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Pennsylvania State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Population 140,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 41,862
Men / Women 53% / 47%
White 60%
International 9%
Hispanic 8%
Asian 7%
Black 5%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 28%
Business & Economics 22%
Humanities & Social Sciences 21%
Life & Natural Sciences 19%
Arts 5%
Education 3%
Professional 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $20,644
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $41,790
Est. In-State Cost $26,705
Est. Out-of-State Cost $54,060
10-Year ROI $132,000
ROI Percentile 40th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 93%
4-Year Graduation Rate 71%
6-Year Graduation Rate 86%
Transfer-Out Rate 2%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,293 (15th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (28th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 55%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $627M #3
Humanities & Social Sciences $74M #15
Life & Natural Sciences $554M #36
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 295 #9
Humanities & Social Sciences 454 #31
Life & Natural Sciences 350 #84

Honors College

Name Schreyer Honors College
Students 2,000 (5%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 36%
SAT Range 1,240 – 1,420
ACT Range 27 – 32

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Agricultural Sciences 487 46% / 54% 3% $63,680
Agricultural Operations 33 27% / 73% 3% $76,186
Agriculture 25 52% / 48% 4% $42,938
Animal Nutrition 80 16% / 84% 0% $70,812
Animal Sciences 74 12% / 88% 3% $47,467
Food Science 34 35% / 65% 9% $75,807
Forest Sciences and Biology 15 87% / 13% 0%
Landscape Contracting 17 88% / 12% 0% $56,129
Plant Science 35 57% / 43% 3%
Turfgrass Science 11 100% / 0% 0% $56,129
Agribusiness Management 84 81% / 19% 6% $78,915
Agricultural and Extension Education 10 30% / 70% 0%
Natural Resources Management and Policy 1 100% / 0% 100%
Natural Resources and Conservation 34 53% / 47% 3% $44,049
Natural Resources/Conservation 28 61% / 39% 4% $60,893
Sustainability Studies 6 67% / 33% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Arts and Architecture 286 37% / 63% 4% $56,541
Architecture 64 47% / 53% 0% $75,615
Art Education 10 10% / 90% 0% $60,333
Art History 13 31% / 69% 15% $45,723
Design and Applied Arts 12 50% / 50% 0% $67,490
Drawing 22 32% / 68% 0% $34,439
Fine/Studio Arts 35 23% / 77% 11% $45,723
Graphic Design 14 36% / 64% 0% $67,490
Landscape Architecture 29 38% / 62% 10% $83,980
Music 27 48% / 52% 0% $32,065
Music Education 21 48% / 52% 0% $60,333
Music Performance 1 0% / 100% 0% $32,065
Photography 8 38% / 62% 12% $43,251
Printmaking 20 20% / 80% 5% $34,439
Visual and Performing Arts 10 40% / 60% 0% $38,594
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences 241 72% / 28% 29% $86,236
Mining Engineering 2 100% / 0% 50%
Petroleum Engineering 68 78% / 22% 74% $98,939
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 32 72% / 28% 0% $61,835
Geological and Earth Sciences 34 56% / 44% 9% $83,902
Geosciences 48 67% / 33% 6% $83,902
Materials Science 57 77% / 23% 21% $88,140
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Education 370 19% / 81% 4% $55,022
Educational Assessment 16 12% / 88% 44%
General Education 2 0% / 100% 0% $47,934
Language and Drama Education 6 17% / 83% 17% $60,333
Secondary Education 99 45% / 55% 6% $54,729
Special Education 16 19% / 81% 0% $59,270
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 229 8% / 92% 1% $54,729
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education 2 50% / 50% 0% $60,333
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Engineering 2,145 72% / 28% 14% $101,860
Aerospace Engineering 150 84% / 16% 8% $101,393
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 32 44% / 56% 6% $82,038
Architectural Engineering 110 63% / 37% 5% $101,074
Biomedical Engineering 140 43% / 57% 6% $106,994
Chemical Engineering 130 62% / 38% 13% $101,863
Civil Engineering 165 76% / 24% 7% $84,034
Computer Engineering 70 93% / 7% 24% $126,311
Computer Hardware Engineering 1 100% / 0% 0% $126,311
Computer Science 427 65% / 35% 19% $109,343
Electrical Engineering 133 92% / 8% 23% $95,011
