Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

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

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. Penn State Altoona is unique in its study options. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. An instance of this, the university has a Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Penn State Altoona.

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences, Medieval/Renaissance Studies

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, Comparative Literature, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Physical Sciences:

Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Planetary Sciences

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

Popular majors:

thirty percent engineering technologies, thirty percent health professions, eighteen percent business per marketing, twelve percent liberal arts, five percent family and consumer sciences, twenty-seven percent business per marketing, seventeen percent security and protective services, twelve percent education, nine percent engineering, seven percent family and consumer sciences, six percent liberal arts, five percent psychology

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Special Education

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Acting, Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Arts – General, Directing/Theatrical Production, Drama/Theater Arts, Film Production/Cinematography

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Health Services – General, Nursing (RN), Premedicine

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Actuarial Science, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, Hospitality Administration/Management, Insurance/Risk Management, International Business, Labor/Personnel Relations, Logistics/Materials Management, Management Information Systems, Management Science, Marketing Research, Real Estate

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biology

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, recreation & fitness – general

Philosphy and Religion:

Jewish/Judaic Studies, Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

English Language and Literature:

English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Journalism, Mass Communications/Media Studies

History:

History – General

Furthermore, for international students, the application fee is 50. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of February.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of fifty dollars regular application fee, fifty dollars out-of-state application fee, fifty dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. That is, there were two hundred and fifty-one total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and seven total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 80% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 85%. Remember that this can change at any time.

For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of November. The regular application due date was not reported. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Furthermore,

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Athletics and Minority Status. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Athletics, Minority Status and ROTC. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at forty-five percent scholarships per grants and fifty-five percent loans per jobs.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Students

The school’s size is approximately three thousand, four hundred and ninety-nine degree-seeking undergrads and one thousand, two hundred and sixteen first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Penn State Altoona offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. Additionally, the student body consists of seventy-nine percent in-state students, twenty-one percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, forty-seven percent women, fifty-three percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, three percent asian per pacific islander, nine percent black per non-hispanic, three percent hispanic, eighty-four percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, five percent in top 10th of graduating class, twenty-seven percent in top quarter of graduating class, seventy percent in top half of graduating class, two percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, seven percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twenty-six percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirty-eight percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, eleven percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and one percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. The university is a Public, Branch Campus, Four-year, Coed, where 80 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Students should note the housing policies: twenty-four percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. In sum, the school is located 2 miles from downtown.This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Furthermore, the university has many unique facilites such as MAC lab, CAD lab, robotics lab, manufacturing lab, automation lab, environmental studies lab, comprehensive art studio space.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Football
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Track_and_field
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Club Volleyball