Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

 
 


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  Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg
777 W Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 170574846
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(717) 948-6452 Ext.
(717) 948-6307 Ext.
(717) 948-6250 Ext.

Type of institution: Public, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Associate degree, Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate, Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master's degree, Doctor's degree
Carnegie classification: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Number of students: 3,736 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$50.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$11,454$10,948$10,616
Out of State$17,236$16,496$16,014
Books and Supplies$1,168$1,088$1,040
On-Campus
Room and board$7,740$7,416$7,092
Other Expenses$3,456$2,574$2,394
Off Campus
Room and board$8,946$8,550$8,118
Other Expenses$5,598$4,500$3,996
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$3,222$3,060$2,844

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 28% $4,040
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 26% $3,119
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 42% $4,706
Loans to students 76% $6,055
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Associate degree
Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Associate degree Liberal Arts and Sciences + Liberal Studies: A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, i...

Associate degree
Human Development and Family Studies
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Associate degree Human Development and Family Studies, General: A general program that focuses on basic human developmental and behavioral characteristics of the individual within the context of the family. Includes instruction in the conditions that influence hum...

Associate degree
Business + Commerce
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Associate degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and n...

Bachelor degree
Structural Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Structural Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of materials and systems used in building load-bearing structures for various purposes ...

Bachelor degree
Sociology
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hier...

Bachelor degree
Social Studies Teacher Education
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Social Studies Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach general social studies programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Public Policy Analysis
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Public Policy Analysis: A program that focuses on the systematic analysis of public policy issues and decision processes. Includes instruction in the role of economic and political factors in public decision-making and policy formulation; microecon...

Bachelor degree
Psychology
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruc...

Bachelor degree
Organizational Behavior Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Organizational Behavior Studies: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the behavior and motivations of individuals functioning in organized groups, and its application to business and industrial settings. Includes instruction in organiz...

Bachelor degree
Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Mechanical Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of physical systems used in manufacturing and end-product systems used for specific use...

Bachelor degree
Marketing + Marketing Management
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Marketing + Marketing Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior an...

Bachelor degree
Management Information Systems
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Management Information Systems, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to provide and manage data systems and related facilities for processing and retrieving internal business information; select systems and train personnel; and res...

Bachelor degree
International Business + Trade + Commerce
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree International Business + Trade + Commerce: A program that prepares individuals to manage international businesses and/or business operations. Includes instruction in the principles and processes of export sales, trade controls, foreign operations a...

Bachelor degree
Information Science + Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Information Science + Studies: A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and org...

Bachelor degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Humanities + Humanistic Studies: A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.

Bachelor degree
Finance
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Finance, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principle...

Bachelor degree
Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling contained living environments and ...

Bachelor degree
English Language and Literature
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree English Language and Literature, General: A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.

Bachelor degree
English + Language Arts Teacher Education
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree English + Language Arts Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.

Bachelor degree
Elementary Education and Teaching
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Elementary Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teac...

Bachelor degree
Electrical
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications sy...

Bachelor degree
Criminal Justice + Safety Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Criminal Justice + Safety Studies: A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctiona...

Bachelor degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and co...

Bachelor degree
Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Communication Studies + Speech Communication and Rhetoric: A program that focuses on the scientific, humanistic, and critical study of human communication in a variety of formats, media, and contexts. Includes instruction in the theory and practice...

Bachelor degree
Business Administration and Management
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Business Administration and Management, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control the functions and processes of a firm or organization. Includes instruction in management theory, human resources ...

Bachelor degree
Business + Commerce
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Business + Commerce, General: A program that focuses on the general study of business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and no...

Bachelor degree
Applied Mathematics
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Applied Mathematics: A program that focuses on the application of mathematics and statistics to the solution of functional problems in fields such as engineering and the applied sciences. Includes instruction in natural phenomena modeling continuum...

Bachelor degree
American Literature (United States)
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree American Literature (United States): A program that focuses on the literature and literary development, both formal and folkloric, of the United States from the Colonial Era to the present. Includes instruction in period and genre studies, author s...

Bachelor degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other s...

Bachelor degree
Accounting
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Bachelor degree Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounti...

Master's degree
Teacher Education + Profess Development, Subject Areas, Other.
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Teacher Education + Profess Development, Subject Areas, Other: Any instructional program in teacher education, specific academic and vocational programs not listed in the Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Genera...

Master's degree
Public Administration
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Public Administration: A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in...

Master's degree
Psychology
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Psychology, General: A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruc...

Master's degree
Organizational Behavior Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Organizational Behavior Studies: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the behavior and motivations of individuals functioning in organized groups, and its application to business and industrial settings. Includes instruction in organiz...

Master's degree
Management Science
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Management Science, General: A general program that focuses on the application of mathematical modeling, programming, forecasting and operations research techniques to the analysis of problems of business organization and performance. Includes ins...

Master's degree
Management Information Systems
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Management Information Systems, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to provide and manage data systems and related facilities for processing and retrieving internal business information; select systems and train personnel; and res...

Master's degree
Humanities + Humanistic Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Humanities + Humanistic Studies: A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.

Master's degree
Health Teacher Education
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Health Teacher Education: A program that prepares individuals to teach health education programs at various educational levels.

Master's degree
Health + Health Care Administration + Management
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Health + Health Care Administration + Management: A program that prepares individuals to develop, plan, and manage health care operations and services within health care facilities and across health care systems. Includes instruction in planning, b...

Master's degree
Environmental Engineering Technology + Environmental Technology
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Environmental Engineering Technology + Environmental Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in developing and using indoor an...

Master's degree
Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Environmental + Environmental Health Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling contained living environments and ...

Master's degree
Engineering Science
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Engineering Science: A program with a general focuses on the general application of various combinations of mathematical and scientific principles to the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems, including applied research in human behavior, ...

Master's degree
Electrical
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering: A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of electrical, electronic and related communications sy...

Master's degree
Curriculum and Instruction
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Curriculum and Instruction: A program that focuses on the curriculum and related instructional processes and tools, and that may prepare individuals to serve as professional curriculum specialists. Includes instruction in curriculum theory, curricu...

Master's degree
Criminal Justice + Safety Studies
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Criminal Justice + Safety Studies: A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctiona...

Master's degree
Computer and Information Sciences
General
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Computer and Information Sciences, General: A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and co...

Master's degree
Community Psychology
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Community Psychology: A program that prepares individuals to apply psychological principles to the analysis of social problems, and the implementation of intervention strategies for addressing these problems. Includes instruction in social ecology,...

Master's degree
Clinical Psychology
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree Clinical Psychology: A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of clinical psychology, involving the analysis, diagnosis, and clinical treatment of psychological disorders and behavioral pathologies. Includes ins...

Master's degree
American + United States Studies + Civilization
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Master's degree American + United States Studies + Civilization: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of the United States and its Pre-Columbian and colonial predecessors, and including the flow of immigrants from other s...

Doctor's degree
Public Administration
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Doctor's degree Public Administration: A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in...

Doctor's degree
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg

General Description for:
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Harrisburg Doctor's degree Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching: A program that prepares individuals to teach adult students in various settings, including basic and remedial education programs, continuing education programs, and programs designed to develop or upgrade...

 
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