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University Park, PA 16802-1589
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Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA - Enrollment, Demographics, Student Costs

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateProfessions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary)
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
EnrollmentHigh undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District4205

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus?
376th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $13,604 $13,604 $25,134
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $812 $812 $812
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $567 $567 $1,047
FT Graduate Tuition $15,446 $15,446 $27,398
FT Graduate Required Fees $812 $812 $812
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $644 $644 $1,142
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $28,520 $28,520 $40,050
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $15,776 $15,776 $27,306
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $15,776 $15,776 $27,306

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $12,844↓ $13,706 $12,844↓ $13,706 $23,712↓ $24,940
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $1,168↓ $1,264
On-Campus – Room & Board $7,740↓ $8,262
On-Campus – Other Expenses $3,456↓ $3,510
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board N/A
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses N/A
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board N/A

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$50
Graduate Application Fee$65
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 39,089 (20,352 male / 18,737 female)
Admitted 20,011 (10,049 male / 9,962 female)
Admission rate 51%
First-time Enrollment 7,241 (3,813 male / 3,428 female)
FT Enrollment 7,234 (3,811 male / 3,423 female)
PT Enrollment 7 (2 male / 5 female)
Total Enrollment45,185

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
RecommendationsN/A
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Big Ten Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference Big Ten Conference
NCAA Baseball Conference Big Ten Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Big Ten Conference

ACT Test Admission

135th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 16%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 24 / 30
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 25 / 30
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 24 / 29

SAT Test Admission

218th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 79%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 530 / 630
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 570 / 670
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1100 / 1300

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity13,664
Meals per WeekN/A
Room Fee$4,430
Board Fee$4,360

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 1,002 836 730 1,292 38 19,266 23,164
Accounting 16 22 14 66 474 592
Acoustics 2 24 26
Acting 4 2 36 42
Actuarial Science 4 12 84 100
Adult and Continuing Education Administration 2 24 26
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching 2 2 52 56
Advertising 4 20 26 30 2 574 656
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 22 6 2 10 206 246
African Studies 2 2 4
African-American/Black Studies 14 2 6 22
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 4 4 70 78
Agricultural Business and Management, Other 2 2
Agricultural Economics 4 4 8
Agricultural Mechanization, General 24 24
Agricultural and Extension Education Services 2 34 36
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 2 6 4 30 42
Agriculture, General 42 42
Agronomy and Crop Science 2 28 30
Animal Physiology 2 2 4
Animal Sciences, General 2 4 8 140 154
Animal Sciences, Other 62 62
Anthropology 2 2 8 86 98
Applied Economics 18 18
Archeology 2 18 20
Architectural Engineering 18 2 22 260 302
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 12 2 4 6 80 104
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 2 4 2 2 50 60
Art Teacher Education 2 2 64 68
Art/Art Studies, General 4 2 4 106 116
Astronomy 4 18 22
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 4 4 6 122 136
Biochemistry 16 8 4 14 64 106
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 2 32 12 16 204 266
Biological and Physical Sciences 2 20 8 78 184 292
Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician 6 8 14
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 12 12 8 36 2 322 392
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 10 2 4 2 64 82
Biotechnology 2 2 8 10 22
Business Administration and Management, General 90 12 10 30 332 474
Business/Commerce, General 2 36 38
Business/Managerial Economics 16 14 4 30 228 292
Chemical Engineering 10 6 6 24 148 194
Chemistry, General 8 4 8 78 98
Chinese Language and Literature 4 32 22 58
Civil Engineering, General 22 4 18 10 458 512
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 2 28 32
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services 4 6 2 8 20
Communication Disorders, General 2 2 8 218 230
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 4 32 6 14 276 332
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other 4 20 6 10 184 224
Community Organization and Advocacy 4 4
Comparative Literature 6 4 2 4 34 50
Computer Engineering, General 2 6 96 104
Computer Programming/Programmer, General 2 2
Computer Science 50 34 84
Computer and Information Sciences, General 4 6 2 4 124 140
Conducting 2 6 8
Counseling Psychology 2 2
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 4 40 44
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration 4 32 30 16 4 422 508
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 6 2 2 106 116
Curriculum and Instruction 10 2 132 144
Design and Applied Arts, Other 2 2
Dietitian Assistant 28 28
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 2 4 2 18 26
East Asian Studies 4 18 22
Ecology 8 8
Economics, General 60 18 20 38 268 404
Educational Evaluation and Research 8 8
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 2 2 4 8 16
Educational Psychology 4 2 6
Educational/Instructional Media Design 4 24 28
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other 2 2 4
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 76 14 4 32 208 334
Elementary Education and Teaching 18 12 492 522
Engineering Mechanics 6 2 2 4 90 104
Engineering Science 12 4 58 74
Engineering, General 2 6 8
Engineering, Other 2 18 20
English Language and Literature, General 20 20 12 2 326 380
Entomology 2 2
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology 4 4
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 8 2 2 4 46 62
Film/Cinema Studies 4 8 4 6 2 120 144
Finance, General 24 8 30 62 652 776
Food Science 8 4 8 26 46
Foreign Language Teacher Education 2 28 30
Forensic Science and Technology 4 30 34
Forest Sciences and Biology 44 44
Forest Technology/Technician 14 14
Forestry, General 2 8 10
French Language and Literature 4 2 2 48 56
Genetics, General 4 2 6
Geography 2 2 4 8 186 202
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other 4 28 32
Geology/Earth Science, General 6 6 2 2 98 114
German Language and Literature 32 32
Graphic Design 2 22 24
Health/Health Care Administration/Management 6 12 4 18 198 238
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 2 8 10
History, General 2 14 2 244 262
Horticultural Science 2 30 32
Hospitality Administration/Management, Other 18 20 14 36 372 460
Human Development and Family Studies, General 6 18 12 18 252 306
Human Nutrition 6 6 4 2 130 148
Immunology 2 2
Industrial Engineering 72 4 10 20 184 290
Information Science/Studies 20 58 42 96 984 1,200
International Relations and Affairs 12 16 16 282 326
International/Global Studies 2 2 4
Italian Language and Literature 4 4
Japanese Language and Literature 4 14 40 58
Jewish/Judaic Studies 4 4
Journalism 6 40 18 26 2 484 576
Kinesiology and Exercise Science 10 22 8 10 478 528
Labor and Industrial Relations 10 8 8 2 114 142
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 2 82 84
Landscaping and Groundskeeping 4 2 48 54
Latin American Studies 4 8 12
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 2 14 6 14 162 198
Management Information Systems, General 4 10 2 6 102 124
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 2 36 38
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 14 22 12 20 546 614
Materials Engineering 8 2 2 12 24
Materials Science 2 2 4 38 46
Mathematics, General 12 2 2 20 166 202
Mechanical Engineering 42 2 12 20 2 454 532
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician 2 2
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology 4 6 46 56
Medieval and Renaissance Studies 4 4
Mining and Mineral Engineering 2 8 10
Music Performance, General 4 4 26 34
Music Teacher Education 2 50 52
Music Theory and Composition 4 4
Music, General 6 58 64
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 4 4
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other 2 2 72 76
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 4 2 40 46
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 2 2 50 54
Nuclear Engineering 6 4 4 114 128
Nursing, Other 2 2
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 2 8 14 4 430 458
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 2 10 12
Organizational Behavior Studies 10 14 16 16 322 378
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management 4 14 2 10 230 260
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies 2 2
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 4 2 6 12
Petroleum Engineering 24 4 2 18 48
Philosophy 2 4 4 70 80
Physics, General 4 4 2 68 78
Piano and Organ 2 2 4
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 2 2 4
Plant Physiology 2 2
Plant Sciences, Other 2 2
Political Science and Government, General 2 10 10 16 2 310 350
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2 2 2 22 58 86
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LL 12 12
Psychology, General 12 20 30 30 2 676 770
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other 6 4 2 58 70
Religion/Religious Studies 2 14 16
Russian Language and Literature 2 8 10
School Psychology 6 6
Science, Technology and Society 2 4 6
Secondary Education and Teaching 4 2 6 280 292
Security and Protective Services, Other 4 4 46 54
Social Sciences, Other 10 10
Sociology 10 8 8 122 148
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 6 16 22
Spanish Language and Literature 4 28 60 36 522 650
Special Education and Teaching, General 2 2 2 2 50 58
Statistics, General 28 4 34 66
Surveying Engineering 22 22
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 10 2 10 22
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 2 34 36
Technical and Business Writing 2 12 14
Toxicology 2 2 2 14 20
Turf and Turfgrass Management 2 4 88 94
Visual and Performing Arts, General 2 10 4 8 2 106 132
Voice and Opera 2 2
Women's Studies 2 2 12 8 72 96

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 311th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $84,146 ($93,819 male / $68,495 female)
Number of FT Faculty 2,419 (1,495 male / 924 female)
Number of PT Faculty 421
FT Faculty Ratio 6 : 1
Total Benefits $51,549,271

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