The following is an incomplete list of colleges and universities in Philadelphia and the surrounding area.

• ASPIRA City College
• Berean Institute (closed)
• Community College of Philadelphia
• Delaware Valley Academy of Medical and Dental Assistants (closed)
• Esperanza College of Eastern University
• Hussian School of Art (closed)
• Lincoln Technical Institute, Center City and Northeast Philadelphia
• Orleans Technical College
• Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, Center City and Media
• Star Technical Institute
• Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
• Thompson Institute (closed)^[1]

• West Chester University, Center City Philadelphia campus

• Pennsylvania State University, Abington Campus
• Temple University
• Lincoln University, University City campus

• Chestnut Hill College
• The Curtis Institute of Music
• Devry University, Center City
• Drexel University
• Holy Family University
• La Salle University
• Moore College of Art and Design
• Peirce College
• The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
• Saint Joseph's University
• Strayer University, Center City Campus
• Thomas Jefferson University
• University of Pennsylvania

• Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine

• The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
• Westminster Theological Seminary

• Antonelli Institute, Erdenheim
• Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing, Atlantic City, and Cape May Court House, New Jersey
• Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Bristol and Perkasie
• Community College of Philadelphia
• Camden County College, Blackwood, Camden and Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Cumberland County College, Vineland, New Jersey
• Delaware County Community College, Marple Township, Downingtown, Exton, Phoenixville, Sharon Hill, Upper Darby and West Grove
• Delaware Technical Community College, Wilmington, Delaware
• Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington, Delaware
• Harcum College, Bryn Mawr
• Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell and Pottstown
• Rowan College at Burlington County (formerly Burlington County College), Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, and Pemberton, New Jersey
• Rowan College of South Jersey, Sewell, New Jersey
• Salem Community College, Carneys Point, New Jersey
• Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media

• Cheyney University, Cheyney
• Lincoln University, near Oxford
• Penn State Abington, Abington
• Penn State Brandywine, Media
• Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey
• Rutgers University–Camden, Camden, New Jersey
• Stockton University, Pomona, New Jersey
• Temple University Ambler, Ambler
• Thomas Edison State University, Trenton, New Jersey
• West Chester University, West Chester

• Arcadia University, Glenside
• Bryn Athyn College, Bryn Athyn
• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr
• Cairn University, Langhorne
• Delaware Valley University, Doylestown
• Eastern University, St. Davids
• Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington, Delaware
• Gwynedd Mercy University, Lower Gwynedd Township
• Gratz College, Elkins Park
• Haverford College, Haverford
• Immaculata University, Malvern
• Manor College, Jenkintown
• Neumann University, Aston
• Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
• Rosemont College, Rosemont
• St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Wynnewood
• Strayer University, Bensalem
• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore
• Ursinus College, Collegeville
• University of Valley Forge, Phoenixville
• Villanova University, Villanova
• Widener University, Chester
• Wilmington University, New Castle, Delaware

• University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

• Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey
• Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, Malvern
• Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey
• Rutgers Law School, Camden, New Jersey

• Delaware Valley University, Doylestown
• Palmer Theological Seminary, King of Prussia
• St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Graduate School of Theology, Wynnewood
• Salus University, Elkins Park
• Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, Villanova
• Won Institute of Graduate Studies, Glenside

• Cabrini University
• Philadelphia University
• Spring Garden College
• University of the Arts
• University of the Sciences
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts