Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in Pennsylvania

Colleges with the Lowest Student Debt in Pennsylvania, ranked by median federal student debt. Debt among federal borrowers; excludes private borrowing. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 100 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$13,62112%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 2Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$14,74481%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 3University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$15,7155%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 4Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$16,00031%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 5Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$17,5007%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 6Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$19,00042%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 7Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$19,00028%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 8Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$20,50056%1180$25k$44k67%1,56937 mi 9Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$21,75012%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 10Cheyney University of PennsylvaniaCheyney, Pennsylvania$21,785——$14k$38k41%61710 mi 11Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$21,96026%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 12Chatham UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$23,25062%1198$30k$52k63%1,232110 mi 13West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania$23,50078%1187$23k$61k71%14,16413 mi 14Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania$23,50786%1110$21k$55k58%5,72834 mi 15Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$23,72594%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 16East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania$24,21892%1084$18k$56k43%4,81456 mi 17University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$24,25058%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 18University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania$24,25095%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 19University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania$24,25095%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 20University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, Pennsylvania$24,25089%1125$15k$66k48%99550 mi 21Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson, Pennsylvania$24,28782%1070$22k$46k57%1,094134 mi 22Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$24,39580%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 23Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$25,00061%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 24Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$25,00091%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 25Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania$25,00071%1095$20k$53k66%6,78868 mi 26Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania$25,00087%1120$24k$56k56%4,08673 mi 27Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania$25,00098%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 mi 28Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania$25,00097%1228$25k$63k44%3,2404 mi 29Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania$25,00097%1181$18k$63k20%2,8778 mi 30Eastern UniversitySaint Davids, Pennsylvania$25,00091%—$27k$52k54%2,40413 mi 31Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania$25,00098%1187$22k$63k17%2,367130 mi 32La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$25,00097%—$19k$67k57%1,9535 mi 33Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania$25,00099%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi 34Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestown, Pennsylvania$25,00093%1204$28k$56k56%1,62821 mi 35Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania$25,00029%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 36Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania$25,00098%1200$23k$63k26%1,2237 mi 37Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania$25,00090%1090$27k$67k57%1,06716 mi 38Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, Pennsylvania$25,00097%1210$18k$63k18%85942 mi 39Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania$25,00099%1190$18k$63k39%79386 mi 40La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$25,00076%1055$21k$52k57%751101 mi 41Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania$25,00097%1140$19k$63k16%66841 mi 42Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania$25,00097%1130$20k$63k32%62069 mi 43Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, Pennsylvania$25,00098%1160$19k$63k34%55963 mi 44Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, Pennsylvania$25,00096%1200$18k$63k26%50185 mi 45Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$25,12571%1060$13k$62k61%2,4644 mi 46Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls, Pennsylvania$25,198——$26k$50k61%1,09682 mi 47Mercyhurst UniversityErie, Pennsylvania$25,30581%—$19k$47k60%2,1913 mi 48Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$25,32579%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 49Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania$25,45572%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 50Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$25,50089%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 51Carlow UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$25,50087%1080$21k$51k60%1,348110 mi 52Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania$25,62179%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 53DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, Pennsylvania$25,78877%1186$32k$61k72%2,12841 mi 54Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania$25,87427%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 55Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania$26,00093%1090$16k$52k54%9,21098 mi 56Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania$26,00091%1210$21k$54k54%6,18051 mi 57York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania$26,00074%1162$19k$61k64%3,26542 mi 58Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania$26,00091%1136$28k$63k63%1,98596 mi 59Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania$26,00085%—$22k$45k36%77195 mi 60Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$26,00056%1282$43k$38k57%5352 mi 61Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, Pennsylvania$26,06093%—$20k$54k65%1,04160 mi 62Marywood UniversityScranton, Pennsylvania$26,18661%1162$23k$56k72%1,78486 mi 63Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$26,24484%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 64Wilson CollegeChambersburg, Pennsylvania$26,32892%1000$22k$43k48%86573 mi 65Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$26,38974%—$28k$52k49%81510 mi 66Moravian UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$26,79354%1183$31k$62k72%1,94946 mi 67Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania$26,79891%1082$17k$51k56%6,764116 mi 68Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, Pennsylvania$26,92688%1110$28k$44k60%77512 mi 69Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania$26,95090%—$23k$62k66%2,896100 mi 70Misericordia UniversityDallas, Pennsylvania$26,97371%—$37k$64k72%1,672103 mi 71Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania$26,99939%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 72Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania$27,00029%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 73University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania$27,00081%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 74Widener UniversityChester, Pennsylvania$27,00071%1180$26k$71k68%2,9511 mi 75Gannon UniversityErie, Pennsylvania$27,00074%—$23k$59k66%2,3651 mi 76Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$27,00097%—$26k$46k59%2,331109 mi 77Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, Pennsylvania$27,00081%1232$29k$62k82%2,16395 mi 78Alvernia UniversityReading, Pennsylvania$27,00058%1170$28k$55k56%2,15243 mi 79Arcadia UniversityGlenside, Pennsylvania$27,00080%1190$29k$58k67%1,9488 mi 80Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania$27,00078%1204$27k$62k76%1,86849 mi 81Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania$27,00084%1240$27k$63k65%1,68458 mi 82Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania$27,00077%1155$24k$62k74%1,557135 mi 83Neumann UniversityAston, Pennsylvania$27,00081%—$28k$58k54%1,5334 mi 84Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, Pennsylvania$27,00080%1117$22k$52k67%1,492126 mi 85Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania$27,00092%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 86King's CollegeWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania$27,00093%1170$23k$59k60%1,48496 mi 87Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, Pennsylvania$27,00086%1260$24k$76k71%1,32016 mi 88Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, Pennsylvania$27,00081%—$25k$68k70%1,295120 mi 89Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe, Pennsylvania$27,00062%1116$24k$60k69%1,259130 mi 90Albright CollegeReading, Pennsylvania$27,00076%—$20k$59k51%1,21745 mi 91Juniata CollegeHuntingdon, Pennsylvania$27,00079%1227$24k$57k74%1,191113 mi 92Allegheny CollegeMeadville, Pennsylvania$27,00055%1275$23k$62k73%1,15628 mi 93Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, Pennsylvania$27,00090%1090$18k$59k66%1,009136 mi 94Lycoming CollegeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania$27,00074%1160$19k$56k60%996126 mi 95Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania$27,00084%—$19k$59k60%83447 mi 96Thiel CollegeGreenville, Pennsylvania$27,00072%—$22k$50k49%78840 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.