Engineering 29 86% / 14% 24% $94,609
Engineering Science 25 72% / 28% 16% $102,160
Environmental Engineering 19 53% / 47% 11% $87,049
Industrial Engineering 139 64% / 36% 15% $105,765
Mechanical Engineering 385 84% / 16% 14% $102,418
Nuclear Engineering 22 82% / 18% 9% $118,312
Surveying Engineering
Organizational Leadership 168 67% / 33% 20% $92,094
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Health and Human Development 850 29% / 71% 4% $61,590
Athletic Training 1 0% / 100% 0% $55,680
Communication Sciences and Disorders 124 3% / 97% 2% $61,720
Kinesiology 221 34% / 66% 2% $60,921
Nutrition Sciences 72 14% / 86% 6%
Pre-Nursing Studies 48 46% / 54% 2%
Rehabilitation Sciences 53 19% / 81% 6% $51,838
Health Administration 86 29% / 71% 0% $92,967
Hospitality Management 109 35% / 65% 14% $58,045
Parks, Recreation and Leisure 83 73% / 27% 5% $56,246
Human Development and Family Studies 53 2% / 98% 4% $38,694
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Information Sciences and Technology 936 79% / 21% 19% $123,806
Artificial Intelligence
Computer and Information Sciences 426 82% / 18% 29% $130,869
Data Analytics 22 64% / 36% 0%
Data Modeling and Warehousing
Data Processing 6 33% / 67% 50%
Data Science 122 80% / 20% 28%
Human-Centered Design and Development 45 56% / 44% 13% $130,869
Informatics 43 70% / 30% 9% $130,869
Cybersecurity 272 80% / 20% 2% $110,460
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of the Liberal Arts 1,955 39% / 61% 12% $63,993
Biological and Physical Sciences 106 26% / 74% 3% $67,737
Development Economics 15 40% / 60% 7% $89,303
Economics 340 78% / 22% 40% $89,303
African-American/Black Studies 10 30% / 70% 0%
Anthropology 34 32% / 68% 0% $39,334
Asian Studies 5 20% / 80% 0%
Chinese 7 29% / 71% 14%
Classics 13 54% / 46% 0%
Comparative Literature 8 0% / 100% 12%
Criminal Justice 253 27% / 73% 1% $56,359
Criminal Justice/Safety
English 71 27% / 73% 0% $50,993
Forensic Science 43 30% / 70% 5% $68,300
French 12 25% / 75% 8% $59,017
German 7 43% / 57% 14%
History 58 62% / 38% 2% $47,834
Humanities 7 29% / 71% 0% $47,934
International Affairs 97 39% / 61% 9% $68,776
Italian 5 0% / 100% 0% $59,017
Japanese 2 50% / 50% 50%
Jewish/Judaic Studies
Korean 1 0% / 100% 0%
Latin American Studies
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Philosophy 36 58% / 42% 14% $65,027
Political Science 190 48% / 52% 1% $71,263
Psychology 512 23% / 77% 9% $52,186
Russian 1 100% / 0% 0%
Science, Technology, and Society 12 42% / 58% 8%
Social Sciences
Sociology 63 22% / 78% 21% $57,689
Spanish 36 33% / 67% 3% $59,017
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 10 0% / 100% 10%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications 878 39% / 61% 11% $66,043
Communication 68 56% / 44% 1% $50,398
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs 4 25% / 75% 0% $63,288
Journalism 183 52% / 48% 8% $63,210
Mass Communication/Media Studies 56 34% / 66% 39% $50,398
Public Relations, Advertising 319 14% / 86% 12% $78,817
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 1 100% / 0% 100% $78,817
Digital Communication and Media 176 55% / 45% 9%
Film Production 71 63% / 37% 4% $43,251
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Eberly College of Science 1,057 37% / 63% 10% $76,307
Astronomy 33 70% / 30% 9% $62,197
Mathematics 136 71% / 29% 43% $86,942
Physics 62 94% / 6% 24% $61,471
Biochemistry 93 43% / 57% 4% $68,180
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 330 13% / 87% 0% $81,699
Biology 299 28% / 72% 4% $70,174
Chemistry 57 47% / 53% 18% $89,466
Medical Microbiology 7 43% / 57% 14%
Science Technologies 27 37% / 63% 11%
Toxicology 13 62% / 38% 15%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing 132 10% / 90% 2% $112,476
Nursing 132 10% / 90% 2% $112,476
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Smeal College of Business 1,577 60% / 40% 14% $103,217
Statistics 64 64% / 36% 39% $120,324
Accounting 219 63% / 37% 9% $101,188
Business 66 65% / 35% 20% $103,000
Entrepreneurship 97 75% / 25% 4%
Finance 533 75% / 25% 16% $114,857
Insurance 25 56% / 44% 4% $109,241
Management Information Systems 87 70% / 30% 16% $116,423
Management Sciences 17 65% / 35% 0% $109,241
Marketing 393 36% / 64% 11% $84,396
Organizational Behavior 76 41% / 59% 14% $92,094

