower in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$1,402 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$328 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$2,796 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$6,713 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$12,548 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$2,522 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$2,112 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$1,948 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$15,028 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$5,208 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$4,794 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington and Lee University

$1,662 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$2,204 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$5,298 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$3,353 lower in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$2,656 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$6,002 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$3,072 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$10,802 lower in-state tuition
68% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

D
Davidson College

$2,378 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
California Institute of Technology

$449 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


P
Pomona College

$110 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


O
Occidental College

$1,042 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$2,178 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


R
Reed College

$5,522 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


H
Harvey Mudd College

$3,588 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$1,912 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$3,316 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
Claremont McKenna College

$1,552 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
Scripps College

$1,566 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


G
Grinnell College

$2,060 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


K
Kenyon College

$7,312 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$3,342 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$2,024 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
Bates College

$2,138 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


H
Hillsdale College

$29,338 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate