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College Debt & ROI in Pa

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

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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

CollegeROIData 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.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. degree-granting institutions with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.