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2008-09 Funding
Technology in Classrooms
Information technology pervades the campus as 100 percent of classrooms now feature multimedia equipment to help deliver instruction.
Operating Budget - $90,064,259
1.95 - percent increase over the previous year
4.80 - percent increase in tuition and fees for Pennsylvania residents
State Appropriation - $14,018,480
includes debt service and special appropriation, a 4.60 - percent decrease over the previous year
- Unrestricted scholarships - $123,118
- Gifts and donations - $200,000
- Use of college resources - $15,000
- Parking permit fund - $556,825
- Renewal and replacement. - $330,060
Restricted Funds
Grants, contracts and restricted donations - $19,350,408
Debt Service Fund
Money received and expended for debt obligations for outstanding bond issues - $4,282,725
Auxiliary Funds
- Food Services - $3,700,259
- Children’s Learning Center - $317,454
- College Store - $1,631,282
- Workforce Development & Continuing Education - $518,856
- Student Activities - $1,230,924
- Housing - $7,229,010
- IMC - $1,518,561
Tuition & Fees
Pennsylvania residents
- Tuition per credit hour - $334
- Tuition and fees per credit hour - $393
- Annual tuition and fees - $11,790
based on 15 credits per semester
out-of-state residents
- Tuition per credit hour - $435
- Tuition and fees per credit hour - $494
- Annual tuition and fees - $14,820
based on 15 credits per semester
fees include:
$15-per-credit-hour technology fee
$39-per-credit-hour capital fee
$31-per-credit-hour laboratory fee
$5-per-credit-hour student activity fee
Grants and contracts awarded to Penn College in 2008-09 supported 47 active projects valued in excess of $41 million; another 50 projects valued at $22 million were under development. Active projects included the state’s largest guaranteed free worker-training program, WEDnetPA, which earned $15 million in funds from the Department of Community and Economic Development in 2008-09.
Penn College and the Penn College Foundation received in-kind donations of equipment, technology, materials, and supplies from business and industry for instructional purposes valued at $777,964 and cash donations totaling $1,261,234.
