Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral 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 Harrisburg Academics

Penn State Harrisburg is unique in its study options. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Furthermore, 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, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Weekend College. 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, Tutoring and Writing Center.

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

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Health Services – General, Health System Administration, Nursing (RN)

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Finance/Banking, Management Information Systems, Marketing Research, Organizational Behavior Studies

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Psychology:

Psychology – General

English Language and Literature:

American Literature, English

Education:

Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Social Studies Teacher Education

Popular majors:

seventy-one percent business per marketing, twenty-nine percent liberal arts, thirty-six percent business per marketing, fifteen percent engineering, ten percent education, eight percent computer and information sciences, eight percent psychology, seven percent security and protective services, six percent communications per journalism

Public Administration and Service:

Public Policy Analysis

Social Sciences:

Sociology

Mathematics:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

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

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 64% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 85%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school did not report their application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were four hundred and eighty-six total number of transfer students who applied and three hundred and seventy-nine total number of transfer students who were admitted.

the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. In addition, Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. 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. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 30th of November. 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 Harrisburg Financial Aid

Financial aid distribution is at thirty-eight percent scholarships per grants and sixty-two percent loans per jobs. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. 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. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Athletics and Minority Status.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-five degree-seeking undergrads, two hundred and nineteen first-time degree-seeking freshmen and one thousand, six hundred and sixty-eight graduate enrollment. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Additionally, the student body consists of seventy-three percent in-state students, twenty-seven percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, forty-eight percent women, fifty-two percent men, eleven percent asian per pacific islander, seventeen percent black per non-hispanic, six percent hispanic, sixty-two percent white per non-hispanic, four percent non-resident alien, ten percent in top 10th of graduating class, forty-three percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty-five percent in top half of graduating class, four percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, eleven percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, twenty-four percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twenty-two percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirty-four percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The university is a Public, Branch Campus, Four-year, Coed, where 64 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. Penn State Harrisburg offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as outdoor sculpture garden, Black Cultural Arts Center lounge, humanities gallery, American studies archives. To be sure, the school is located 8 miles from Harrisburg.Students should note the housing policies: fourteen percent of all undergraduates live in college 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.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball