Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Harrisburg, PA

Population 650,000

Website https://www.harrisburgu.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)

Sunshine Hours 2,293 (15%)

Days Without Precipitation 235 (27%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 555

Men / Women 71% / 29%

Athletes 1.5%

Racial/Ethnic

White 44%

Black 22%

Hispanic 17%

Asian 8%

Mixed 5%

International 4%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	117	74% / 26%	3%	$58,018	62	93%
Computer Science	26 —	88% / 12%	0%	$59,058	64	93%
Cybersecurity	8 —	62% / 38%	0%	$65,337	75	—
Game and Interactive Media Design	22 —	73% / 27%	0%	$52,295	48	—
Information Technology	6 —	100% / 0%	0%	$59,058	64	93%
Computational and Applied Mathematics	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$68,525	79	—
Forensic Chemistry	8 —	12% / 88%	0%	$62,863	72	—
Geosciences	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	$60,041	66	—
Biotechnology	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	$59,111	65	—
Environmental Science	5 —	60% / 40%	40%	$49,965	41	—
Natural Sciences	4 —	50% / 50%	0%	$45,487	28	96%
Nursing	1 —	0% / 100%	0%	$87,347	94	—
E-Commerce	4 —	75% / 25%	25%	$62,647	71	—
Sport Management	20 —	95% / 5%	0%	$50,485	43	—
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	7 —	86% / 14%	0%	$82,412	91	—

Financial

Tuition & Fees $26,065

ROI Percentile 62th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 74%

4-Year Graduation Rate 23%

6-Year Graduation Rate 34%

Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅	%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Computer Science	53.0%	62	81% / 19%	0%	$57,468	61	93%
Business & Economics	20.5%	24	92% / 8%	4%	$52,512	49	—
Physical Sciences & Math	9.4%	11	27% / 73%	0%	$62,865	72	—
Agriculture & Food Science	7.7%	9	56% / 44%	22%	$47,975	35	96%
Professional	6.0%	7	86% / 14%	0%	$82,412	91	—
Life & Natural Sciences	2.6%	3	33% / 67%	0%	$59,111	65	—
Health Sciences	0.9%	1	0% / 100%	0%	$87,347	94	—

Research

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math	—	—	—	—	7	#185	76	—
Engineering	—	—	—	—	2	#209	20	—
Agriculture & Food Science	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Business & Economics	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Computer Science	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	—
Education	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Health Sciences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Humanities & Social Sciences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Life & Natural Sciences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	—	—	—	9	#481	109	—

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 85%

Yield (Unbound) 9%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	85%	85%	85%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.

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