Pennsylvania Private Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

Eastern University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 59% last year.

Wilkes University with 59% and Thomas Jefferson University with 67% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Pennsylvania Private Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $52,818 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,397 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 66.30% and the average SAT score is 1,313 at the schools.

Table. Pennsylvania Private Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Eastern University Saint Davids, PAPrivate, 4-year 59.00%
1.43%
$37,42018.99%94.00%-5,76915 to 1
1
1
Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PAPrivate, 4-year 59.00%
2.38%
$42,2868.99%91.00%1,1355,20713 to 1
3
1
Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 67.00%
4.01%
$45,53315.00%86.00%1,2508,28613 to 1
3
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Widener University Chester, PAPrivate, 4-year 67.00%
1.44%
$53,63815.00%84.00%1,1705,41611 to 1
5
1
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 77.00%
1.33%
$47,14613.00%79.00%1,2508,10712 to 1
6
1
Drexel University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 78.00%
0.22%
$60,6639.00%78.00%1,33022,3449 to 1
7
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Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year 82.00%
1.19%
$51,34016.00%86.00%1,2507,86110 to 1
8
1
Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year 90.00%
1.29%
$64,70130.01%25.00%1,46010,38310 to 1
9
1
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year 91.00%
1.77%
$63,27444.01%11.00%1,54016,0025 to 1
9
1
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year 91.00%
3.66%
$62,18028.00%29.00%1,4307,39410 to 1
Average76.10%$52,81819.80%66.30%1,3139,67711 to 1