THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY ABINGTON COLLEGE L-24

1600 Woodland Rd.
Abington, PA 19001
Tel: (215)881-7300
Admissions: (814)865-5471
E-mail: admissions@psu.edu
Web Site: http://www.abington.psu.edu/

Description:

State-related, 4-year, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State University. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1950. Setting: 46-acre small town campus with easy access to Philadelphia. Total enrollment: 3,143. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 2,705 applied, 76% were admitted. 9% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter, 66% from top half. Full-time: 2,417 students, 47% women, 53% men. Part-time: 726 students, 59% women, 41% men. 3% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 11% black, 12% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 12% 25 or older, 3% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; protective services/public administration; liberal arts/general studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $9180 full-time, $371 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,040 full-time, $585 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $434 full-time, $73 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, location, program, and student level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, course load, location, program, and student level.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. 65,866 books, 12,417 microform titles, 318 serials, and 4,046 audiovisual materials. 286 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.