Highest-Earning Colleges in Pennsylvania
Colleges whose graduates earn the most five years after completing, measured from IRS-linked federal data.
Showing Pennsylvania
Clear state| # | College | Type | 5-yr earnings | Net price | Median debt | 10-yr ROI | DR Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private | $113,510 | $28,699 | $15,715 | +468% | Strong return | |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $111,544 | $31,944 | $21,750 | +390% | Strong return | |
| 3 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Private | $107,113 | $23,149 | $17,500 | +528% | Strong return | |
| 4 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | Private | $99,683 | $43,756 | $25,874 | +197% | Strong return | |
| 5 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Private | $99,040 | $36,931 | $21,960 | +247% | Strong return | |
| 6 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private | $89,639 | $38,509 | $25,325 | +173% | Strong return | |
| 7 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | Private | $87,169 | $40,766 | $27,000 | +144% | Strong return | |
| 8 | Lafayette College Easton, PA | Private | $86,228 | $34,433 | $16,000 | +187% | Strong return | |
| 9 | Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA | Private | $80,998 | $28,905 | $25,455 | +188% | Strong return | |
| 10 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Private | $79,238 | $29,689 | $25,500 | +167% | Strong return | |
| 11 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster Lancaster, PA | Private | $79,238 | $42,478 | $25,500 | +91% | Strong return | |
| 12 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA | Public | $78,653 | $23,330 | $25,000 | +229% | Strong return | |
| 13 | Dickinson College Carlisle, PA | Private | $77,021 | $37,607 | $19,000 | +104% | Strong return | |
| 14 | Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA | Private | $75,967 | $36,425 | $19,000 | +103% | Strong return | |
| 15 | University of Scranton Scranton, PA | Private | $75,489 | $32,568 | $27,000 | +118% | Strong return | |
| 16 | Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood, PA | Public | $75,315 | $5,167 | $11,000 | +2,014% | Strong return | |
| 17 | Widener University Chester, PA | Private | $75,276 | $25,759 | $27,000 | +168% | Strong return | |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA | Public | $73,837 | $19,550 | $25,000 | +230% | Strong return | |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $73,401 | $32,875 | $25,000 | +102% | Strong return | |
| 20 | Neumann University Aston, PA | Private | $72,781 | $27,804 | $27,000 | +130% | Strong return | |
| 21 | Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA | Private | $72,409 | $23,003 | $26,950 | +169% | Strong return | |
| 22 | Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $72,132 | $29,954 | $23,250 | +112% | Strong return | |
| 23 | UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $72,079 | $29,374 | $19,666 | +311% | Strong return | |
| 24 | La Salle University Philadelphia, PA | Private | $71,807 | $19,409 | $25,000 | +209% | Strong return | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA | Public | $71,078 | $24,558 | $25,000 | +143% | Strong return | |
| 26 | DeSales University Center Valley, PA | Private | $71,074 | $31,643 | $25,788 | +92% | Strong return | |
| 27 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $70,612 | $30,434 | $24,250 | +96% | Strong return | |
| 28 | Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $70,302 | $37,730 | $26,244 | +58% | Break-even | |
| 29 | Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley, PA | Private | $68,743 | $27,483 | $25,000 | +100% | Strong return | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA | Public | $68,398 | $18,220 | $25,000 | +185% | Strong return | |
| 31 | Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA | Private | $68,277 | $27,743 | $26,000 | +93% | Strong return | |
| 32 | Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA | Private | $67,895 | $28,928 | $14,744 | +89% | Strong return | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA | Public | $67,706 | $22,585 | $25,000 | +128% | Strong return | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, PA | Public | $66,975 | $25,110 | $23,961 | +101% | Strong return | |
| 35 | Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA | Private | $66,453 | $31,490 | $26,999 | +58% | Break-even | |
| 36 | Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics West Mifflin, PA | Private | $66,341 | $32,618 | $12,230 | +206% | Strong return | |
| 37 | Gannon University Erie, PA | Private | $66,251 | $22,553 | $27,000 | +112% | Strong return | |
| 38 | Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA | Private | $65,760 | $13,143 | $25,125 | +236% | Strong return | |
| 39 | Misericordia University Dallas, PA | Private | $65,713 | $37,485 | $26,973 | +30% | Break-even | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York, PA | Public | $65,704 | $19,047 | $25,000 | +143% | Strong return | |
| 41 | Immaculata University Immaculata, PA | Private | $65,590 | $24,258 | $27,000 | +93% | Strong return | |
| 42 | Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA | Private | $64,683 | $26,979 | $27,000 | +67% | Strong return | |
| 43 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $64,021 | $28,198 | $24,395 | +56% | Break-even | |
| 44 | Moravian University Bethlehem, PA | Private | $63,947 | $30,670 | $26,793 | +43% | Break-even | |
| 45 | King's College Wilkes-Barre, PA | Private | $63,514 | $23,093 | $27,000 | +81% | Strong return | |
| 46 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA | Public | $63,380 | $23,331 | $23,500 | +80% | Strong return | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Johnstown, PA | Public | $63,129 | $18,202 | $24,250 | +122% | Strong return | |
| 48 | Arcadia University Glenside, PA | Private | $63,018 | $29,466 | $27,000 | +41% | Break-even | |
| 49 | Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA | Private | $62,796 | $23,510 | $27,000 | +71% | Strong return | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA | Public | $62,236 | $24,356 | $25,000 | +62% | Break-even | |
| 51 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford, PA | Public | $61,028 | $15,350 | $24,250 | +128% | Strong return | |
| 52 | Johnson College Scranton, PA | Private | $60,866 | $19,954 | $12,000 | +258% | Strong return | |
| 53 | La Roche University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $60,696 | $20,794 | $25,000 | +70% | Strong return | |
| 54 | Strayer University-Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | For-profit | $60,194 | — | $40,621 | — | Not enough data | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA | Public | $60,001 | $17,945 | $24,250 | +86% | Strong return | |
| 56 | Ursinus College Collegeville, PA | Private | $59,899 | $30,536 | $27,000 | +13% | Break-even | |
| 57 | Eastern University Saint Davids, PA | Private | $59,811 | $26,662 | $25,000 | +28% | Break-even | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA | Public | $59,703 | $18,071 | $25,000 | +81% | Strong return | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA | Public | $59,703 | $17,910 | $25,000 | +82% | Strong return | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA | Public | $59,689 | $22,213 | $25,000 | +50% | Break-even | |
| 61 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA | Public | $59,669 | $23,726 | $25,000 | +41% | Break-even | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven, PA | Public | $59,644 | $19,659 | $25,000 | +67% | Strong return | |
| 63 | Peirce College Philadelphia, PA | Private | $59,641 | $12,148 | $31,250 | +144% | Strong return | |
| 64 | Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA | Private | $58,901 | $22,204 | $27,000 | +41% | Break-even | |
| 65 | Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $58,647 | $20,786 | $25,500 | +48% | Break-even | |
| 66 | Marywood University Scranton, PA | Private | $58,550 | $23,388 | $26,186 | +31% | Break-even | |
| 67 | Saint Francis University Loretto, PA | Private | $58,479 | $23,526 | $27,000 | +30% | Break-even | |
| 68 | Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA | Private | $57,839 | $27,970 | $26,389 | +6% | Break-even | |
| 69 | York College of Pennsylvania York, PA | Private | $57,821 | $18,556 | $26,000 | +53% | Break-even | |
| 70 | Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA | Private | $57,255 | $25,002 | $27,000 | +12% | Break-even | |
| 71 | Albright College Reading, PA | Private | $57,087 | $20,024 | $27,000 | +34% | Break-even | |
| 72 | Allegheny College Meadville, PA | Private | $57,042 | $22,940 | $27,000 | +19% | Break-even | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA | Public | $56,837 | $17,597 | $25,000 | +49% | Break-even | |
| 74 | Waynesburg University Waynesburg, PA | Private | $56,692 | $18,235 | $27,000 | +41% | Break-even | |
| 75 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA | Public | $55,524 | $20,787 | $23,507 | +15% | Break-even | |
| 76 | Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA | Private | $55,441 | $28,819 | $27,000 | -17% | Poor return | |
| 77 | Alvernia University Reading, PA | Private | $55,338 | $28,138 | $27,000 | -16% | Poor return | |
| 78 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA | Public | $55,190 | $15,699 | $26,000 | +41% | Break-even | |
| 79 | Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA | Private | $55,004 | $26,598 | $27,000 | -14% | Poor return | |
| 80 | Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA | Private | $54,330 | $18,659 | $27,000 | +10% | Break-even | |
| 81 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA | Public | $54,180 | $18,134 | $24,218 | +13% | Break-even | |
| 82 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA | Public | $54,129 | $16,804 | $26,798 | +19% | Break-even | |
| 83 | Lincoln University Lincoln University, PA | Public | $53,423 | $14,977 | $28,250 | +20% | Break-even | |
| 84 | Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA | Public | $53,411 | $14,104 | $9,990 | +164% | Strong return | |
| 85 | Westminster College New Wilmington, PA | Private | $53,252 | $19,859 | $26,060 | -7% | Poor return | |
| 86 | Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc Exton, PA | For-profit | $53,251 | $24,883 | $14,267 | +50% | Break-even | |
| 87 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA | Public | $53,200 | $21,331 | $26,000 | -14% | Poor return | |
| 88 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA | Public | $53,166 | $19,608 | $25,000 | -7% | Poor return | |
| 89 | Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA | Private | $53,001 | $28,278 | $25,000 | -35% | Poor return | |
| 90 | Community College of Beaver County Monaca, PA | Public | $52,828 | $6,937 | $14,923 | +305% | Strong return | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto, PA | Public | $52,432 | $19,454 | $25,000 | -15% | Poor return | |
| 92 | Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Harrisburg, PA | Private | $52,327 | $15,376 | $27,000 | +3% | Break-even | |
| 93 | Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | $51,947 | $25,942 | $27,000 | -39% | Poor return | |
| 94 | Mercyhurst University Erie, PA | Private | $51,630 | $19,444 | $25,305 | -24% | Poor return | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University California, PA | Public | $51,076 | $18,256 | $23,725 | -26% | Poor return | |
| 96 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | Private | $50,847 | $31,759 | $25,000 | -57% | Poor return | |
| 97 | Thiel College Greenville, PA | Private | $50,822 | $22,347 | $27,000 | -41% | Poor return | |
| 98 | Bucks County Community College Newtown, PA | Public | $50,544 | $6,389 | $12,000 | +223% | Strong return | |
| 99 | Central Penn College Summerdale, PA | For-profit | $50,333 | $18,953 | $23,194 | -37% | Poor return | |
| 100 | Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA | Private | $50,008 | $22,344 | $24,287 | -49% | Poor return |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. ROI is computed by Degree Return — see how. Read the methodology. Data as of 2024.
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