Metro area directory
Colleges in the Greater Philadelphia Area
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Greater Philadelphia covers the city and the surrounding Main Line and southern New Jersey communities such as Villanova, Bryn Mawr, and Camden. The region blends large urban universities with historic private liberal-arts colleges.
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Data sources & methodology
College listings for the Greater Philadelphia metro are aggregated live from each institution's record, compiled from federal datasets and the institutions' own published information.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Colleges in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/colleges-in-metro/philadelphia