Penn State offers thousands of students opportunities for mentorship at many campuses as they develop and build skills to effectively take on leadership opportunities in their future.
Broad Impact and Reach
13,038
Graduate Students (Fall 2023)
7,315
Residential Students
5,723
World Campus Students
2,878
Graduate Faculty
17
Colleges and Schools
6
Campuses (University Park, Erie, Great Valley, Harrisburg, Hershey, World Campus)
315
Graduate Degree Programs
4,291
Degrees conferred in Academic Year 2023-24
Diverse Degree Types Available
46
Types of graduate degrees
3
Research Degree Types (Ph.D., M.S., M.A.)
43
Professional Degree Types
20
Dual-Title Degree Programs
24
Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs
38
Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Degree Programs
Program and Specialties Rankings
Many Penn State graduate programs are ranked in the top ten of the 2024 U.S. News & World Report, “America’s Best Graduate Schools."
Arts
#6
Ceramics
Business
#5
Supply Chain/Logistics
#9
Business Production/Operations (tie)
Earth and Mineral Sciences and Engineering
#3
Environmental Sciences (tie)
#4
Geochemistry (tie)
#6
Petroleum Engineering
#7
Earth Sciences (tie)
#9
Geophysics and Seismology (tie)
#10
Geology (tie)
Education
#4
Higher Education Administration
#6
Higher Education Administration
#6
Student Counseling and Personnel Services (tie)
Engineering (2023)
#10
Nuclear Engineering (tie)
#10
Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems Engineering (tie)
Humanities and Social Sciences
#3
Sociology of Population (tie)
#5
Criminology
#5
Industrial Organizational Psychology (tie)
#8
American Literature before 1865 (tie)
#9
International Economics (tie)
Sciences
#9
Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity
Far-Reaching Ph.D. Job Placement
From 2016 to 2023, doctoral graduates found job placement in:
49
States (and Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico)
66
Countries
Funding and Fellowships
4,458
Students Appointed to Graduate Assistantships (Fall/Spring)
3,100
Students Appointed to Graduate Assistantships (Summer)
86
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows
Graduate Admissions by Campus
For Fall 2023 semester. Includes nondegree applications.
| Campus | Applications | Offers | Accepts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erie | 55 | 43 | 42 |
| Great Valley | 738 | 413 | 142 |
| Harrisburg | 830 | 342 | 177 |
| Hershey | 677 | 153 | 95 |
| University Park | 13,373 | 4,049 | 1,916 |
| World Campus | 2,902 | 2,173 | 1,808 |
| Other | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 18,583 | 7,179 | 4,186 |
Graduate Executive Information Suite
The Graduate Executive Information Suite includes a wide variety of program metrics (application data, demographic data, time-to-degree, etc.).