Statistics on Graduate Study at Penn State
Graduate School Admissions Statistics
Calendar Year 2011 (Includes Nondegree Applications)
| Campus |
Applications |
Offers |
New Students |
| Penn State Erie |
92 |
67 |
51 |
| Great Valley |
498 |
369 |
263 |
| Penn State Harrisburg |
1,009 |
732 |
388 |
| Hershey |
542 |
136 |
66 |
| University Park |
16,109 |
3,783 |
1,764 |
| Other |
364 |
341 |
221 |
| World Campus |
4,720 |
3,921 |
— * |
| Total University |
23,334 |
9,349 |
2,753 |
* New Student data is not available from World Campus
Graduate Enrollments
Fall Semester 2011 - By Campus
| Number |
| Penn State Erie |
91 |
| Great Valley |
691 |
| Penn State Harrisburg |
1,102 |
| Milton Hershey Medical |
203 |
| University Park |
6,240 |
| Other Campuses |
205 |
| Total Resident Instruction (RI) |
8,532 |
| Total World Campus (WD) |
4,826 |
| Total RI + WD |
13,358 |
Fall Semester 2011 - By Gender
| Number |
| Female |
4,062 |
| Male |
4,470 |
| Total |
8,532 |
Fall Semester 2011 - By Degree
| Number |
| Ph D |
4,276 |
| D Ed |
110 |
| D M A |
9 |
| Total Doctorates |
4,395 |
| M S |
1,097 |
| M A |
337 |
| Prof. Masters *1 |
2,102 |
| Total Masters |
3,536 |
| Other *2 |
103 |
| Nondegree |
498 |
| Total |
8,532 |
*1 Professional Masters (e.g. M B A)
*2 e.g. Public Education Certification
Fall Semester 2011 - By Ethnicity
| Number |
| African American/Black |
336 |
| Asian American |
313 |
| Hawaiian |
7 |
| International |
2,462 |
| Latino American/Hispanic |
242 |
| Native American |
14 |
| White |
4,820 |
| Declined to Report |
230 |
| Two or more |
102 |
Graduate Degrees Conferred
Academic Year 2010-11
| Number |
| Masters |
2,355 |
| Doctorates |
682 |
| Total |
3,037 |