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Penn Comparisons

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Compare with Pennsylvania Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$36,284 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$35,560 lower in-state tuition
61% higher acceptance rate


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West Chester University of Pennsylvania

$46,936 lower in-state tuition
83% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

$41,258 lower in-state tuition
86% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Pennsylvania Private Colleges

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Villanova University

$3,638 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$2,908 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$114 higher in-state tuition
77% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$4,822 higher in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$2,328 higher in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


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Lafayette College

$1,222 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


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Swarthmore College

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


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Haverford College

$5,790 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


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Muhlenberg College

$443 higher in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


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Gettysburg College

$5,308 higher in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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Allegheny College

$2,742 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


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Ursinus College

$1,948 higher in-state tuition
77% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$47,633 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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Virginia Tech

$42,902 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$45,652 lower in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$48,117 lower in-state tuition
41% higher acceptance rate


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University of Virginia Main Campus

$38,642 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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George Mason University

$45,142 lower in-state tuition
85% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$47,582 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Binghamton

$47,582 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$38,861 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$37,218 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$42,116 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


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University at Buffalo

$47,582 lower in-state tuition
64% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$39,622 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$54,652 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$38,260 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


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The College of New Jersey

$41,049 lower in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$45,774 lower in-state tuition
75% higher acceptance rate


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New Jersey Institute of Technology

$39,862 lower in-state tuition
63% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$47,722 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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United States Military Academy

$54,652 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$54,652 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

$47,582 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Harvard University

$3,509 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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New York University

$882 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


D
Duke University

$3,433 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Princeton University

$1,358 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$4,068 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$3,908 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Yale University

$5,298 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$5,634 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$5,132 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$1,268 higher in-state tuition
53% higher acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$5,878 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$6,292 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$858 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Northeastern University

$1,848 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$5,862 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$78 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$5,128 higher in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$4,301 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$6,994 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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Rhode Island School of Design

$568 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Emerson College

$3,388 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$6,942 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$3,624 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$3,082 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$2,110 lower in-state tuition
58% higher acceptance rate


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Vassar College

$7,288 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$292 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Amherst College

$6,048 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$258 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


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University of Richmond

$3,918 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$2,448 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$4,756 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$6,337 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


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Seton Hall University

$10,232 lower in-state tuition
71% higher acceptance rate


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Marist College

$12,002 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


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Rochester Institute of Technology

$2,622 lower in-state tuition
65% higher acceptance rate


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Wesleyan University

$6,797 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Washington and Lee University

$3,608 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Skidmore College

$4,412 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Fairfield University

$2,582 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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Pratt Institute Main

$1,086 lower in-state tuition
62% higher acceptance rate


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Wellesley College

$5,772 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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The New School

$3,524 lower in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


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Middlebury College

$4,678 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$4,728 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$128 higher in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$1,552 lower in-state tuition
69% higher acceptance rate


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Trinity College

$3,958 higher in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$4,284 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Stanford University

$821 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern California

$5,794 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Chicago

$4,604 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


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Northwestern University

$5,624 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Washington University in St Louis

$3,098 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate