Pennsylvania College ROI Rankings — Best Value Universities in Pennsylvania

133

Colleges Ranked

106

High or Good ROI

$62,306

Avg Graduate Salary

$25,223

Avg Student Debt

University of Pennsylvania

#1 ROI in Pennsylvania

#	College / University	ROI Rating	Break-Even	Grad Salary	Med. Debt	Grad Rate	Type
🥇	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	0.2 yrs	$111,371	$15,715	97%	Private Non-profit
🥈	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	High ROI	0.3 yrs	$114,862	$21,750	94%	Private Non-profit
🥉	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	High ROI	0.3 yrs	$105,584	$21,960	88%	Private Non-profit
4	Villanova University Villanova, PA	High ROI	0.4 yrs	$100,423	$25,874	92%	Private Non-profit
5	Lafayette College Easton, PA	High ROI	0.3 yrs	$91,410	$16,000	88%	Private Non-profit
6	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	High ROI	0.4 yrs	$80,257	$17,500	92%	Private Non-profit
7	Haverford College Haverford, PA	High ROI	0.3 yrs	$79,966	$13,621	90%	Private Non-profit
8	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	0.4 yrs	$77,449	$14,744	69%	Private Non-profit
9	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	High ROI	0.5 yrs	$93,807	$27,000	86%	Private Non-profit
10	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	0.5 yrs	$86,881	$25,500	79%	Private Non-profit
11	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	High ROI	0.5 yrs	$76,124	$19,000	84%	Private Non-profit
12	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	0.6 yrs	$84,648	$25,325	78%	Private Non-profit
13	Immaculata University Immaculata, PA	High ROI	0.7 yrs	$75,701	$27,000	71%	Private Non-profit
14	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	High ROI	0.7 yrs	$75,217	$25,000	82%	Private Non-profit
15	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	High ROI	0.7 yrs	$74,742	$26,244	77%	Private Non-profit
16	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	High ROI	0.6 yrs	$70,204	$19,000	80%	Private Non-profit
17	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$74,652	$27,000	80%	Private Non-profit
18	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$73,721	$27,000	73%	Private Non-profit
19	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$71,517	$26,999	83%	Private Non-profit
20	Widener University Chester, PA	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$70,920	$27,000	68%	Private Non-profit
21	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	High ROI	0.8 yrs	$69,107	$25,455	82%	Private Non-profit
22	Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$67,918	$27,000	70%	Private Non-profit
23	La Salle University Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$67,416	$25,000	57%	Private Non-profit
24	Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$67,145	$25,000	57%	Private Non-profit
25	University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$66,125	$24,250	48%	Public
26	University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$66,125	$24,250	40%	Public
27	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$66,125	$24,250	56%	Public
28	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	High ROI	0.9 yrs	$66,125	$24,250	86%	Public
29	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,727	$24,395	75%	Public
30	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	86%	Public
31	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	20%	Public
32	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	17%	Public
33	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	22%	Public
34	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	32%	Public
35	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	26%	Public
36	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	44%	Public
37	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	39%	Public
38	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley Malvern, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	N/A	Public
39	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	19%	Public
40	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	26%	Public
41	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	26%	Public
42	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	18%	Public
43	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	34%	Public
44	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	28%	Public
45	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	32%	Public
46	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	39%	Public
47	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	42%	Public
48	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	23%	Public
49	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	16%	Public
50	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$63,435	$25,000	34%	Public
51	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	High ROI	1 yrs	$61,258	$23,500	71%	Public
52	Misericordia University Dallas, PA	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$64,313	$26,973	72%	Private Non-profit
53	Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$63,454	$26,000	63%	Private Non-profit
54	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$62,621	$27,000	65%	Private Non-profit
55	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$62,399	$27,000	76%	Private Non-profit
56	Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$62,235	$25,125	61%	Private Non-profit
57	Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA	High ROI	1.2 yrs	$62,105	$26,950	66%	Private Non-profit
58	Saint Francis University Loretto, PA	High ROI	1.2 yrs	$62,101	$27,000	74%	Private Non-profit
59	Allegheny College Meadville, PA	High ROI	1.2 yrs	$62,069	$27,000	73%	Private Non-profit
60	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	High ROI	1.2 yrs	$61,860	$26,793	72%	Private Non-profit
61	Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA	High ROI	1.2 yrs	$61,723	$27,000	82%	Private Non-profit
62	DeSales University Center Valley, PA	High ROI	1.1 yrs	$61,295	$25,788	72%	Private Non-profit
63	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	High ROI	1.2 yrs	$61,012	$26,000	64%	Private Non-profit
64	Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,982	$27,000	69%	Private Non-profit
65	Saint Vincent Seminary Latrobe, PA	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,982	$27,000	N/A	Private Non-profit
66	King's College Wilkes-Barre, PA	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,498	$27,000	60%	Private Non-profit
67	Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$59,460	$27,000	60%	Private Non-profit
68	Gannon University Erie, PA	High ROI	1.3 yrs	$58,845	$27,000	66%	Private Non-profit
69	Albright College Reading, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$58,700	$27,000	51%	Private Non-profit
70	Waynesburg University Waynesburg, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$58,537	$27,000	66%	Private Non-profit
71	Arcadia University Glenside, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$58,336	$27,000	67%	Private Non-profit
72	Neumann University Aston, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$57,817	$27,000	54%	Private Non-profit
73	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$56,351	$25,000	56%	Public
74	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$56,148	$24,218	43%	Public
75	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	High ROI	1.4 yrs	$55,246	$23,507	58%	Public
76	Juniata College Huntingdon, PA	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$56,918	$27,000	74%	Private Non-profit
77	Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$55,838	$25,000	56%	Private Non-profit
78	Marywood University Scranton, PA	High ROI	1.5 yrs	$55,817	$26,186	72%	Private Non-profit
79	Lycoming College Williamsport, PA	High ROI	1.6 yrs	$56,210	$27,000	60%	Private Non-profit
80	Alvernia University Reading, PA	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$55,055	$27,000	56%	Private Non-profit
81	Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$54,064	$25,621	75%	Private Non-profit
82	Westminster College New Wilmington, PA	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$53,861	$26,060	65%	Private Non-profit
83	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$53,775	$26,000	54%	Public
84	Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA	High ROI	1.7 yrs	$52,410	$23,250	63%	Private Non-profit
85	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$53,032	$25,000	66%	Public
86	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA	High ROI	1.9 yrs	$52,416	$26,000	54%	Public
87	La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA	High ROI	1.8 yrs	$52,341	$25,000	57%	Private Non-profit
88	Eastern University Saint Davids, PA	High ROI	1.9 yrs	$51,655	$25,000	54%	Private Non-profit
89	Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA	High ROI	2 yrs	$52,374	$27,000	34%	Private Non-profit
90	Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	2 yrs	$52,015	$26,389	49%	Private Non-profit
91	Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA	High ROI	2.1 yrs	$51,748	$27,000	67%	Private Non-profit
92	Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA	High ROI	2.1 yrs	$51,051	$25,500	60%	Private Non-profit
93	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	High ROI	2.2 yrs	$51,019	$26,798	56%	Public
94	Geneva College Beaver Falls, PA	High ROI	2.2 yrs	$50,004	$25,198	61%	Private Non-profit
95	Thiel College Greenville, PA	High ROI	2.5 yrs	$49,714	$27,000	49%	Private Non-profit
96	Peirce College Philadelphia, PA	High ROI	2.6 yrs	$50,660	$31,250	10%	Private Non-profit
97	Rosemont College Rosemont, PA	High ROI	2.8 yrs	$48,555	$27,000	57%	Private Non-profit
98	Mercyhurst University Erie, PA	High ROI	2.9 yrs	$47,452	$25,305	60%	Private Non-profit
99	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	High ROI	2.8 yrs	$47,295	$23,725	52%	Public
100	Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA	Good ROI	3.3 yrs	$46,165	$24,287	57%	Private Non-profit
101	Central Penn College Summerdale, PA	Good ROI	3.5 yrs	$45,370	$23,194	51%	Private For-profit
102	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA	Good ROI	3.8 yrs	$45,856	$27,000	59%	Private Non-profit
103	Lancaster Bible College Lancaster, PA	Good ROI	3.9 yrs	$44,096	$20,500	67%	Private Non-profit
104	Keystone College La Plume, PA	Good ROI	4.2 yrs	$44,976	$26,000	36%	Private Non-profit
105	Cairn University-Langhorne Langhorne, PA	Good ROI	5 yrs	$44,172	$26,926	60%	Private Non-profit
106	Wilson College Chambersburg, PA	Good ROI	5.8 yrs	$43,326	$26,328	48%	Private Non-profit
107	Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook Ambler, PA	Moderate ROI	6.3 yrs	$55,225	N/A	42%	Private Non-profit
108	Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA	Moderate ROI	6.5 yrs	$43,167	$28,250	44%	Public
109	Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn, PA	Low ROI	13.4 yrs	$40,457	$22,250	68%	Private Non-profit
110	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	$138,767	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
111	Strayer University-Pennsylvania Trevose, PA	Low ROI	31.2 yrs	$40,092	$40,621	0%	Private For-profit
112	University of Valley Forge Phoenixville, PA	Low ROI	120.5 yrs	$39,016	$27,000	49%	Private Non-profit
113	Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	$37,839	$26,000	57%	Private Non-profit
114	Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Cheyney, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	$37,837	$21,785	41%	Public
115	Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	$33,301	$27,000	69%	Private Non-profit
116	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	$29,881	$22,309	58%	Private Non-profit
117	Academy of Vocal Arts Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
118	Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius Pittsburgh, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
119	Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	$31,201	N/A	96%	Private Non-profit
120	Gratz College Melrose Park, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
121	Grove City College Grove City, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	83%	Private Non-profit
122	International Institute for Restorative Practices Bethlehem, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
123	Lancaster Theological Seminary Lancaster, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
124	Missio Theological Seminary Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
125	Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Pittsburgh, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
126	Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Wyncote, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
127	Salus University Elkins Park, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
128	Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	50%	Private Non-profit
129	Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church Oreland, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
130	Trinity Anglican Seminary Ambridge, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
131	United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
132	Westminster Theological Seminary Glenside, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit
133	Won Institute of Graduate Studies Warminster, PA	Insufficient Data	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Private Non-profit

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Data Source: Rankings derived from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median salary = 10-year post-enrollment earnings. Debt = median debt among completers. ROI score and break-even years are calculated by Search 6000+ US Colleges.