Vision

To cultivate a diverse community of innovators and creators determined to shape a better tomorrow.

Short Version of College Name

Penn College®

College Colors

College Athletic Symbol

Athletic symbol is the Wildcat

College School Code

003395

National Accreditation

Pennsylvania College of Technology is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission). Pennsylvania College of Technology's accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on June 23, 2022 was to reaffirm accreditation.

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

MSCHE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States

National Recognition

Fall 2024 Fast Facts

Enrollment

 All StudentDegree SeekingNon-Degree
Full-Time EquivalentFTE *4,2274,20918
Total Students *4,5754,51362
Credits63,14062,923217

* Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

* Does not include Penn College NOW/Dual Enrollment students.

Student Demographics

  • 14.19% Diverse Students
    • 5.75% Hispanic-American
    • 4.66% African-American
    • 1.99% Multi-racial
    • 1.33% Asian-American
    • 0.31% Native American
    • 0.15% Hawaiian
  • 85.81% White
     
  • 63.47% Males
  • 35.74% Females
  • 0.79% unknown, not specified, or non-binary

Fall 2024 Incoming Class

  • 1,744 Total Incoming Students [Undergraduate + Graduate + Non-degree]
    • 22 Graduate students
    • 54 Non-degree students
  • Undergraduate Degree-Seeking New, Transfer & Reenrolling Students
    • 1,668 undergraduate students
    • 46.1% enrolled in Bachelor’s Degree programs
    • 52.2% enrolled in Associate’s Degree programs
    • 1.7% enrolled in Certificate programs
       
    • 61.9% male
    • 37.0% female
    • 1.1% Unknown, not specified, or non-binary
       
    • 70.0% under the age of 20

Applications (New/Transfer/Reenrolled)

  • Total applications received*: 7,473
  • Total offered acceptance*: 5,295

* Excludes Graduate, Penn College dual enrollment students, and Non-Degree students.

Credentials by Students

  • Graduate*: 1.07%
  • Bachelor's Degree: 56.28%
  • Associate's Degree: 40.44%
  • Certificate: 0.85%
  • Other/Non-degree: 1.36%

* Includes MNE, PHA, PAS major codes

Student Status

81.81% Full-time (average of 15.32 credit hours)
18.19% Part-time (average of 6.98 credit hours)

Geographic Distribution

  1. North Central PA: 34.6%
    • Lycoming County: 18.8%
  2. Southeast PA: 24.5%
  3. Northeast PA: 14.4%
  4. Central PA: 10.5%
  5. Western PA: 3.8%
  6. Other States: 12.1%
    • New Jersey: 4.5%
    • New York: 2.4%
    • Maryland: 1.6%
    • Virginia: 0.8%
    • Connecticut: 0.7%
    • Other States: 2.1%
  7. International Students: 0.1%

TOTAL PA RESIDENTS: 87.8%

Student Residency

88.3% In-State 
11.7% Out-of-State

International Students

10 students enrolled
(India, Pakistan, Belize, China, Ivory Coast, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia)

* International students include: students with sole citizenship/permanent residence outside of the US (studying on an F1 visa); students with a different visa other than F1; and undocumented students.

Academics

Largest Program Clusters

  1. Nursing: 379
  2. Welding & Metal Fabrication: 366
  3. Accounting & Business Administration: 303
  4. Electrical: 291
  5. Information Technology: 259
  6. Automotive: 219
  7. Diesel Truck, Heavy Equipment & Power Generation: 214
  8. Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning: 210
  9. Building Construction: 195
  10. Construction Management: 153

Distance Learning (Fall 2024)

  • 1,524 students enrolled in distance learning courses
  • 136 distance learning courses (excludes hybrid)
  • 13 majors offered via distance learning
  • 224 students enrolled in distance learning majors

School Size (Head Count)

  1. Engineering Technologies: 2,741
    • Industrial & Computer Technologies: 822
    • Materials Science & Engineering Technologies: 559
    • Construction & Architectural Technologies: 680
    • Transportation: 368
    • Diesel Technology & Natural Resources: 312
  2. Nursing & Health Sciences: 1,157
  3. Business, Arts & Sciences: 615
    • Business & Hospitality: 355
    • Arts & Sciences: 260
  4. Non-degree: 62

Developmental Student Count

  • Degree-Seeking new/transfer students, excluding re-enrollees, enrolled for Fall 2024: 1,513
  • Students without developmental course needs: 918, 60.7%
  • Students with developmental needs: 595, 39.3%

Student-Faculty Ratio

Full and part-time faculty and staff: 11:1
Full-time faculty only: 17:1

Average Class Size

16

Student-Computer Ratio

3:1

Graduation, Retention, & Placement Rates

First-time, full-time students pursuing bachelor’s degrees

  • 1st to 2nd Year Retention Rate: 76%
  • IPEDS Six-Year Graduation Rates (Source: College Navigator)
 

First-time, full-time students pursuing associate degrees

  • 1st to 2nd Year Retention Rate: 73%
  • IPEDS Three-Year Graduation Rates (Source: College Navigator)
 

 Placement Rate 

Overall Graduate Placement Rate: 

  • 96.4% (3-year average) 
    • 97.7% (2022–23) 
    • 96% (2021–22) 
    • 95.6% (2020–21)

Tuition & Fees

2024-25 Tuition and Fees

  • $608 per credit hour (includes capital fee, student activity fee, health service fee, and technology fee)
  • Lab instruction fee: $60 per lab hour
  • Out-of-state tuition 1.5 times the in-state rate
  • Average annual in-state tuition and fees: $18,240 (30 credit hours)

Room and Board Costs

  • $7,140 per year (variable rates in Rose Street Commons)
  • $4,480 per year for a 14-meal board plan (most popular)

Current/Projected Costs to Attend Penn College

Current:

  • In-state: $31,260
  • Out-of-state: $39,000

This total includes 15 credits per semester, housing, meals, books, and supplies—NOT personal expenses.

