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College Debt & ROI in Pa

125 colleges and universities in Pa with 2,105 school+major combinations analyzed.

125
Schools
$26K
Avg Median Debt
$59K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Pa

Carnegie Mellon University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $18K
Avg earnings: $70K/yr

Lafayette College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $19K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Haverford College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $20K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois

public · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Chatham University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Lehigh University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $74K/yr

Geneva College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine

public · 14 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre

public · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $70K/yr

Thomas Jefferson University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $69K/yr

Bryn Mawr College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Swarthmore College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

University of Pittsburgh-Bradford

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Washington & Jefferson College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Grove City College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Alvernia University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver

public · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York

public · 11 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Juniata College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango

public · 6 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton

public · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny

public · 7 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington

public · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Dickinson College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley

public · 13 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Walnut Hill College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Bucknell University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Franklin and Marshall College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill

public · 10 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $66K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton

public · 13 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto

public · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Gettysburg College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Curtis Institute of Music

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

private · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

Drexel University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $69K/yr

Allegheny College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Villanova University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Thiel College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly

public · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Pennsylvania College of Technology

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Lycoming College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Pennsylvania Western University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Robert Morris University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Westminster College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

private · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Gannon University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Lebanon Valley College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

York College of Pennsylvania

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Temple University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Albright College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Wilkes University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Muhlenberg College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Neumann University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Saint Vincent College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Duquesne University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Clarks Summit University

private · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Ursinus College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Saint Joseph's University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Pittsburgh Technical College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Elizabethtown College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Arcadia University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of Scranton

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

University of Valley Forge

private · 15 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $49K/yr

Susquehanna University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

King's College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Cabrini University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Mercyhurst University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Widener University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

Lincoln University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

public · 15 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Marywood University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Seton Hill University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Waynesburg University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Delaware Valley University

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

DeSales University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Moravian University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Eastern University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Point Park University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Cedar Crest College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

La Roche University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Mount Aloysius College

private · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Chestnut Hill College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Manor College

private · 10 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Lackawanna College

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Immaculata University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Keystone College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Moore College of Art and Design

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $43K/yr

Rosemont College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Central Penn College

private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

University of Pennsylvania

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

University of the Arts

private · 11 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $44K/yr

La Salle University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $44K/yr

Carlow University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Lancaster Bible College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $47K/yr

Cairn University-Langhorne

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Wilson College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Peirce College

private · 10 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $33K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Gwynedd Mercy University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $33K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Misericordia University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Messiah University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Holy Family University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $35K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Saint Francis University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $40K
Avg earnings: $63K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeDebt tracks 125 colleges and universities in Pa, covering 2,105 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Pa is $26K. First-year earnings average $59K.

Among tracked schools, Carnegie Mellon University has one of the lowest average debt levels in Pa. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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