How Tuition Changes over Past 5 Years for Pennsylvania Private Colleges

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average tuition & fees of Pennsylvania Private Colleges is $38,743. Compared to last year's tuition, the 2024 tuition & fees of Pennsylvania Private Colleges is increased by 4.92%.
Over the past 5 years, the tuition & fees of Pennsylvania Private Colleges has increased by 12.96% from $34,299 to $38,743.
You can check 2024 tuition & fees along with living costs and other college expenses at Pennsylvania Private Colleges tuition comparison table.

Comparison Table of Tuition Changes for Pennsylvania Private Colleges

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Tuition Inflation from 2019 to 2024 at Pennsylvania Private Colleges
School Name2019-202020-212021-222022-232023-245-Year Inflation Rate
Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchBryn Athyn, PA$24,471$25,449
4%
$26,214
3.01%
$27,000
3%
$27,804
2.98%
13.62%
Albright CollegeReading, PA$25,642$26,688
4.08%
$27,678
3.71%
$28,230
1.99%
$28,794
2%
12.29%
Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PA$49,260$50,980
3.49%
$52,530
3.04%
$53,610
2.06%
$54,960
2.52%
11.57%
DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, PA$38,700$39,500
2.07%
$41,000
3.8%
$42,600
3.9%
$44,800
5.16%
15.76%
Alvernia UniversityReading, PA$36,350$38,030
4.62%
$39,280
3.29%
$40,750
3.74%
$42,810
5.06%
17.77%
Clarks Summit UniversityClarks Summit, PA$26,082$26,082$27,200
4.29%
$29,700
9.19%
$32,400
9.09%
24.22%
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA$44,440$45,320
1.98%
$46,220
1.99%
$47,130
1.97%
$48,290
2.46%
8.66%
Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, PA$54,440$54,440$56,320
3.45%
$59,330
5.34%
$62,560
5.44%
14.92%
Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PA$58,196$58,202
0.01%
$59,802
2.75%
$61,746
3.25%
$64,772
4.9%
11.3%
Cabrini UniversityRadnor, PA$32,865$33,845
2.98%
$33,845$34,665
2.42%
$35,815
3.32%
8.98%
Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, PA$30,528$31,446
3.01%
$32,390
3%
$33,500
3.43%
$34,502
2.99%
13.02%
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA$57,119$58,485
2.39%
$58,524
0.07%
$60,854
3.98%
$63,829
4.89%
11.75%
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA$40,374$41,567
2.95%
$42,591
2.46%
$43,643
2.47%
$44,934
2.96%
11.29%
Central Penn CollegeSummerdale, PA$18,714$18,714$18,714$19,404
3.69%
$19,404 3.69%
Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, PA$38,738$39,902
3%
$40,877
2.44%
$42,125
3.05%
$43,810
4%
13.09%
Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA$37,200$38,200
2.69%
$38,270
0.18%
$39,410
2.98%
$39,410 5.94%
Curtis Institute of MusicPhiladelphia, PA$2,750$3,015
9.64%
$5,015
66.33%
$5,930
18.25%
$6,000
1.18%
118.18%
Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, PA$40,620$40,620$41,380
1.87%
$42,120
1.79%
$43,300
2.8%
6.6%
Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA$56,498$56,498$58,708
3.91%
$61,326
4.46%
$63,475
3.5%
12.35%
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$54,516$56,238
3.16%
$57,136
1.6%
$58,965
3.2%
$60,663
2.88%
11.28%
Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA$39,992$41,892
4.75%
$43,526
3.9%
$45,376
4.25%
$47,146
3.9%
17.89%
Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, PA$33,854$34,706
2.52%
$35,590
2.55%
$36,464
2.46%
$37,420
2.62%
10.53%
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA$32,000$32,960
3%
$34,600
4.98%
$35,700
3.18%
$36,842
3.2%
15.13%
Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA$58,800$61,062
3.85%
$63,406
3.84%
$65,844
3.85%
$68,380
3.85%
16.29%
Gannon UniversityErie, PA$34,201$35,541
3.92%
$35,541$36,706
3.28%
$37,951
3.39%
10.96%
Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, PA$28,190$29,040
3.02%
$29,970
3.2%
$30,990
3.4%
$33,610
8.45%
19.23%
Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA$56,390$58,500
3.74%
$59,960
2.5%
$61,760
3%
$64,230
4%
13.9%
Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA$20,633$20,633$20,633$20,633$20,633-
Grove City CollegeGrove City, PA$18,470$18,930
2.49%
$19,310
2.01%
$19,990
3.52%
$20,890
4.5%
13.1%
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA$35,644$36,807
3.26%
$37,092
0.77%
$37,791
1.88%
$38,310
1.37%
7.48%
Haverford CollegeHaverford, PA$56,698$58,900
3.88%
$60,940
3.46%
$63,348
3.95%
$68,300
7.82%
20.46%
Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$31,040$31,640
1.93%
$31,640$32,558
2.9%
$33,968
4.33%
9.43%
Hussian College-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$21,990$21,428
2.56%
$22,225
3.72%
$22,225--
Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, PA$27,350$27,750
1.46%
$27,750$27,750$28,550
2.88%
4.39%
Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, PA$47,075$49,175
4.46%
$51,076
3.87%
$54,336
6.38%
$56,402
3.8%
19.81%
Keystone CollegeLa Plume, PA$26,070$17,000
34.79%
$17,300
1.76%
$17,450
0.87%
$17,850
2.29%
31.53%
King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, PA$38,724$40,080
3.5%
$40,880
2%
$41,600
1.76%
$42,600
2.4%
10.01%
La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA$29,464$30,320
2.91%
$31,570
4.12%
$32,284
2.26%
$33,120
2.59%
12.41%
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$31,650$32,425
2.45%
$33,150
2.24%
$33,890
2.23%
$35,570
4.96%
12.39%
Lackawanna CollegeScranton, PA$16,130$16,130$16,130$17,340
7.5%
$17,950
3.52%
11.28%
Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA$55,002$54,992
0.02%
$56,364
2.49%
$58,618
4%
$62,574
6.75%
13.77%
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA$25,842$27,010
4.52%
$27,370
1.33%
$28,460
3.98%
$29,990
5.38%
16.05%
Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA$44,910$46,030
2.49%
$47,180
2.5%
$48,620
3.05%
$50,320
3.5%
12.05%
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA$55,240$55,260
0.04%
$57,470
4%
$59,930
4.28%
$62,180
3.75%
12.56%
Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, PA$41,626$42,714
2.61%
$43,962
2.92%
$45,274
2.98%
$47,675
5.3%
14.53%
Manor CollegeJenkintown, PA$18,022$18,530
2.82%
$19,028
2.69%
$19,414
2.03%
$19,964
2.83%
10.78%
Marywood UniversityScranton, PA$35,904$36,928
2.85%
$37,284
0.96%
$38,226
2.53%
$39,570
3.52%
10.21%
Mercyhurst UniversityErie, PA$40,170$41,350
2.94%
$42,680
3.22%
$43,460
1.83%
$44,510
2.42%
10.8%
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA$36,120$37,180
2.93%
$38,370
3.2%
$39,490
2.92%
$40,640
2.91%
12.51%
Misericordia UniversityDallas, PA$34,560$35,940
3.99%
$35,940$36,842
2.51%
$38,370
4.15%
11.02%
Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, PA$43,082$44,806
4%
$46,150
3%
$47,990
3.99%
$50,279
4.77%
16.71%
Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA$45,312$47,367
4.54%
$48,730
2.88%
$50,500
3.63%
$52,000
2.97%
14.76%
Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, PA$23,680$24,370
2.91%
$24,890
2.13%
$25,510
2.49%
$26,156
2.53%
10.46%
Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PA$54,600$54,600$56,565
3.6%
$58,005
2.55%
$60,240
3.85%
10.33%
Neumann UniversityAston, PA$32,960$32,960$34,460
4.55%
$35,700
3.6%
$37,300
4.48%
13.17%
Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, PA$13,635$13,905
1.98%
$13,905$14,175
1.94%
$14,445
1.9%
5.94%
Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA$15,060$15,060$15,060$15,060$15,060-
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPhiladelphia, PA$40,376$40,376$40,376$42,100
4.27%
$44,600
5.94%
10.46%
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA$26,600$27,650
3.95%
$28,450
2.89%
$29,450
3.51%
$31,370
6.52%
17.93%
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$57,770$60,042
3.93%
$61,710
2.78%
$63,452
2.82%
$66,104
4.18%
14.43%
The University of the ArtsPhiladelphia, PA$46,680$46,680$48,530
3.96%
$51,130
5.36%
$54,290
6.18%
16.3%
Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, PA$28,668$29,553
3.09%
$30,720
3.95%
$31,640
2.99%
$32,625
3.11%
13.8%
Pittsburgh Technical CollegeOakdale, PA$16,632$16,460
1.03%
$16,699
1.45%
$16,974
1.65%
$18,980
11.82%
14.12%
Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, PA$32,750$34,200
4.43%
$35,610
4.12%
$36,620
2.84%
$38,160
4.21%
16.52%
Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, PA$23,550$23,550$23,550$23,550$23,550-
Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, PA$31,200$32,130
2.98%
$32,770
1.99%
$33,767
3.04%
$34,940
3.47%
11.99%
Rosemont CollegeRosemont, PA$20,500$20,650
0.73%
$20,785
0.65%
$21,175
1.88%
$22,171
4.7%
8.15%
Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, PA$38,170$39,928
4.61%
$39,502
1.07%
$40,520
2.58%
$41,720
2.96%
9.3%
Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$46,550$47,940
2.99%
$47,940$49,610
3.48%
$51,340
3.49%
10.29%
Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, PA$36,510$37,604
3%
$38,741
3.02%
$39,903
3%
$41,100
3%
12.57%
University of ScrantonScranton, PA$45,790$47,084
2.83%
$48,462
2.93%
$50,312
3.82%
$52,309
3.97%
14.24%
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, PA$36,856$37,946
2.96%
$39,068
2.96%
$40,224
2.96%
$41,414
2.96%
12.37%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookWynnewood, PA$21,913$22,570
3%
$23,134
2.5%
$24,060
4%
$25,023
4%
14.19%
Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, PA$49,180$51,140
3.99%
$53,060
3.75%
$55,160
3.96%
$57,400
4.06%
16.71%
Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, PA$54,656$54,456
0.37%
$56,056
2.94%
$59,328
5.84%
$62,412
5.2%
14.19%
Talmudical Yeshiva of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$9,450$9,725
2.91%
$9,945
2.26%
$10,275
3.32%
$10,869
5.78%
15.02%
Thiel CollegeGreenville, PA$32,596$33,520
2.83%
$34,470
2.83%
$35,450
2.84%
$36,864
3.99%
13.09%
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$41,715$41,715$42,966
3%
$44,200
2.87%
$45,683
3.36%
9.51%
Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, PA$53,610$55,210
2.98%
$56,600
2.52%
$58,016
2.5%
$59,196
2.03%
10.42%
University of Valley ForgePhoenixville, PA$22,000$22,606
2.75%
$23,070
2.05%
$23,750
2.95%
$24,510
3.2%
11.41%
Villanova UniversityVillanova, PA$55,280$57,460
3.94%
$59,020
2.71%
$61,618
4.4%
$64,701
5%
17.04%
Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA$49,338$50,170
1.69%
$50,192
0.04%
$50,192$28,185
43.85%
42.87%
Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, PA$25,570$26,500
3.64%
$27,450
3.58%
$28,490
3.79%
$29,460
3.4%
15.21%
Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, PA$37,300$37,675
1.01%
$38,230
1.47%
$38,700
1.23%
$39,470
1.99%
5.82%
Widener UniversityChester, PA$47,328$48,575
2.63%
$49,706
2.33%
$51,639
3.89%
$53,638
3.87%
13.33%
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, PA$37,622$38,752
3%
$39,914
3%
$41,112
3%
$42,286
2.86%
12.4%
Wilson CollegeChambersburg, PA$25,300$26,090
3.12%
$26,200
0.42%
$26,200$27,000
3.05%
6.72%
Yeshivath Beth MosheScranton, PA$9,600$9,800
2.08%
$10,000
2.04%
$10,200
2%
$10,400
1.96%
8.33%
York College of PennsylvaniaYork, PA$20,885$21,700
3.9%
$22,350
3%
$23,328
4.38%
$24,606
5.48%
17.82%
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, PA$14,640$14,640$14,640$14,640$14,640-
Pennsylvania College of Health SciencesLancaster, PA$29,320$29,922
2.05%
$29,922$30,821
3%
$31,866
3.39%
8.68%
Strayer University-PennsylvaniaTrevose, PA$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,920
3%
3%
Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg, PA$23,900$23,900$23,900$23,900$23,900-
DeVry University-PennsylvaniaFt. Washington, PA$15,540$15,648
0.69%
$15,032
3.94%
$15,032--
Strayer University-Allentown CampusAllentown, PA$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,920
3%
3%
Strayer University-Lower Bucks County CampusTrevose, PA$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,515--
Strayer University-Center City CampusPhiladelphia, PA$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,515$13,920
3%
3%
Average$34,299$34,998
2.04%
$35,817
2.34%
$36,927
3.1%
$38,743
4.92%
12.96%
*Schools missing information are not included in this table. The schools have not report their information to the IPEDS/NCES or not applicable.)

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