Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master'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 Erie-Behrend College Academics

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College is unique in its study options. For one thing, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, Semester At Sea, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. 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. Moreover, 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, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Social Sciences:

Economics, Political Science/Government

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

English Language and Literature:

English

Popular majors:

fifty-two percent engineering technologies, twenty-nine percent liberal arts, nineteen percent business per marketing, forty-one percent business per marketing, twenty percent engineering, seven percent psychology, six percent biology, five percent engineering technologies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management

History:

History – General

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

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 80% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 83%. 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 example, there were two hundred and eighteen total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and forty-nine 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. Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 30th of November. 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. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Further, For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application due date was not reported. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Financial Aid

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

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Students

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

Students should note the housing policies: forty-nine percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, 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. Again, the university has many unique facilites such as observatory, natural area for science field trips and experimentation, hiking trails, cross-country skiing. This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College 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, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural 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 Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Volleyball