About Us

Enrollment

• 6,379 Heads
• 5,688 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
• 7.1% minority students
• 64.4% males; 35.6% females

Student Status

• 79.0% Full-time (average of 14.8 credit hours)
• 21.0% Part-time (average of 5.8 credit hours)

Geographic Distribution

1. North Central PA, 45.9% (Lycoming County, 26.1%)
2. Southeast PA, 17.6%
3. Northeast PA, 12.0%
4. Central PA, 11.0%
5. Other States, 9.7%
6. Western PA, 3.4%
7. International Students, 0.4%

INSTATE PA RESIDENTS, 89.9%

Tuition and Fees, 2009-10

• $416 per credit hour (includes capital fee, student activity fee, and technology fee)
• Lab instruction fee of $32 per lab hour
• Average annual in-state tuition and fees $12,480 (30 credit hours)
• Out-of-state tuition 1.3 times the in-state rate
• Room and Board Costs
  • $2,675 per semester (variable rates in College West and Rose Street)
  • $5,350 per year
  • $1,350 per semester for the minimum required 10 meal board plan

Fall 2009 Freshman Class

• 2,426 students
• 29.9% enrolled in Bachelor's Degree programs
• 65.7% male
• 61% under the age of 20
• Applications
  • Total applications received: 6,122
  • Offered acceptance: 5,670

On-Campus Housing for 1,500 Students

60% of first-year, full-time students live on-campus (903 first-year students)

Retention

• Fall 2009 to Spring 2010 – 83.8%
• Fall 2008 to Fall 2009 – 64.5%

Distance Learning and Outreach - Spring 2010

• 756 students enrolled in distance education courses
• 74 Web-based courses
• 600 Web-supplemented courses
• 6 majors offered via distance learning

International Students

• 31 students enrolled
• Countries represented include: Brazil, Canada, China, Grenada, India, Kuwait, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turks and Caicos, Venezuela
• The College also sends students to: Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Guatemala/Mexico, Nicaragua

Alumni

• 55,147 currently in database; 42,560 alumni with valid mailing addresses with 82.56% of alumni being in PA. More than 1,500 added each year, after commencement.

Employees

1. Full-time, non faculty, 629
2. Casual part-time, non faculty, 506
3. Full-time faculty (includes counselors, librarians), 314
4. Part-time faculty, 203
5. Regular part-time, non faculty, 109

Grant Activity to Date

• 43 projects active in excess of $28.1 million with $5.1 million (27 projects) under development (as of 1/10).  Active projects include the $9 million PA WEDnetPA project.

Library

• Library building = 104,000 square feet
• Total number of titles owned = 138,813
• Print and media volumes = 122,251
• Back issues volumes of periodicals = 8,885
• Microfilm = 16,344 reels
• Print subscriptions = 1,232
• Database subscriptions = 92
• Online journal titles = 28,708
• E-Books = 16,704
• Reference volumes = 14,189

Credentials by Students

1. Associate Degree, 48.49%
2. Bachelor Degree, 41.72%
3. Other/Non-degree, 7.74%
4. Certificate, 2.05%

School Size (Head Count)

1. Health Sciences, 1,349
2. Business and Computer Technologies, 1,014
3. Construction and Design Technologies, 959
4. Industrial and Engineering Technologies, 830
5. Integrated Studies (includes undecided), 591
6. Non-degree (includes Developmental & Distance/Outreach), 589
7. Transportation Technology, 440
8. Natural Resources Management, 398
9. Hospitality, 209

Largest Majors

1. Pre-Nursing (AAS) – 218
2. Building Construction (AAS) – 143
3. Network Specialist (BS) – 131
4. Construction Management (BS) – 128
5. Nursing (AAS) – 117
6. Physician Assistant (BS–Pre Major) – 108
7. General Studies (AA) – 108
8. Residential Construction (BS) – 106
9. Manufacturing Engineering Technology (BS) – 105
10. Automotive Technology (AAS) – 104
11. Nursing Traditional (BS) – 104
12. Business Management (AAS) – 102

Average Class Size

• 17.0

Faculty-Student Ratio

• 1:17

Greek Life

• Penn College recognizes 2 nationally affiliated social sororities and 4 nationally affiliated social fraternities:
• Sororities
  • Alpha Sigma Alpha (ΑΣΑ)
  • Sigma Sigma Sigma (ΣΣΣ)

• Fraternities
  • Chi Phi (Χφ)
  • Phi Mu Delta (φΜΔ)
  • Sigma Nu (ΣΝ)
  • Sigma Pi (ΣΠ)

Athletics

The Penn College Wildcats are a member of the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) and the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), except as noted. Penn College fields 15 intercollegiate sports, including:

• Archery (Co-ed) – National Archery Association's (NAA) Collegiate Archery Program (CAP)
• Baseball – PSUAC & USCAA
• Basketball (Men's & Women's) – PSUAC & USCAA
• Bowling (Co-ed) – Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference (EPCC)
• Dance Team (Co-ed)
• Cross Country (Men's & Women's) – PSUAC & USCAA
• Golf – PSUAC & USCAA
• Soccer (Men's & Women's) – PSUAC & USCAA
• Softball – PSUAC & USCAA
• Tennis (Co-ed) – PSUAC
• Volleyball (Men's & Women's) – Middle Atlantic Club Volleyball Conference (MACVC), PSUAC & USCAA

Workforce Development & Continuing Education Activity

July 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009

• Noncredit workforce development instruction:
  • 1,793 students trained in traditional noncredit courses
  • 336 students trained in online noncredit courses
  • 2,129 total noncredit students trained
• More than $622,495 in grant-funded training currently being administered to train more than 9,900 students in 78 Pennsylvania organizations.

Community Arts Center

• Since opening in May 1993, the Community Arts Center has hosted 147,528 patrons for movies and 977,985 for live events for a total of 1,125,513 as of January 20, 2010.

Campus Size

• Main Campus, 124.1 acres
• Aviation Center, 5.8 acres
• Earth Science Center, 378.7 acres
• Morgan Valley Retreat Center, 439.7 acres
• North Campus, 35.4 acres
• Wahoo Drive Site, 2.0 acres
• General Services, 5.4 acres
• Dix Street, 2.7 acres
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• Total size: over 995.8 acres