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Penn State University Park

Penn State University Park
201 Old Main
University Park, PA 16802

Official telephone: (814) 865-4700
Website: https://www.psu.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 42,223
Full-time undergraduates: 40,700
Part-time undergraduates: 1,197
Total graduate students: 6,999
Full-time graduate students: 6,502
Part-time graduate students: 497
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
7.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
9.2% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
63.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
9.8% Nonresident Alien
2.2% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Penn State University Park
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 7,958 acres
Nearest major city: Harrisburg

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 35%
Percent of students who live off campus: 65%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 3154
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1; USCAA

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's fencingyes 
Men's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1-A, NCAA Div. I-A
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's gymnasticsyes 
Men's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockey  
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's fencingyes 
Women's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; badminton; baseball; basketball; bowling; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; riflery; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; triathlon; rowing; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: University Park

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 72% within six months of graduation

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