Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 650,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,293 (15%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (28%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,946
Men / Women 59% / 41%
From State 54%
From Region 15%
Athletes 285 (7.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 45%
International 15%
Asian 14%
Black 10%
Hispanic 10%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Engineering 145 79% 65% 6% 12% 8% 4% $93,076 91 -0.69 93 98%
Civil Engineering 32 — 56% 69% 9% 6% 6% 6% $86,464 16 -0.84 89 99% — — — —
Computer Engineering — — — — — — — — $130,173 84 +0.62 99 97% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 29 — 83% 59% 3% 14% 14% 3% $99,655 11 -0.82 96 99% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 67 — 88% 67% 4% 15% 4% 3% $95,066 29 -0.52 94 98% — — — —
Nuclear Engineering — — — — — — — — $101,378 23 -0.60 96 100% — — — —
Structural Engineering 17 — 76% 59% 6% 12% 12% 6% $86,464 16 -0.84 89 99% — — — —
Computer Software Engineering — — — — — — — — $130,173 67 +0.15 99 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg 425 46% 55% 15% 10% 12% 3% $83,882 82 +0.37 88 97%
Computer Science 25 — 84% 52% 32% 0% 12% 4% $134,441 71 +0.28 100 97% — — — —
Computer Science 61 — 84% 33% 36% 10% 7% 11% $134,441 71 +0.28 100 97% — — — —
Cybersecurity 7 — 86% 14% 43% 29% 14% 0% $108,374 86 +0.78 98 98% — — — —
Informatics 3 — 100% 33% 0% 33% 33% 0% $134,441 95 +1.76 100 97% — — — —
Information Sciences and Technology 17 — 59% 29% 6% 41% 6% 6% $102,716 67 +0.22 96 98% — — — —
Applied Mathematics 5 — 80% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $92,768 34 -0.51 93 — — — — —
Biological and Physical Sciences 7 — 43% 71% 14% 0% 14% 0% $79,587 95 +1.52 85 94% — — — —
Biology 35 — 46% 46% 23% 20% 3% 0% $69,759 68 +0.38 74 98% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 22 — 23% 32% 41% 9% 14% 0% $85,223 94 +1.41 89 99% — — — —
Plant Sciences — — — — — — — — $56,177 24 -0.49 47 93% — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 7 — 0% 71% 0% 29% 0% 0% $70,343 88 +1.07 75 99% — — — —
Exercise Science 28 — 50% 68% 4% 11% 14% 0% $74,521 93 +1.49 80 97% — — — —
Nursing (RN to BSN) 33 — 18% 70% 9% 0% 15% 3% $94,252 66 +0.20 94 97% — — — —
Economics — — — — — — — — $89,925 49 -0.30 91 94% — — — —
Health Administration 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $81,608 90 +0.79 86 97% — — — —
American Studies 4 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,088 23 -0.65 33 90% — — — —
English 15 — 40% 73% 0% 0% 13% 0% $50,132 43 -0.28 30 93% — — — —
Communication 14 — 50% 64% 0% 7% 21% 0% $57,435 37 -0.41 50 95% — — — —
Human Development and Family Studies 12 — 25% 42% 0% 17% 33% 0% $47,890 16 -0.64 24 94% — — — —
Humanities — — — — — — — — $55,668 52 -0.11 45 94% — — — —
Natural Resources and Conservation 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,737 43 -0.24 53 — — — — —
Political Science 14 — 50% 50% 7% 7% 29% 0% $73,604 58 +0.10 79 97% — — — —
Psychology 42 — 21% 67% 5% 5% 17% 2% $56,315 62 +0.19 47 93% — — — —
Public Policy 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,725 55 +0.04 78 — — — — —
Public Relations and Advertising — — — — — — — — $82,819 82 +1.02 87 96% — — — —
Sociology 7 — 43% 71% 14% 14% 0% 0% $55,978 52 -0.08 46 100% — — — —
Elementary Education 24 — 4% 79% 0% 12% 0% 0% $57,522 85 +0.78 50 97% — — — —
Social Studies Teacher Education 10 — 70% 80% 0% 0% 10% 0% $55,678 62 +0.03 45 98% — — — —
Criminal Justice 25 — 32% 56% 12% 16% 16% 0% $59,592 52 -0.04 56 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business Administration 111 61% 64% 7% 6% 11% 5% $98,186 93 +0.71 95 97%
