Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (18% of graduates). 20 students for every faculty member, more than at 90% of colleges. 83% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,174 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
1,425 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 43% of graduates; 41 programs in 19 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020118% 253Graduates in this field earn $65,407 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01017.9% 112Graduates in this field earn $46,253 4 years out
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching 13.12107.2% 102Graduates in this field earn $51,346 4 years out
- Computer and Information Sciences, General 11.01015.3% 76Graduates in this field earn $74,677 4 years out
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 31.01014.6% 65Graduates in this field earn $56,525 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Education, 13% → 18% of graduates since 2014–15 (261 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Physics$74,813 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$74,813National median: $76,786About typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 26 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$74,677 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $48,056
4 years after completion$74,677National median: $92,374Below typical4 years out, Pell: $78,630 · Non-Pell: $70,039(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,000 · 100 graduates, two most recent years combined
Biology, General$65,948 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $33,863
4 years after completion$65,948National median: $57,214Above typical4 years out, Pell: $56,442 · Non-Pell: $72,511(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $27,000 · 92 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$65,407 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $45,703
4 years after completion$65,407National median: $68,257Below typical4 years out, Pell: $51,954 · Non-Pell: $60,142(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,000 · 457 graduates, two most recent years combined
Political Science and Government$58,347 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $38,567
4 years after completion$58,347National median: $63,293Below typical4 years out, Pell: $40,618 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $25,250 · 36 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 20 to 1 in its Common Data Set (6,522 students, 326 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
23%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 7% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 45 | 5% |
| 10–19 | 162 | 18% |
| 20–29 | 452 | 50% |
| 30–39 | 132 | 15% |
| 40–49 | 40 | 4% |
| 50–99 | 51 | 6% |
| 100+ | 15 | 2% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Cross-registration
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- English as a Second Language
- Domestic exchange program
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in English composition, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$99,357
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)