
For 2024-25, reported full-time undergraduate tuition was $28,130, with $850 in required fees, for $28,980 before housing, food and other expenses. The same reported tuition and fee amounts applied to in-state and out-of-state undergraduates.
Adding those reported categories produces $43,890, but that is not a complete cost-of-attendance budget: transportation, personal spending and any applicable program-specific charges would add to it. The room and board amounts describe a reported on-campus arrangement, not a charge every commuter pays. Graduate, part-time and adult-program pricing can follow different schedules.
Published charges are also different from net price, which accounts for grant and scholarship aid. The reported average net price for families with annual income of $48,000 or less was $19,694; for families above $110,000, it was $28,997. Those group averages are not individual aid offers. Reported aid figures show that 99% of students received financial aid and 50% had student loans, making it important to distinguish grants that do not ordinarily require repayment from borrowed funds.
Eligible students can seek federal aid through the FAFSA and may qualify for federal grants or loans, Pennsylvania grant assistance, and institutional scholarships or grants. Military education benefits may also apply to eligible students. The practical comparison is between current-year itemized offers from colleges - not between a past tuition figure at one school and a current net-price estimate at another.
Student employment can help with ongoing expenses, but it should not be treated as a guaranteed reduction in tuition. Federal Work-Study, when offered to an eligible student, is a need-based financial aid program under which students earn wages from an approved job; an award is not money automatically credited in full to the student's account.
Students interested in work should ask the financial aid office whether they qualify for Federal Work-Study and where available campus jobs are posted. Ordinary part-time positions may have different eligibility rules. In either case, hours and earnings depend on hiring, scheduling and the job itself, so students should avoid budgeting an unconfirmed position as certain income.
Career development is a related but separate service. Reported career-center services include individual and group career counseling, résumé preparation, interview workshops, career-interest assessment, job fairs and employer recruiting. Internship assistance and career events can support a job search, but an internship is not required of every student and access to services is not an employment outcome.
99% of undergraduates receive aid, $16,254 on average
Yearly living expenses by where students live
Average yearly cost after grants, students awarded federal aid
Typical room charge for academic year
$6,650Typical board charge for academic year
$6,960Institution provide on-campus housing
YesInstitution provides board or meal plan
YesTuition guaranteed plan
NoPrepaid tuition plan
NoUndergraduate average amount
$16,254All
$19,066Undergraduate average amount
$11,567Graduate average amount
$7,992Data last updated on November 5, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.