Accounting 20 — 55% 55% 15% 5% 15% 0% $94,555 70 +0.49 94 98% — — — —
Business Administration 23 — 61% 78% 4% 9% 4% 0% $84,853 76 +0.38 88 98% — — — —
Finance 28 — 79% 46% 14% 4% 14% 14% $117,912 85 +0.65 99 96% — — — —
General Business 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,873 81 +0.53 90 — — — — —
Human Resources Management 3 — 67% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $85,784 82 +0.71 89 97% — — — —
Management Information Systems 8 — 50% 75% 0% 0% 0% 12% $84,821 35 -0.44 88 98% — — — —
Marketing 28 — 50% 71% 0% 11% 11% 4% $97,522 95 +1.55 95 98% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $16,780
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $28,679
Est. In-State Cost $21,707
Est. Out-of-State Cost $37,099
ROI Percentile 90th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 18%
6-Year Graduation Rate 26%
Transfer-Out Rate 46%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 21.3% 145 79% 65% 6% 12% 8% 4% $93,077 11 -0.69 93 98% —
Business & Economics 16.9% 115 60% 64% 7% 6% 11% 5% $97,610 84 +0.72 95 97% —
Computer Science 16.6% 113 81% 35% 30% 14% 9% 8% $128,053 72 +0.34 99 97% —
Social Sciences 13.7% 93 34% 62% 4% 8% 19% 1% $58,529 49 -0.05 53 94% —
Health Sciences 10.0% 68 29% 69% 6% 7% 13% 1% $83,666 74 +0.82 88 97% —
Life & Natural Sciences 9.4% 64 38% 44% 28% 14% 8% 0% $76,150 89 +0.86 82 98% —
Education 5.0% 34 24% 79% 0% 9% 3% 0% $56,980 72 +0.56 49 97% —
Professional 3.7% 25 32% 56% 12% 16% 16% 0% $59,592 25 -0.04 56 97% —
Humanities 2.8% 19 42% 74% 0% 0% 11% 0% $50,333 23 -0.36 31 92% —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.7% 5 80% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $92,768 78 -0.51 93 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.6M #276 7% $0 10 #233 — —
Health Sciences $1.3M #221 100% $0 — — — —
Education $1.2M #222 89% $0 3 #399 — —
Engineering $0.9M #282 39% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.3M #437 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.2M #291 29% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.2M #214 55% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.0M #603 40% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #483 100% $0 — — — —
Total $5.7M #366 58% $0 13 #436 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 50 $106K $106K $0
Soccer 34 $100K $100K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 25 $28K $28K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 25 $27K $27K $0
Basketball 14 $141K $141K $0
Tennis 13 $79K $79K $0
Cross Country 8 $6K $6K $0
Golf 8 $34K $34K $0
Total 152 $526K $526K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 29 $107K $107K $0
Softball 22 $84K $84K $0
Field Hockey 18 $38K $38K $0
Volleyball 17 $74K $74K $0
Basketball 14 $93K $93K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 14 $20K $17K $2K
Track & Field (indoor) 13 $20K $20K $0
Cross Country 12 $5K $5K $0
Tennis 10 $27K $12K $15K
Total 133 $472K $455K $17K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 63 $207K $207K $0
Baseball 50 $106K $106K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 39 $48K $45K $2K
Track & Field (indoor) 38 $49K $49K $0
Basketball 28 $235K $235K $0
Tennis 23 $106K $91K $15K
Softball 22 $84K $84K $0
Cross Country 20 $12K $12K $0
Field Hockey 18 $38K $38K $0
Volleyball 17 $74K $74K $0
Golf 8 $34K $34K $0
Total 285 $1.8M $1.8M $25K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 92%
Yield (non-ED) 11%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 26%
SAT Range 1120 – 1310
SAT Math Range 570 – 660
SAT RW Range 550 – 650