Tuition & Fee Increase

0.00%

Financial Aid

Percent Receiving Financial Aid

85.77% (4,074 of 4,750*) 2023–24 data

Percent Receiving Pell Grant

33.52% (1,592 of 4,750*) 2023-24 data

*Number of full-year, unduplicated, all credit-seeking students—excluding Penn College dual enrollment students.

Default Loan Rate

The percentage of borrowers defaulting on their student loans within three years of entering repayment is 0.0%. National Average is 0.0%.

Most recent official rates reported as of September 30, 2024. Rates are reflective of federal student loan payment freezes (2020-2024).

Budget & Fundraising

Totals By Fund:

  • Operating: $129,471,316
  • Auxiliary: $37,924,197
  • Total Current Funds: $167,395,513
  • Restricted Funds: $24,603,800
  • Plant & Debt Funds: $19,200
  • Total College: $192,018,513
  • State Appropriations: $33,971,000
  • As a % of Total: 17.7%

Donor Restricted Funds at Penn College (College, Foundation, Community Arts Center) as of June 30, 2024

Total Restricted/Endowment: $33,254,188

Fundraising (July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024)

A total of $19,121,125 was raised in cash, in-kind gifts, pledges, and valued estate commitments between the College and the Foundation.

Grant Activity to Date

Thirty-two active/approved projects in excess of $51.6 million and $25.1 million (11 projects) submitted/under development (as of 9/9/24). Active/approved projects include the WEDnetPA program at $18.8 million and the Weatherization Training & Technical Assistance program at $18.4 million.

Student Life

Athletics

The Penn College Wildcats are a member of the United East Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, except as noted.

Penn College fields 16 intercollegiate sports, including:

  • Archery (Co-Ed) – United States Collegiate Archery (USCA)
  • Baseball (M) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Basketball (M & W) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Cross Country (M & W) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Esports (Co-Ed) – National Association of College Esports (NACE)
  • Golf (M) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Lacrosse (M) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Soccer (M & W) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Softball (W) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Tennis (M & W) – United East & NCAA DIII
  • Wrestling (M) – Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference & NCAA DIII
  • Volleyball (W) – United East & NCAA DIII

Greek Life

Penn College recognizes two nationally affiliated fraternities:

  • Phi Mu Delta
  • Sigma Pi

Student Organizations

61

Workforce Development

Workforce Development Activity (July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024)

Workforce Development served a total of 4,425 participants in over 600 unique organizations from 41 states, 2 districts/territories, and 27 countries in clean energy, apprenticeship, healthcare, advanced manufacturing (including plastics), computer skills, transportation, and business/leadership classes.

MIDAS

MIDAS (Modular Industry-Driven Apprenticeship Strategies), a U.S. Department of Labor $7,996,530 federal grant to scale apprenticeship in advanced manufacturing fields, ended July 2024. With partner organizations The Tennessee Board of Regents and Brightpoint Community College/CCWA, 4,208 apprentices and pre-apprentices with 168 employers in 26 states and Puerto Rico have been trained.

AMP

AMP (Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship), the longest-running PA registered pre-apprenticeship, enrolled 135 high school and out-of-school youth from 21 schools across the state. Since 2018, 307 pre-apprentices from 44 schools have participated.

PIRC

The Plastics Innovation & Resource Center (PIRC) worked with 64 companies from 18 states to complete 30 R&D projects, train 154 employees in workshops, and upskill 26 apprentices.

Penn College at Wellsboro

Penn College at Wellsboro graduated 5 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), bringing the total graduating to 505 since 1983, and 48 EMTs in Lycoming, Union, and Tioga Counties, with NREMT test pass rates higher than PA and national averages.

WEDnetPA

Through Pennsylvania’s WEDnetPA program, the College, serving as fiscal agent for the state-wide program, administered workforce development grants for 703 companies and over 24,000 trainees.

Clean Energy Center

Clean Energy Center provided accredited Home Energy Professional training, certification, and workforce readiness programs as part of $13.6M in contracts with PA Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) for Weatherization Training and Technical Assistance.

Campus

Campus Size

  • Main Campus: 124.85 acres
  • Aviation Center: 5.65 acres
  • Earth Science Center: 379.29 acres
  • General Services: 5.75 acres
  • Wellsboro: 0.28 acres
  • Total size: 515.82 acres

On-Campus Housing

1,504 on-campus residents

Library

  • Library building: 104,000 square feet
  • Print volumes: 80,084
  • Media volumes: 4,324
  • Back issues volumes of periodicals: 9,279
  • Print subscriptions: 153
  • Database subscriptions: 200
  • Online journal titles: 152,064
  • Reference volumes: 5,360
  • E-books: 137,921
  • Streaming videos: 3,482

Community Arts Center

Since opening in May 1993, the Community Arts Center has hosted 155,506 patrons for movies and 1,796,021 for live events, for a total of 1,951,527 as of August 2024.

Employees

Employees by Category

  • Total Full-time Employees: 867
  • Full-time Non-Faculty (staff): 592
  • Full-time Faculty (includes Counselors & Librarians): 275
  • Part-time Faculty: 118
  • Regular Part-time Non-Faculty (staff): 81
  • Casual Part-time Non-Faculty (staff): 462

Alumni

Alumni Details

66,301 living alumni are currently in the database; 52,687 alumni with valid mailing addresses with 81% of alumni being in Pennsylvania. More than 1,000 are added each year after commencement.