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Penn State Mont Alto was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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With an acceptance rate of 91%, Pennsylvania State University - Mont Alto is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 29% of students accepted to Penn State Mont Alto submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 510 and 610.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Penn State Mont Alto it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Pennsylvania State University - Mont Alto is 68%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Pennsylvania State University - Mont Alto has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Penn State Mont Alto is 10%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,342 | $12,109 | $16,766 | $22,921 | $24,926 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Penn State Mont Alto, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Penn State Mont Alto, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $8,319 a year. That adds up to $33,276 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Penn State Mont Alto are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Campus Drive, Mont Alto, PA 17237-9700 |
| Phone: | 717-749-6000 |
| Website: | https://montalto.psu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 34 | NA |
| Nursing | 33 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 18 | NA |
| Forestry | 16 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 14 | NA |
| Information Science | 13 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 7 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 5 | NA |
| General Psychology | 5 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 2 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 355 students took at least one online class at Pennsylvania State University - Mont Alto. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 355 | 15 |
| 2018-2019 | 266 | 5 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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