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Penn State World Campus 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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The acceptance rate at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Penn State World Campus is a good fit for you.
About 13% of students accepted to Penn State World Campus submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 650. Math scores were between 510 and 610.
Learn more about Pennsylvania State University - World Campus admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Pennsylvania State University - World Campus enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 17% for first-time, full-time students at Penn State World Campus, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,314 | $17,659 | $19,223 | $24,225 | $25,632 |
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 World Campus, 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 World Campus, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $7,181 a year. That adds up to $28,724 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Penn State World Campus are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | President’S Office 201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802-1503 |
| Phone: | 814-865-5403 |
| Website: | https://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 449 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 352 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 308 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 295 | NA |
| Geography & Cartography | 284 | NA |
| Information Technology | 251 | NA |
| Information Science | 235 | NA |
| General Psychology | 173 | NA |
| Homeland Security | 155 | NA |
| Special Education | 117 | 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, 13,950 students took at least one online class at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus. 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 | 13,950 | 13,812 |
| 2018-2019 | 14,458 | 14,458 |
Learn more about online learning at Pennsylvania State University - World Campus.
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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