Best Colleges in Pennsylvania by ROI
111 schools analyzed. Average ROI score: 57/100.
111
Schools
57
Avg ROI Score
$24,577
Avg Net Price
97
Top Score
Top ROI School in Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University (97/100)All Pennsylvania Schools by ROI Score
97
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Exceptional Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$31,944
10yr Earnings
$114,862
Completion
94%
97
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Exceptional Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$28,699
10yr Earnings
$111,371
Completion
97%
93
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Exceptional Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$36,931
10yr Earnings
$105,584
Completion
88%
92
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
Exceptional Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$34,433
10yr Earnings
$91,410
Completion
88%
92
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Exceptional Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,149
10yr Earnings
$80,257
Completion
92%
89
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$43,756
10yr Earnings
$100,423
Completion
92%
87
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$40,766
10yr Earnings
$93,807
Completion
86%
87
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$25,314
10yr Earnings
$79,966
Completion
90%
86
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$29,689
10yr Earnings
$86,881
Completion
79%
86
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$28,928
10yr Earnings
$77,449
Completion
69%
82
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$38,509
10yr Earnings
$84,648
Completion
78%
81
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$36,425
10yr Earnings
$76,124
Completion
84%
79
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$24,258
10yr Earnings
$75,701
Completion
71%
75
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$37,730
10yr Earnings
$74,742
Completion
77%
75
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$31,490
10yr Earnings
$71,517
Completion
83%
75
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
Bradford, PA
Strong Valuepublic
Net Price
$15,350
10yr Earnings
$66,125
Completion
48%
75
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA
Strong Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,202
10yr Earnings
$66,125
Completion
56%
75
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
Strong Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$32,568
10yr Earnings
$74,652
Completion
80%
74
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$31,759
10yr Earnings
$75,217
Completion
82%
74
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$28,905
10yr Earnings
$69,107
Completion
82%
74
Widener University
Chester, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$25,759
10yr Earnings
$70,920
Completion
68%
73
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$37,607
10yr Earnings
$70,204
Completion
80%
73
Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$13,143
10yr Earnings
$62,235
Completion
61%
73
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$19,409
10yr Earnings
$67,416
Completion
57%
72
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$30,536
10yr Earnings
$73,721
Completion
73%
72
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$25,002
10yr Earnings
$67,918
Completion
70%
71
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Greensburg, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$17,945
10yr Earnings
$66,125
Completion
40%
70
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$30,434
10yr Earnings
$66,125
Completion
86%
70
Saint Francis University
Loretto, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,526
10yr Earnings
$62,101
Completion
74%
69
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly
Lemont Furnace, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$14,596
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
39%
68
York College of Pennsylvania
York, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$18,556
10yr Earnings
$61,012
Completion
64%
67
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$23,331
10yr Earnings
$61,258
Completion
71%
66
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$26,598
10yr Earnings
$62,399
Completion
76%
66
Gwynedd Mercy University
Gwynedd Valley, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$27,483
10yr Earnings
$67,145
Completion
57%
66
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango
Sharon, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,095
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
42%
66
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton
Dunmore, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$17,910
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
39%
66
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny
McKeesport, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$15,521
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
19%
66
Waynesburg University
Waynesburg, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$18,235
10yr Earnings
$58,537
Completion
66%
65
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Dallas, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$16,448
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
23%
65
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$27,743
10yr Earnings
$63,454
Completion
63%
64
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington
New Kensington, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,305
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
28%
64
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver
Monaca, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$17,418
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
22%
64
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton
Hazleton, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$17,597
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
26%
64
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$28,198
10yr Earnings
$63,727
Completion
75%
63
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$22,940
10yr Earnings
$62,069
Completion
73%
63
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley
Center Valley, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,220
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
18%
63
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto
Mont Alto, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$19,454
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
34%
63
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington
Abington, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,071
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
20%
63
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill
Schuylkill Haven, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$19,659
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
32%
63
Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,003
10yr Earnings
$62,105
Completion
66%
63
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$19,550
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
34%
62
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$32,875
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
86%
62
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$19,047
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
16%
61
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$26,979
10yr Earnings
$62,621
Completion
65%
61
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,510
10yr Earnings
$59,982
Completion
69%
61
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$28,819
10yr Earnings
$61,723
Completion
82%
60
Gannon University
Erie, PA
Fair Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$22,553
10yr Earnings
$58,845
Completion
66%
60
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Erie, PA
Fair Valuepublic
Net Price
$24,558
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
44%
59
King's College
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,093
10yr Earnings
$59,498
Completion
60%
59
Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$30,670
10yr Earnings
$61,860
Completion
72%
59
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
Altoona, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$22,213
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
17%
59
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$23,330
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
26%
59
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
Media, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$22,585
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
26%
58
Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$18,659
10yr Earnings
$59,460
Completion
60%
58
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks
Reading, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$24,356
10yr Earnings
$63,435
Completion
32%
57
Misericordia University
Dallas, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$37,485
10yr Earnings
$64,313
Completion
72%
56
Albright College
Reading, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$20,024
10yr Earnings
$58,700
Completion
51%
56
DeSales University
Center Valley, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$31,643
10yr Earnings
$61,295
Completion
72%
55
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,988
10yr Earnings
$56,918
Completion
74%
54
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$19,140
10yr Earnings
$56,210
Completion
60%
53
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$20,787
10yr Earnings
$55,246
Completion
58%
53
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$15,699
10yr Earnings
$52,416
Completion
54%
52
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$19,859
10yr Earnings
$53,861
Completion
65%
51
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,134
10yr Earnings
$56,148
Completion
43%
51
Marywood University
Scranton, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$23,388
10yr Earnings
$55,817
Completion
72%
51
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$26,502
10yr Earnings
$54,064
Completion
75%
51
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$19,608
10yr Earnings
$53,032
Completion
66%
50
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$23,726
10yr Earnings
$56,351
Completion
56%
46
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$29,466
10yr Earnings
$58,336
Completion
67%
46
Delaware Valley University
Doylestown, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$28,278
10yr Earnings
$55,838
Completion
56%
45
Carlow University
Pittsburgh, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$20,786
10yr Earnings
$51,051
Completion
60%
45
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Below Average Valuepublic
Net Price
$21,331
10yr Earnings
$53,775
Completion
54%
45
La Roche University
Pittsburgh, PA
Below Average Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$20,794
10yr Earnings
$52,341
Completion
57%
44
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
Indiana, PA
Poor Valuepublic
Net Price
$16,804
10yr Earnings
$51,019
Completion
56%
44
Neumann University
Aston, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$27,804
10yr Earnings
$57,817
Completion
54%
42
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$22,204
10yr Earnings
$51,748
Completion
67%
40
Alvernia University
Reading, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$28,138
10yr Earnings
$55,055
Completion
56%
39
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$29,954
10yr Earnings
$52,410
Completion
63%
38
Geneva College
Beaver Falls, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$25,890
10yr Earnings
$50,004
Completion
61%
38
Peirce College
Philadelphia, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$12,148
10yr Earnings
$50,660
Completion
10%
38
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Harrisburg, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$15,376
10yr Earnings
$52,374
Completion
34%
37
Eastern University
Saint Davids, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$26,662
10yr Earnings
$51,655
Completion
54%
37
Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA
Poor Valuepublic
Net Price
$18,256
10yr Earnings
$47,295
Completion
52%
35
Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$19,444
10yr Earnings
$47,452
Completion
60%
34
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Bryn Athyn, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$20,586
10yr Earnings
$40,457
Completion
68%
34
Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$25,480
10yr Earnings
$44,096
Completion
67%
34
Mount Aloysius College
Cresson, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$22,344
10yr Earnings
$46,165
Completion
57%
33
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$20,150
10yr Earnings
$48,555
Completion
57%
33
Thiel College
Greenville, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$22,347
10yr Earnings
$49,714
Completion
49%
28
Central Penn College
Summerdale, PA
Poor Valueprivate for-profit
Net Price
$18,953
10yr Earnings
$45,370
Completion
51%
28
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$27,970
10yr Earnings
$52,015
Completion
49%
25
Cairn University-Langhorne
Langhorne, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$27,642
10yr Earnings
$44,172
Completion
60%
25
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$25,942
10yr Earnings
$45,856
Completion
59%
21
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$21,741
10yr Earnings
$43,326
Completion
48%
19
Keystone College
La Plume, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$22,051
10yr Earnings
$44,976
Completion
36%
18
Lincoln University
Lincoln University, PA
Poor Valuepublic
Net Price
$14,977
10yr Earnings
$43,167
Completion
44%
18
Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$43,086
10yr Earnings
$37,839
Completion
57%
18
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
Lancaster, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$30,083
10yr Earnings
$33,301
Completion
69%
16
University of Valley Forge
Phoenixville, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$32,265
10yr Earnings
$39,016
Completion
49%
14
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, PA
Poor Valueprivate nonprofit
Net Price
$42,454
10yr Earnings
$29,881
Completion
58%
11
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney, PA
Poor Valuepublic
Net Price
$14,265
10yr Earnings
$37,837
Completion
41%