- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
Media, PASuburb: largeZIP 19063Founded 1967
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1967
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 21
- Website
- brandywine.psu.edu
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine is a public university in Media, Pennsylvania, with 1,223 undergraduates. It admits 98% of applicants, graduates 19% within six years and costs $18,053 a year after aid.
19%graduate
Admission rate98%
Retention73%
4-year graduation9.9%
Pell Grant share41%
Federal loans50%
$18,053net price / year
98%admission rate
1200average SAT
19%graduate in 6 years
$71,762median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,500median debt
#340 of 1,704 for earnings#721 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,663 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,451 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $27,779tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,240
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $25,672
- Average net price
- $18,053national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,610
$30,001–48,000$14,060
$48,001–75,000$13,119
$75,001–110,000$20,890
$110,001+$25,917
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 98%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1200
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–650
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 530–660
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college98%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college73%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college19%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college41%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 19%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 9.9%
- First-year retention
- 73%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 24%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $60,829
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $71,762middle 50%: $46,681–$105,484
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$105,484
Median, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine$71,762
Lower quarter$46,681
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,223
- Part-time
- 8.3%
- Women / men
- 38% / 62%
- Average age at entry
- 21.8
- First-generation students
- 29%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 56%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,857 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $3,078
- Endowment, end of year
- $18,525,124
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White48%
Hispanic11%
Black19%
Asian14%
Two or more races3.8%
U.S. nonresident2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown2.0%
10 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management29%
Computer & information sciences20%
Psychology16%
Communication & journalism8.6%
Family & consumer sciences8.6%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.6%
Engineering4.6%
English language & literature3.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 214731. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7163236.