The Pennsylvania State University

  • Details

  • Attendance

    • Admissions Rate No data
    • Average SAT Scores
    • Four Year Completion Rate No data Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
    • Six Year Completion Rate No data Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
    • Eight Year Completion Rate No data Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
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  • Costs

    • Yearly Costs: No data The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
    • Out of State Tuition: No data Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
    • In State Tuition: No data Tuition and required fees for in-state students
    • Median Debt Total: No data Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
    • Median Debt for Graduates: No data Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Median Debt for Withdrawals: No data Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
    • Net Price Quintile 1 No data Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
    • Net Price Quintile 2 No data Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
    • Net Price Quintile 3 No data Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
    • Net Price Quintile 4 No data Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
    • Net Price Quintile 5 No data Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
  • Earnings

    • Median 6 Year Earnings No data Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 7 Year Earnings No data Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 8 Year Earnings No data Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 9 Year Earnings No data Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
    • Median 10 Year Earnings No data Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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Name Credential Debt Mean Debt Median Earnings
Marketing Bachelor's Degree $55,498 $39,470 $51,414
English Language and Literature, General Bachelor's Degree $48,563 $40,460 $25,116
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Bachelor's Degree $56,704 No data No data
Health and Physical Education/Fitness Bachelor's Degree $62,430 $53,733 $30,320
Philosophy Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biology, General Bachelor's Degree $57,235 $47,826 $28,620
Chemistry Bachelor's Degree No data No data $40,776
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Agriculture, General Bachelor's Degree $55,689 No data $36,386
Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Animal Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data $29,974 $31,682
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data $52,573
Natural Resources Management and Policy Bachelor's Degree No data No data $62,018
Landscape Architecture Bachelor's Degree No data No data $53,453
Journalism Bachelor's Degree $69,583 $53,126 $33,090
Education, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Area Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer and Information Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree $63,374 $47,983 $73,647
Communication and Media Studies Bachelor's Degree $49,933 $32,500 $32,077
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication Bachelor's Degree No data $56,989 No data
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other Bachelor's Degree $79,897 No data $34,758
Information Science/Studies Bachelor's Degree $50,553 $33,738 $60,548
Computer Software and Media Applications Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas Bachelor's Degree $45,717 No data $40,637
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $56,000 $68,716
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services Bachelor's Degree $47,457 $39,170 $45,940
Food Science and Technology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $49,091
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Forestry Bachelor's Degree No data No data $41,479
Natural Resources and Conservation, Other Bachelor's Degree No data $24,000 $28,554
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Bachelor's Degree No data $58,314 No data
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Bachelor's Degree $65,929 $49,446 $42,918
Data Processing Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Bachelor's Degree $49,680 $35,131 $65,214
Special Education and Teaching Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Engineering, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data $55,455
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Bachelor's Degree $64,523 $51,545 $26,833
Agricultural Business and Management Bachelor's Degree $52,182 $37,091 $47,444
Agricultural Public Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Plant Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data No data $34,546
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs Bachelor's Degree No data $62,217 No data
Natural Resources Conservation and Research Bachelor's Degree No data $33,495 $34,969
Architecture Bachelor's Degree No data No data $51,482
Computer Science Bachelor's Degree No data No data $58,206
Biomedical/Medical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $56,000 $55,595
Mining and Mineral Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $71,938
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods Bachelor's Degree $57,732 $47,545 $39,223
Education, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Chemical Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $48,257 $70,502
Engineering Science Bachelor's Degree $66,489 No data No data
Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Agricultural Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $57,770 $60,836
Architectural Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $38,448 $67,154
Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree $52,973 $39,958 $61,387
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor's Degree $49,886 $27,427 $33,395
Applied Mathematics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biological and Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree $64,004 $44,156 $33,036
Nutrition Sciences Bachelor's Degree No data $69,567 $15,149
Sustainability Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Bachelor's Degree $48,948 $41,291 $67,461
Petroleum Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $80,718
Polymer/Plastics Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $66,366
Surveying Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $52,230
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) Bachelor's Degree $18,360 No data $44,201
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Bachelor's Degree No data $54,000 $30,110
Mathematics Bachelor's Degree No data $51,322 $52,010
Statistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $55,709
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Computer Engineering Bachelor's Degree $55,563 $38,008 $76,448
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $55,225
Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree $50,180 $44,304 $65,376
Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data No data $62,046
Engineering, Other Bachelor's Degree No data $53,474 $61,978
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data $49,782 $34,958
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Bachelor's Degree No data No data $38,061
Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree No data $45,565 $69,173
Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree $37,733 $25,887 No data
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians Bachelor's Degree $43,864 $35,950 $58,773
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Bachelor's Degree $39,395 $24,022 $29,005
Pharmacology and Toxicology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Science, Technology and Society Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Religion/Religious Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Bachelor's Degree No data $62,316 $50,624
Biology Technician/Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Bachelor's Degree No data No data $39,610
Research and Experimental Psychology Bachelor's Degree $33,649 $29,543 $27,946
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management Bachelor's Degree No data $49,814 $33,729
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Health and Medical Administrative Services Bachelor's Degree $60,905 $46,593 $45,122
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs Bachelor's Degree No data No data $22,902
Physics Bachelor's Degree No data $62,875 $50,536
Criminal Justice and Corrections Bachelor's Degree $47,340 $30,325 $34,135
Social Sciences, General Bachelor's Degree $26,662 No data No data
Archeology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Geography and Cartography Bachelor's Degree No data No data $38,349
International Relations and National Security Studies Bachelor's Degree $69,145 $48,453 $39,513
Sociology Bachelor's Degree No data $68,086 $30,335
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft Bachelor's Degree No data No data $18,839
Visual and Performing Arts, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions Bachelor's Degree $40,965 $39,038 $30,749
Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Astronomy and Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree No data No data $22,853
Materials Sciences Bachelor's Degree $51,217 $42,379 $64,925
Psychology, General Bachelor's Degree $52,758 $37,000 $29,652
Public Policy Analysis Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Social Sciences, Other Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Design and Applied Arts Bachelor's Degree No data No data $37,726
Fine and Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree No data $64,283 $21,352
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Business Administration, Management and Operations Bachelor's Degree $46,793 $44,000 $49,437
Management Information Systems and Services Bachelor's Degree $54,469 $33,844 $57,465
Security Science and Technology Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Anthropology Bachelor's Degree $58,857 No data $27,870
Political Science and Government Bachelor's Degree $73,443 $51,822 $37,482
Dance Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Film/Video and Photographic Arts Bachelor's Degree $72,785 $75,000 $23,725
Hospitality Administration/Management Bachelor's Degree No data $49,073 $45,612
Human Resources Management and Services Bachelor's Degree $52,999 $35,644 $48,779
History Bachelor's Degree $67,437 $44,492 $27,051
Economics Bachelor's Degree $66,460 $48,883 $45,928
Visual and Performing Arts, General Bachelor's Degree $43,984 No data $25,485
Music Bachelor's Degree No data No data $20,571
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services Bachelor's Degree $65,937 $56,489 $23,662
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Bachelor's Degree $38,380 $23,407 $67,759
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Bachelor's Degree No data No data $59,349
Finance and Financial Management Services Bachelor's Degree $54,667 $38,982 $61,200
International Business Bachelor's Degree No data No data No data
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Bachelor's Degree No data $30,008 $52,296
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other Bachelor's Degree $55,682 $46,341 $61,252
Business/Commerce, General Bachelor's Degree $31,926 $22,600 $42,524
Accounting and Related Services Bachelor's Degree $52,753 $37,400 $51,228
Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor's Degree $19,126 $9,000 $35,169