- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois
DuBois, PATown: remoteZIP 15801Founded 1935
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1935
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 21
- Website
- dubois.psu.edu
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois is a public university in DuBois, Pennsylvania, with 349 undergraduates. It admits 97% of applicants, graduates 30% within six years and costs $11,531 a year after aid.
30%graduate
Admission rate97%
Retention86%
4-year graduation15%
Pell Grant share41%
Federal loans54%
$11,531net price / year
97%admission rate
1080average SAT
30%graduate in 6 years
$71,762median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,500median debt
#341 of 1,704 for earnings#268 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,542 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,421 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
- $21,866tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,440
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $24,402
- Average net price
- $11,531national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$5,842
$30,001–48,000$4,887
$48,001–75,000$5,794
$75,001–110,000$13,410
$110,001+$19,543
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 97%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1080
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 490–630
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 500–580
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college97%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college30%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college41%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 30%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 15%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 35%
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 DuBois$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
- 349
- Part-time
- 3.4%
- Women / men
- 37% / 63%
- Average age at entry
- 21.8
- First-generation students
- 29%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 77%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,056 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,092
- Endowment, end of year
- $10,450,070
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White90%
Hispanic3.7%
Black3.7%
Asian0.6%
Two or more races2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
11 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management31%
Natural resources & conservation20%
Family & consumer sciences20%
Engineering9.9%
Computer & information sciences5.6%
Health professions5.6%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting2.8%
Engineering technologies1.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 214740. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7163245.