THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY WILKES-BARRE CAMPUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE F-20

PO PSU
Lehman, PA 18627-0217
Tel: (570)675-2171
Free: 800-966-6613
Admissions: (814)865-5471
E-mail: admissions@psu.edu
Web Site: http://www.wb.psu.edu/

Description:

State-related, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State University. Awards transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees (also offers up to 2 years of most bachelor's degree programs offered at University Park campus). Founded 1916. Setting: 156-acre rural campus. Total enrollment: 779. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 453 applied, 62% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 29% from top quarter, 67% from top half. Full-time: 580 students, 30% women, 70% men. Part-time: 155 students, 45% women, 55% men. 3% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 1% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 14% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Retention: 79% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer/information sciences; engineering/engineering technologies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: 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: $444 full-time, $75 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper, radio station. Campus security: part-time trained security personnel. College housing not available. 35,697 books, 1,992 microform titles, 199 serials, and 394 audiovisual materials. 137 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.