Schools

What Do Local Colleges Cost?

Find out what tuition, fees and room and board will cost you for 2013-2014 at a number of Philadelphia area schools.

A college degree typically ends up costing a lot more than parents or students would have bargained for, no matter what school.

On July 9, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education approved a 3 percent tuition increase for the 14 state schools, including West Chester University, for the 2013-2014 school year. The revised tuition cost for PASSHE universities is $6,662 per year.

Use the above graph to compare this cost, in addition to room, board and additional fees, to other schools in the area according to information from their websites.


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