Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre

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 Wilkes-Barre 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. Again, 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 and Placement Service can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. 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, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major and Study Abroad. Penn State Wilkes-Barre is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biology

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Information Sciences/Systems, Information Technology

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Health Services – General, Nursing (RN), Premedicine

Physical Sciences:

Astronomy, Chemistry, Meteorology, Physics, Planetary Sciences

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Biological/Physical Sciences, Medieval/Renaissance Studies

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, recreation & fitness – general

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy & Religion – General, Religion/Religious Studies

English Language and Literature:

English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

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

Education:

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

Communications & Journalism:

Advertising, Journalism, Mass Communications/Media Studies

Foreign Language and Literature:

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

Popular majors:

forty-seven percent engineering technologies, twenty-six percent computer and information sciences, sixteen percent business per marketing, eleven percent liberal arts, forty-two percent business per marketing, twenty-four percent security and protective services, nineteen percent computer and information sciences, thirteen percent engineering technologies

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Psychology:

Psychology – General

History:

History – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Actuarial Science, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, Hotel/Motel Management, Insurance/Risk Management, International Business, Labor/Personnel Relations, Logistics/Materials Management, Marketing Research, Real Estate

Social Sciences:

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

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

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre 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 . Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 84%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were seventy-three total number of transfer students who applied and fifty total number of transfer students who were admitted.

the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. 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. Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by 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. Further, 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.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Financial Aid

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 distribution is at fifty-one percent scholarships per grants and forty-nine percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid forms are FAFSA.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Students

The school’s size is approximately five hundred and sixty-five degree-seeking undergrads, one hundred and sixty-three first-time degree-seeking freshmen and thirty-three graduate enrollment. Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers Associate and Bachelor’s degrees. Moreover, the student body consists of ninety-two percent in-state students, eight percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, thirty percent women, seventy percent men, one percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, three percent hispanic, ninety-three percent white per non-hispanic, eight percent in top 10th of graduating class, twenty-seven percent in top quarter of graduating class, sixty-one percent in top half of graduating class, five percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, eleven percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, eighteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The university is a Public, Branch Campus, Four-year, Coed, where 84 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. Additionally, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus.

Indeed, the school is located 10 miles from Wilkes-Barre.This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Commuter campus.

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

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