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College ROI in Pennsylvania

See the strongest eligible ROI and value signals, then browse every covered college located in the state.

103Colleges with a publishable ROI scenario

$62,248Median observed year-5 earnings

$23,526Median annual net price

−37%Median modeled 10-year ROI

TOP 10 · ECONOMIC ROI

Best estimated 10-year return

103 colleges meet the consistent ROI screen.

1Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh · Private nonprofit+148%2University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit+139%3Lehigh UniversityBethlehem · Private nonprofit+72%4Villanova UniversityVillanova · Private nonprofit+52%5Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit+42%6Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit+42%7Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit+32%8Bucknell UniversityLewisburg · Private nonprofit+32%9Lafayette CollegeEaston · Private nonprofit+32%10Immaculata UniversityImmaculata · Private nonprofit+24%

TOP 10 · VALUE

Most earnings per price dollar

Observed five-year earnings divided by annual average net price.

1Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit5.9×2Peirce CollegePhiladelphia · Private nonprofit5.1×3University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford · Public4.5×4Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton · Public4.1×5Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore · Public4.1×6Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington · Public4.0×7University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit4.0×8Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley · Public4.0×9University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg · Public3.9×10University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown · Public3.8×

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CollegeEarningsNet price10-year ROINet payoff

Prism Career Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia · Private for-profit$45,787$29,960−97%−$291,970 Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia · Public$45,114$11,911−99%−$226,504 New Castle School of TradesNew Castle · Private for-profit$45,046$8,361−100%−$212,984 Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke · Public$45,009$9,433−100%−$217,642 Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem · Public$44,651$12,119−102%−$231,966 Greater Johnstown Career and Technology CenterJohnstown · Public$44,389$14,111−103%−$242,554 Orleans Technical CollegePhiladelphia · Private nonprofit$44,276$20,113−103%−$267,692 Erie Institute of Technology IncErie · Private for-profit$43,443$30,164−105%−$316,226 Lackawanna CollegeScranton · Private nonprofit$43,390$19,951−106%−$275,904 Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown · Private for-profit$42,154$36,348−109%−$353,852 Moore College of Art and DesignPhiladelphia · Private nonprofit$41,788$43,086−109%−$384,464 Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap · Public$42,983$9,857−109%−$239,598 All-State Career SchoolEssington · Private for-profit$42,570$18,205−110%−$277,120 Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing ProgramUniontown · Public$42,280$24,194−110%−$303,976 Pennco Tech-BristolBristol · Private for-profit$42,467$19,197−110%−$282,118 Lincoln Technical Institute-LevittownLevittown · Private for-profit$42,154$26,659−110%−$315,096 Reading Area Community CollegeReading · Public$42,740$9,228−110%−$239,512 University of Valley ForgePhoenixville · Private nonprofit$41,346$32,265−112%−$345,600 Mifflin County Academy of Science and TechnologyLewistown · Public$41,629$23,610−112%−$308,150 Keystone CollegeLa Plume · Private nonprofit$41,560$22,051−113%−$302,604 Clearfield County Career and Technology CenterClearfield · Public$41,515$14,460−115%−$272,690 Greater Altoona Career & Technology CenterAltoona · Public$40,655$12,419−119%−$273,126 CDE Career InstituteTannersville · Private for-profit$39,588$24,554−119%−$332,336 South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState College · Private for-profit$39,950$19,673−120%−$309,192 Butler County Community CollegeButler · Public$40,876$6,233−120%−$246,172

The directory includes every College Scorecard institution located in Pennsylvania, including historical records marked as not currently operating. “Not available” means a required federal value was missing or suppressed. Top-10 ROI eligibility requires current operating status, a reported bachelor’s-level program, at least 500 students, observed earnings and average net price of at least $1,000.