- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Dallas, PARural: fringeZIP 18627
- Sector
- Public
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 21
- Website
- wilkesbarre.psu.edu
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Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a public university in Dallas, Pennsylvania, with 313 undergraduates. It admits 97% of applicants, graduates 12% within six years and costs $10,521 a year after aid.
12%graduate
Admission rate97%
Retention81%
4-year graduation9.1%
Pell Grant share40%
Federal loans54%
$10,521net price / year
97%admission rate
1200average SAT
12%graduate in 6 years
$71,762median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,500median debt
#353 of 1,704 for earnings#205 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,692 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,420 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
- $21,111tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,440
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $24,402
- Average net price
- $10,521national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$2,367
$30,001–48,000$6,487
$48,001–75,000$8,094
$75,001–110,000$13,069
$110,001+$17,435
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 97%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1200
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–680
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 540–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college97%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college81%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college12%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college40%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 12%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 9.1%
- First-year retention
- 81%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 28%
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 Wilkes-Barre$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
- 313
- Part-time
- 7.7%
- Women / men
- 34% / 66%
- Average age at entry
- 21.8
- First-generation students
- 29%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 69%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,188 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,378
- Endowment, end of year
- $9,500,064
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White75%
Hispanic8.9%
Black9.6%
Asian2.2%
Two or more races2.6%
U.S. nonresident0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown1.0%
7 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering24%
Business & management24%
Computer & information sciences20%
Engineering technologies12%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting9.8%
Health professions7.8%
Liberal arts & humanities3.9%
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois, PA | $11,531 | 30% | $71,762 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 214643.