Students
Who's on campus
A small campus of 3,240 undergrads, where 29% receive Pell Grants, a typical share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.42
Economic access
Campus size
Where first-years come from
896 first-time students
20% came from other states and 6.4% from abroad; 74% are from Pennsylvania. Fewer from other states than at 57% of colleges.
- In-state (Pennsylvania)74%
- Other states20%
- Abroad6.4%
Top home states
- Pennsylvania(home state)74% 662
- New York4.8% 43
- Virginia1.8% 16
- California1.5% 13
- New Jersey1.5% 13
From 33 states (counting DC) and 1 from U.S. territories.
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
101
new transfer students, 10% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 15% of colleges.
97 full-time, 4 part-time.
Going on to another college
39%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 515 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
3.1% of undergrads study part-time.
38% women
Another gender: 41 undergraduates (1.3%)
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 1,603 students.
Housing
Beds
1,603
About 49 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays basketball, baseball, cross country/track (no football).
How the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference comparesROTC
Army
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
A formal program
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- 8% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Councils and chapters
1listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Gamma Alpha
1listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Penn State Behrend Colony
LGBTQ+ life
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Gender unknown: fewer than 10
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
47 applied · 47 admitted · 16 enrolled
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)