Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

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 Berks 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, Pre-Admission Summer Program, 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, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. An instance of this, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships and Study Abroad. Penn State Berks is unique in its study options.

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

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

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

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Journalism, Mass Communications/Media Studies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

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

English Language and Literature:

English, English Composition, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biology

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, recreation & fitness – general

History:

History – General

Education:

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

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Behavioral Sciences, Biological/Physical Sciences, Medieval/Renaissance Studies

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

Engineering

Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Philosphy and Religion:

Jewish/Judaic Studies, Philosophy & Religion – General, Religion/Religious Studies

Physical Sciences:

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

Popular majors:

thirty-three percent engineering technologies, twenty-three percent business per marketing, twenty-three percent health professions, ten percent computer and information sciences, ten percent liberal arts, forty-eight percent business per marketing, nineteen percent computer and information sciences, ten percent psychology, nine percent engineering, six percent interdisciplinary studies

Social Sciences:

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

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Health Services – General, Nursing (RN), Occupational Therapy Assistance, Premedicine

Foreign Language and Literature:

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

Additionally, 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 Berks Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 78% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 84%. Remember that this can change at any time. 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. For instance, there were two hundred and ten total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and fifty-one total number of transfer students who were admitted.

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application 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. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 30th of November. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Furthermore, For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 30th of November.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Athletics and Minority Status. Financial aid distribution is at forty-four percent scholarships per grants and fifty-six percent loans per jobs. 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 forms are FAFSA.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Students

Penn State Berks offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. The school’s size is approximately two thousand, three hundred and three degree-seeking undergrads, eight hundred and fifty-six first-time degree-seeking freshmen and forty-four graduate enrollment. In addition, the student body consists of ninety percent in-state students, ten percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, forty-two percent women, fifty-eight percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, five percent asian per pacific islander, seven percent black per non-hispanic, four percent hispanic, eighty-four percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, five percent in top 10th of graduating class, twenty-one percent in top quarter of graduating class, fifty-eight percent in top half of graduating class, two percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, five percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, forty percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, twenty-one percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and two percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. The university is a Public, Branch Campus, Four-year, Coed, where 78 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. Further, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Students should note the housing policies: thirty-three percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, 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. On the whole, the school is located 5 miles from downtown.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Athletics

The NIttany Lioms are a member of NCAA. 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 NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Golf
• 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 and Women’s Intercollegiate Softball
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Club Volleyball