By the Numbers

A snapshot of excellence in graduate education at Penn State

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 2024)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.).

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