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Penn State Wilkes - Barre was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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With an acceptance rate of 95%, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes - Barre 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 33% of students accepted to Penn State Wilkes - Barre submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 640. Math scores were between 530 and 620.
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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 Wilkes - Barre 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes - Barre is 79%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes - Barre has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. 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 Wilkes - Barre is 15%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,705 | $14,497 | $15,562 | $21,442 | $20,651 |
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 Wilkes - Barre, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Penn State Wilkes - Barre, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $6,639 a year. That adds up to $26,556 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Penn State Wilkes - Barre are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 44 University Drive, Dallas, PA 18627-0217 |
| Phone: | 570-675-2171 |
| Website: | https://wilkesbarre.psu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/PSUWB?sk=wall |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/PennStateWB |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 11 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 10 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 10 | NA |
| Information Science | 6 | NA |
| Surveying Engineering | 4 | NA |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 2 | NA |
| Electrical Engineering | 2 | NA |
| General English Literature | 2 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 2 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 1 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 139 students took at least one online class at Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes - Barre. 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 | 139 | 4 |
| 2018-2019 | 129 | 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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