Of the 179 colleges in Pennsylvania, 179 colleges offer online programs. By school type, there are 54 public and 125 private schools.

By offered degree, 161 schools offer undergraduate level programs and 109 schools offer graduate programs through online.

The 2024 average tuition & fees of the schools is $28,634 for undergraduate programs and $22,968 for graduate programs. Schools may offer "in-state" rate for Pennsylvania residents.

A total of 105,444 students were in online degree programs or took online courses. It is 17.06% of total enrollment.

Pennsylvania Online Schools Average Statistics

The following table shows the 2024 average academic statistics for Pennsylvania Online Schools.

Pennsylvania Online Schools Average Statistics (2023-2024)
Number of Online Schools179 Online Schools (54 public, 125 private)
Tuition & Fees$28,634 Undergraduate
$22,968 Graduate
Student PopulationTotal 618,149 (3,453 in average)
Online Student PopulationTotal 105,444 (589 in average)
Average Number of Online Programs Offered16
Student to Faculty Ratio12.5 to 1

Pennsylvania Online Schools Comparison

The following table lists and compare Pennsylvania colleges that offer online degree and/or courses.

2024 Tuition Comparison Between Online Schools in Pennsylvania
NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationOnline PopulationNumber of Total ProgramsNumber of Online Programs
Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA $27,804 $21,126 285 9 18 4
Albright CollegeReading, PA $28,794 $1,510 1,498 116 63 5
All-State Career SchoolEssington, PA $12,092 - 838 - 9
Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, PA $12,583 - 10,467 2,022 174
Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA $54,960 - 1,353 5 36
DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA $44,800 $22,960 2,991 675 87 36
Alvernia UniversityReading, PA $42,810 $16,686 2,484 286 55
Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA $32,400 $6,476 552 244 46 15
Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, PA $19,890 - 1,720 621 57 14
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA $48,290 $33,613 3,026 510 84 2
Missio Theological SeminaryPhiladelphia, PA $13,680 $14,000 160 6 11 1
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, PA $13,421 - 6,162 2,146 103 24
Butler County Community CollegeButler, PA $11,700 - 2,496 268 75 1
Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA $35,815 $2,355 1,613 249 70 1
Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA $34,502 $22,110 2,104 729 96 51
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA $63,829 $49,450 16,002 572 314
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA $44,934 $14,838 1,324 156 86 12
Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA $19,404 $19,074 943 457 32 4
Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA $43,810 $20,854 2,387 389 85 10
Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA $39,410 $28,348 1,420 133 78 1
Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, PA $18,870 $20,286 697 85 24
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA $6,000 $2,525 151 - 10
Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, PA $14,940 - 7,992 1,970 101 20
Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA $43,300 $9,084 2,178 165 53 11
Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA $63,475 $3,750 2,137 12 48 1
Douglas Education CenterMonessen, PA $18,950 - 198 - 7
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA $60,663 $37,074 22,344 4,477 413 77
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA $47,146 $26,568 8,107 659 194 22
East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA $19,002 $16,770 5,143 287 99 11
Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA $37,420 $14,724 5,769 3,927 81 16
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA $36,842 $36,166 2,021 245 99 20
Gannon UniversityErie, PA $37,951 $22,280 4,665 290 122 9
Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA $33,610 $12,582 1,232 99 73 12
Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA $64,230 $4,500 2,854 613 44
Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA $20,633 $18,537 377 260 20 20
Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA $20,890 $8,550 2,316 139 54 1
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA $38,310 $15,789 2,091 687 56 21
Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, PA $29,900 - 910 287 28 2
Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, PA $11,400 - 12,576 3,545 117 29
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA $33,968 $14,134 2,912 493 74 4
Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA $28,550 $12,780 2,361 589 82 12
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndiana, PA $16,297 $18,261 8,816 720 189 6
UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, PA $15,498 - 342 3 1
Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie, PA $22,500 - 350 - 14
Johnson CollegeScranton, PA $20,733 - 586 - 20
Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA $56,402 $14,700 1,212 25 89 6
Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA $17,850 $15,700 1,131 169 56 5
King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA $42,600 $55,572 1,993 183 57 4
Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, PA $16,434 $16,742 7,455 664 89 6
