Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$41,003
$38,719
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$33,675
$29,362
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$56,067
$50,058
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Penn State
University of Pittsburgh
Under $30,000
$22,193
$16,477
$30,000–$48,000
$21,267
$15,485
$48,000–$75,000
$25,458
$19,080
$75,000–$110,000
$31,948
$28,146
Over $110,000
$39,140
$35,864
After you start
Measure
Penn State
University of Pittsburgh
Undergrads
42,284
20,370
Graduate within 6 years
86%
84%
Come back for year two
93%
92%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$71,762
$73,113
Median debt at graduation
$24,500
$23,000
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers