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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Erie, PA
Population 280,000
Website https://behrend.psu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 1,900 (1% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 209 (6% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,234
Men / Women 62% / 38%
From State 74%
From Region 9%
Athletes 16.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 75%
Asian 5%
Hispanic 5%
International 5%
Black 4%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 62.8% 62.8% 2012 Men: 63.3% 63.3% 2013 Men: 62.9% 62.9% 2014 Men: 63.6% 63.6% 2015 Men: 62.2% 62.2% 2016 Men: 67.8% 67.8% 2017 Men: 66.2% 66.2% 2018 Men: 65.1% 65.1% 2022 Men: 62.4% 62.4% 2023 Men: 63.0% 63.0% 2024 Men: 61.2% 61.2%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2012 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2013 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2014 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2015 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2016 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2017 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2018 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2022 Asian: 3.6% 3.6% 2023 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2024 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2011 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2012 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2013 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2014 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2015 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2016 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2017 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2018 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2011 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2012 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2013 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2015 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2016 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2017 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2018 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2022 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 Hispanic: 3.1% 3.1% 2011 White: 90.0% 90.0% 2012 White: 88.7% 88.7% 2013 White: 92.1% 92.1% 2014 White: 88.2% 88.2% 2015 White: 87.8% 87.8% 2016 White: 84.0% 84.0% 2017 White: 83.0% 83.0% 2018 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2022 White: 70.6% 70.6% 2023 White: 72.4% 72.4% 2024 White: 70.3% 70.3% 2011 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2013 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2015 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2016 International: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2018 International: 6.3% 6.3% 2022 International: 16.5% 16.5% 2023 International: 12.6% 12.6% 2024 International: 15.3% 15.3%

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
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Asian: 5.1% 5.1% 2025 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2022 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 Black: 3.4% 3.4% 2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2025 Black: 4.1% 4.1% 2022 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2023 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2025 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2022 White: 80.6% 80.6% 2023 White: 78.2% 78.2% 2024 White: 76.6% 76.6% 2025 White: 74.7% 74.7% 2022 International: 3.7% 3.7% 2023 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2024 International: 5.5% 5.5% 2025 International: 5.3% 5.3%

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

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 167 71% / 29% 4% $90,429 94 96%
Accounting 27 — 74% / 26% 0% $90,819 95 97%
Business Administration 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $73,082 83 94%
Economics 1 — 100% / 0% 100% $90,495 94 92%
Finance 37 — 81% / 19% 0% $110,005 99 96%
International Business 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $74,233 84 94%
Management Information Systems 21 — 71% / 29% 5% $97,958 97 97%
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods 30 — 77% / 23% 7% $73,023 83 98%
Managerial Economics 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $89,081 94 —
Marketing 23 — 48% / 52% 0% $86,188 92 97%
Quantitative Economics 8 — 88% / 12% 12% $90,495 94 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Engineering 209 81% / 19% 7% $100,138 97 98%
Computer Engineering 11 — 100% / 0% 9% $114,252 99 98%
Electrical Engineering 24 — 88% / 12% 4% $96,279 97 97%
Industrial Engineering 11 — 64% / 36% 27% $107,177 99 97%
Mechanical Engineering 65 — 83% / 17% 2% $93,269 96 98%
Plastics Engineering 18 — 50% / 50% 6% $105,720 98 97%
Computer Science 28 — 89% / 11% 14% $117,773 99 100%
Computer Software Engineering 19 — 84% / 16% 21% $114,252 99 98%
Computer and Information Sciences — — — — $93,526 96 —
Electrical Engineering Technology 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $88,879 94 95%
Mechanical Engineering Technology 27 — 81% / 19% 0% $82,052 90 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Communication 108 33% / 67% 1% $56,814 57 94%
Communication 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $51,437 43 93%
Creative Writing 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $34,120 6 82%
English 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $51,070 42 92%
History 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $48,472 34 96%
Interdisciplinary Studies 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Liberal Studies 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,992 38 86%
Political Science 9 — 56% / 44% 0% $72,214 82 93%
Psychology 27 — 26% / 74% 4% $54,133 51 92%
Women's Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Education 16 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,437 54 94%
Secondary Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $55,437 54 —
Digital Multimedia Design 18 — 61% / 39% 0% $68,255 78 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Science 116 36% / 64% 2% $79,194 88 94%
Chemistry 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $73,332 83 92%
Mathematics 14 — 43% / 57% 7% $88,102 93 93%
Physics 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,292 69 86%
Biological and Physical Sciences 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $68,641 78 92%
Biology 43 — 47% / 53% 0% $69,451 79 94%
Environmental Science 11 — 27% / 73% 9% $61,705 68 91%
Nutrition Sciences — — — — $62,340 69 —
Nursing 39 — 15% / 85% 0% $93,995 96 97%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $16,780
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $28,679
Est. In-State Cost $21,707
Est. Out-of-State Cost $37,099
ROI Percentile 92th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 32%
6-Year Graduation Rate 44%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 66.9% 66.9% 2012 Graduated: 66.7% 66.7% 2013 Graduated: 69.9% 69.9% 2014 Graduated: 68.5% 68.5% 2015 Graduated: 69.0% 69.0% 2016 Graduated: 63.4% 63.4% 2017 Graduated: 65.2% 65.2% 2018 Graduated: 66.3% 66.3% 2022 Graduated: 42.3% 42.3% 2023 Graduated: 45.7% 45.7% 2024 Graduated: 43.6% 43.6%

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
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 65.9% 65.9% 2012 Men: 65.3% 65.3% 2013 Men: 70.0% 70.0% 2014 Men: 68.7% 68.7% 2015 Men: 68.0% 68.0% 2016 Men: 61.8% 61.8% 2017 Men: 64.4% 64.4% 2018 Men: 66.5% 66.5% 2022 Men: 41.4% 41.4% 2023 Men: 46.0% 46.0% 2024 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2011 Women: 68.7% 68.7% 2012 Women: 69.1% 69.1% 2013 Women: 69.8% 69.8% 2014 Women: 68.3% 68.3% 2015 Women: 70.7% 70.7% 2016 Women: 66.2% 66.2% 2017 Women: 66.5% 66.5% 2018 Women: 66.0% 66.0% 2022 Women: 44.2% 44.2% 2023 Women: 45.1% 45.1% 2024 Women: 42.2% 42.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 68.4% 68.4% 2012 Asian: 52.0% 52.0% 2013 Asian: 72.0% 72.0% 2014 Asian: 67.9% 67.9% 2015 Asian: 56.0% 56.0% 2016 Asian: 56.0% 56.0% 2017 Asian: 51.6% 51.6% 2018 Asian: 57.1% 57.1% 2022 Asian: 24.4% 24.4% 2023 Asian: 25.0% 25.0% 2024 Asian: 42.6% 42.6% 2011 Black: 47.1% 47.1% 2012 Black: 53.8% 53.8% 2013 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2014 Black: 28.8% 28.8% 2015 Black: 32.3% 32.3% 2016 Black: 36.2% 36.2% 2017 Black: 35.1% 35.1% 2018 Black: 45.2% 45.2% 2022 Black: 31.2% 31.2% 2023 Black: 11.8% 11.8% 2024 Black: 26.1% 26.1% 2011 Hispanic: 40.9% 40.9% 2012 Hispanic: 58.8% 58.8% 2013 Hispanic: 47.4% 47.4% 2014 Hispanic: 41.7% 41.7% 2015 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2016 Hispanic: 45.9% 45.9% 2017 Hispanic: 51.9% 51.9% 2018 Hispanic: 45.2% 45.2% 2022 Hispanic: 45.2% 45.2% 2023 Hispanic: 44.1% 44.1% 2024 Hispanic: 27.3% 27.3% 2011 White: 68.5% 68.5% 2012 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2013 White: 70.7% 70.7% 2014 White: 71.2% 71.2% 2015 White: 70.9% 70.9% 2016 White: 65.6% 65.6% 2017 White: 69.1% 69.1% 2018 White: 68.7% 68.7% 2022 White: 52.1% 52.1% 2023 White: 54.3% 54.3% 2024 White: 53.6% 53.6% 2011 International: 66.7% 66.7% 2012 International: 60.0% 60.0% 2013 International: 87.5% 87.5% 2014 International: 81.8% 81.8% 2015 International: 85.0% 85.0% 2016 International: 78.8% 78.8% 2017 International: 67.7% 67.7% 2018 International: 83.6% 83.6% 2022 International: 5.3% 5.3% 2023 International: 8.3% 8.3% 2024 International: 8.0% 8.0%

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
Business & Economics 27.8% 167 71% / 29% 4% $90,430 94 96%
Engineering 21.5% 129 79% / 21% 5% $98,542 97 98%
Humanities & Social Sciences 11.7% 70 34% / 66% 1% $54,111 50 92%
Computer Science 7.8% 47 87% / 13% 17% $116,350 99 99%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.3% 44 48% / 52% 0% $69,433 79 94%
Health Sciences 6.5% 39 15% / 85% 0% $93,995 96 97%
Professional 5.5% 33 82% / 18% 0% $83,293 91 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 3.7% 22 55% / 45% 5% $81,226 89 92%
Education 3.3% 20 5% / 95% 0% $55,437 54 94%
Arts 3.0% 18 61% / 39% 0% $68,255 78 100%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.8% 11 27% / 73% 9% $61,705 68 91%

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $2.6M #117 82% $0.1M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $1.8M #302 19% $0.3M — — — —
Engineering $1.5M #260 54% $0.2M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #427 24% $0 — — — —
Education $0.3M #318 75% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #442 59% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.1M #324 13% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $0.1M #399 96% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.1M #373 100% $0 — — — —
Total $7.1M #342 56% $0.6M — — — —

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 No
Acceptance Rate 92%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 83.6% 83.6% 2012 Acceptance: 82.5% 82.5% 2013 Acceptance: 84.1% 84.1% 2014 Acceptance: 86.7% 86.7% 2015 Acceptance: 87.1% 87.1% 2016 Acceptance: 87.9% 87.9% 2017 Acceptance: 88.9% 88.9% 2018 Acceptance: 89.1% 89.1% 2022 Acceptance: 95.4% 95.4% 2023 Acceptance: 95.7% 95.7% 2024 Acceptance: 96.8% 96.8% 2011 Yield: 37.8% 37.8% 2012 Yield: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Yield: 37.4% 37.4% 2014 Yield: 33.7% 33.7% 2015 Yield: 33.1% 33.1% 2016 Yield: 34.4% 34.4% 2017 Yield: 29.0% 29.0% 2018 Yield: 35.2% 35.2% 2022 Yield: 19.9% 19.9% 2023 Yield: 18.7% 18.7% 2024 Yield: 14.5% 14.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,265 3,265 2012 Applicants: 3,367 3,367 2013 Applicants: 3,437 3,437 2014 Applicants: 4,054 4,054 2015 Applicants: 4,079 4,079 2016 Applicants: 3,853 3,853 2017 Applicants: 4,076 4,076 2018 Applicants: 3,392 3,392 2022 Applicants: 4,363 4,363 2023 Applicants: 4,827 4,827 2024 Applicants: 6,378 6,378 2011 Admitted: 2,728 2,728 2012 Admitted: 2,778 2,778 2013 Admitted: 2,890 2,890 2014 Admitted: 3,515 3,515 2015 Admitted: 3,552 3,552 2016 Admitted: 3,385 3,385 2017 Admitted: 3,624 3,624 2018 Admitted: 3,023 3,023 2022 Admitted: 4,164 4,164 2023 Admitted: 4,620 4,620 2024 Admitted: 6,176 6,176 2011 Enrolled: 1,032 1,032 2012 Enrolled: 1,083 1,083 2013 Enrolled: 1,080 1,080 2014 Enrolled: 1,186 1,186 2015 Enrolled: 1,176 1,176 2016 Enrolled: 1,166 1,166 2017 Enrolled: 1,052 1,052 2018 Enrolled: 1,065 1,065 2022 Enrolled: 829 829 2023 Enrolled: 866 866 2024 Enrolled: 897 897

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 35%
SAT Range 1120 – 1310
SAT Math Range 560 – 660
SAT RW Range 560 – 650

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 940 940 2012 25th: 950 950 2013 25th: 950 950 2014 25th: 940 940 2015 25th: 940 940 2016 25th: 970 970 2017 25th: 1050 1050 2018 25th: 1050 1050 2022 25th: 1095 1095 2023 25th: 1110 1110 2024 25th: 1120 1120 2011 75th: 1150 1150 2012 75th: 1170 1170 2013 75th: 1160 1160 2014 75th: 1170 1170 2015 75th: 1170 1170 2016 75th: 1210 1210 2017 75th: 1250 1250 2018 75th: 1280 1280 2022 75th: 1330 1330 2023 75th: 1320 1320 2024 75th: 1310 1310

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 480 480 2012 25th: 490 490 2013 25th: 490 490 2014 25th: 480 480 2015 25th: 480 480 2016 25th: 510 510 2017 25th: 530 530 2018 25th: 530 530 2022 25th: 545 545 2023 25th: 550 550 2024 25th: 560 560 2011 75th: 590 590 2012 75th: 610 610 2013 75th: 600 600 2014 75th: 610 610 2015 75th: 610 610 2016 75th: 640 640 2017 75th: 640 640 2018 75th: 660 660 2022 75th: 670 670 2023 75th: 660 660 2024 75th: 660 660

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 460 460 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 460 460 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 460 460 2016 25th: 460 460 2017 25th: 520 520 2018 25th: 520 520 2022 25th: 550 550 2023 25th: 560 560 2024 25th: 560 560 2011 75th: 560 560 2012 75th: 560 560 2013 75th: 560 560 2014 75th: 560 560 2015 75th: 560 560 2016 75th: 570 570 2017 75th: 610 610 2018 75th: 620 620 2022 75th: 660 660 2023 75th: 660 660 2024 75th: 650 650

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2012 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2013 Submitted: 93.0% 93.0% 2014 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2015 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2016 Submitted: 72.0% 72.0% 2017 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2018 Submitted: 77.0% 77.0% 2022 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0% 2023 Submitted: 37.0% 37.0% 2024 Submitted: 35.0% 35.0%

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.