La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA $33,120 $18,661 2,068 76 72
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA $35,570 $27,770 4,049 1,293 160 9
Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA $17,950 - 1,868 602 48
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA $62,574 - 2,729 - 39
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA $29,990 $10,985 2,066 571 52 1
Lancaster Theological SeminaryLancaster, PA $20,319 $20,107 73 13 3
Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA $50,320 $35,533 2,080 157 63 12
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, PA $13,205 - 6,242 2,127 87 17
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical InstituteWyomissing, PA $5,000 - 311 - 12
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA $62,180 $28,020 7,394 431 211
Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, PA $19,384 $18,942 1,824 - 43
UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, PA $16,190 - 112 7 1
United Lutheran SeminaryGettysburg, PA $25,500 $24,000 263 - 5
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, PA $15,810 - 4,220 655 111 1
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA $47,675 - 1,059 - 56
Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA $19,964 $11,180 583 125 50 15
Marywood UniversityScranton, PA $39,570 $12,504 2,729 364 96 5
Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA $44,510 $15,193 2,801 181 140
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA $40,640 $13,590 3,231 559 133 22
ASPIRA City CollegePhiladelphia, PA $12,147 - 11 - 3
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, PA $16,232 $16,799 6,775 852 90 13
Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA $38,370 $38,620 2,242 268 50 8
Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PA $16,230 - 8,596 3,359 80 2
Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA $50,279 $65,469 368 - 14
Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA $52,000 $18,594 2,533 272 79 1
Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA $26,156 $17,246 2,752 92 46
Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA $60,240 $16,480 1,959 16 80
Neumann UniversityAston, PA $37,300 $11,300 2,155 225 59 5
New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, PA $23,310 - 628 - 13
Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, PA $14,730 - 8,484 2,968 108 37
Heritage Valley Kennedy School of NursingMcKees Rocks, PA $22,100 - 39 - 1
Salus UniversityElkins Park, PA - $34,844 1,165 11 17
Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA $14,445 - 651 55 23 1
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, PA $26,668 $33,020 3,295 19 63
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great ValleyMalvern, PA $28,114 $45,188 271 20 14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, PA $23,872 $30,592 460 3 14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, PA $23,310 $29,906 281 4 14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, PA $23,750 $30,470 368 4 12
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, PA $25,118 $32,114 875 3 17
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, PA $25,118 $32,114 888 26 14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, PA $26,668 $33,020 2,577 1 27
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, PA $23,872 $30,592 522 2 10
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, PA $26,668 $33,020 2,077 15 29
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA $26,668 $33,020 4,572 47 74
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, PA $25,118 $32,114 1,196 7 18
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, PA $23,872 $30,592 366 5 17
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- EberlyLemont Furnace, PA $23,872 $30,592 424 - 17
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, PA $25,118 $32,114 473 1 15
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, PA $40,188 $43,828 50,028 116 401
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, PA $23,872 $30,592 363 5 14
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, PA $23,872 $30,592 670 15 19
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, PA $25,388 $32,374 3,090 20 27
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, PA $25,118 $32,114 623 12 18
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, PA $25,118 $32,114 718 9 16
Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA $15,060 $14,296 856 856 30 30
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA $44,600 $44,600 172 15 13
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA $31,370 - 245 8 6
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA $66,104 $46,034 28,201 2,733 406 18
The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA $54,290 $54,290 1,313 47 38 2
Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA $32,625 $9,465 1,031 144 61 16
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicinePhiladelphia, PA $28,625 $27,952 3,036 73 20 3
Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA $12,440 - 11,636 6,075 93 93
University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, PA $26,494 - 1,074 3 37
University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, PA $26,504 - 1,328 7 31
University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, PA $26,520 - 2,043 1 43
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, PA $39,890 $45,034 33,767 881 447
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science IncPittsburgh, PA $26,075 - 372 210 3
Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA $18,980 - 1,066 188 28 3
Pittsburgh Theological SeminaryPittsburgh, PA - $12,990 223 19 5
Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA $38,160 $16,164 3,288 925 99 7
Reading Area Community CollegeReading, PA $12,030 - 4,533 1,358 51 13
Reconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeWyncote, PA $28,000 $28,236 48 11 2
Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA $34,940 $20,247 3,431 580 99 14
Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA $22,171 $12,780 754 256 54
Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA $41,720 $21,940 2,857 459 95 20
Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA $51,340 $19,786 7,861 1,805 162 50
Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA $41,100 $14,584 1,536 - 69
Saint Vincent SeminaryLatrobe, PA - $33,968 86 25 5 1
University of ScrantonScranton, PA $52,309 $11,630 4,731 433 125 8
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA $41,414 $17,038 1,988 278 101 6
UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, PA $16,190 - 422 2 1
Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, PA $11,470 - 118 - 14
Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, PA $15,798 $17,190 5,162 350 103 16
Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, PA $14,615 $18,216 8,221 1,306 128 34
Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA $57,400 $57,400 2,231 - 65
Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, PA $9,050 - 1,312 - 27
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA $37,462 $28,523 33,196 2,612 497 37
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal ChurchBlue Bell, PA $14,025 $13,350 28 15 3 1
Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA $36,864 $32,192 907 3 58
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA $45,683 $23,814 8,286 1,353 143 25
Trinity Episcopal School for MinistryAmbridge, PA - $14,760 254 97 4
University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA $24,510 $9,540 583 150 37 9
Valley Forge Military CollegeWayne, PA $32,176 - 84 - 10
Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA $64,701 $21,361 10,383 1,267 173 1
Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA $29,460 $16,920 1,366 177 48 2
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, PA $22,511 $17,424 17,275 1,770 157 20
Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA $39,470 $9,000 1,211 35 53 7
Westminster Theological SeminaryGlenside, PA $22,560 $20,750 986 658 7 2
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, PA $14,424 - 4,171 1,184 111 20
Widener UniversityChester, PA $53,638 $27,105 5,416 1,128 163 1
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA $42,286 $26,064 5,207 2,983 70 19
Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA $27,000 $9,450 1,360 463 48 7
York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA $24,606 $12,240 3,656 327 117 32
YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, PA $30,688 - 551 71 16
Laurel Business InstituteUniontown, PA $11,470 - 305 - 19
West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteMount Braddock, PA $13,625 - 8 - 4
Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, PA $25,680 $25,680 4,241 369 118 11
Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, PA $14,444 - 210 - 6
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, PA $14,640 $14,511 4,307 - 17 6
Laurel Technical InstituteMEADVILLE, PA $11,470 - 21 - 14
Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, PA $13,080 - 2,270 345 43 4
Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, PA $14,575 - 9 - 2
UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, PA $16,190 - 168 1 1
Miller-Motte College-McCann-LewisburgLewisburg, PA $21,040 - 144 - 6
Won Institute of Graduate StudiesWarminster, PA $21,490 $22,293 92 11 6
Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA $31,866 $16,830 1,775 422 33 16
Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA $13,920 $15,135 1,374 1,374 33 33
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and MethodiusPittsburgh, PA - $13,600 35 22 2
Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA $23,900 $16,440 3,082 2,315 39 1
International Institute for Restorative PracticesBethlehem, PA $18,670 $18,670 161 161 4 2
CDE Career InstituteTannersville, PA $11,369 - 281 281 2 2
Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineScranton, PA $11,131 $36,750 708 234 2 1
Miller-Motte College-McCann-AllentownAllentown, PA $5,000 - 233 - 11
Institute of Medical CareersPittsburgh, PA $22,500 - 844 702 12 4
Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, PA $15,204 $24,406 13,979 13,812 158 158
DeVry University-PennsylvaniaFt. Washington, PA $15,032 $17,552 153 149 27
Lehigh Valley Barber SchoolBethlehem, PA $20,000 - 37 - 2
West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteIrwin, PA $14,070 - 60 18 3
Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA $22,870 $17,004 12,074 1,579 139 18
Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, PA $16,006 $12,386 12,778 4,509 254 102
Average$28,634 $22,968 3,453 589 66.5978 15.8333