Rankings

Fun and Games

Party til You Drop (Out) Party Schools
Rage

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Gym Selfie Central
I'm Getting Cancelled in 3, 2, 1... Most Attractive Women
Double Takes

Prestige

I Peaked in AP Calc But Now I Get Priority Registration Top 15 Honors Colleges
Public Ivy But With Actual Fun and/or Football

Engineering, Computing & Math

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
10k-Student Server Crashers
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Information Technology
IT Enterprise Experts
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Particle Accelerators
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Equation Elegance
It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
Wind Tunnel Wizards
Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Farm to Lab
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Dinosaur Juice
Playing House Civil Engineering
Project Managers
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
State-Funded CPU Factories
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Dangerously Grounded
Drill, Baby, Drill Energy & Mining Engineering
Oil AND Gold
Regular Engineering Just Wasn't Hurting My Brain Enough Engineering Physics
Simultaneously Engineers & Physicists Until a Recruiter Observes Them
Hugging Trees with Calculus Environmental Engineering
Watershed Wizards
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr Industrial & Systems Engineering
The Classics
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Atomic Architects
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Mad Scientists' Machine Shop
We Glow In The Dark Nuclear Engineering
Reactor Masters

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Double Helix
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Agri-Chem & Geo
X-Ray Vision Required Clinical Diagnostics
Imaging Innovators
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Ocean Explorers
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Greenhouse Gang
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Climate Warriors
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
The Flavor Engineers
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Care Coordinators
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Code Blue Ready
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
The Compound
Talk About a Career Phonoaudiology
SLP Specialists
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
Field & Forest
Jocks R'US Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
ESPN Scholars
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
Aggies with Stethoscopes (Veterinary Sciences)

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
GAAP Gatekeepers
Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Suits with Boots
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
Just-In-Time Jugglers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
The Aggie-Econ & Applied Regressions Guild
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Fortune 500 Feeders
The Spreadsheet Doctors Healthcare Administration
The Hospital C-Suite Pipeline
May I Take Your Order? Hospitality & Tourism
The Gold Standard
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Talent Whisperers
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
Brand Builders
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
The "Do You Know Who I Am?" Elite
Hard Hats & PowerPoints Power Rankings Technical Management
Toyota Production System Disciples

Humanities & Social Sciences

Professional Yapping Communication & Journalism
State-Funded Media Monoliths
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Ink & Quill
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Compost Curriculum
Mappy Few, the Cartography Crew Geography & Cartography
Cartography Cartel
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Diplomat Track
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
Footnote Masters
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
Armchair Philosophers
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
DSM Superfans
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
The Seekers
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Survey Says
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Syntax Scholars

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Brat Whisperers
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Teacher's Pet
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
History Buffs
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
IEP Architects
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Specialty Stars
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Lab Coat Lecturers

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Blueprint Masters

Professional

The Hard Hat Caste Construction
Permit-Ready