Student Population at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
2023 Student Population
Undergraduate
Graduate
50,028
41,745
8,283
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 50,028 students have enrolled in Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus with 41,745 undergraduate and 8,283 graduate students.
By gender, 26,390 male and 23,638 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
116 students are enrolled exclusively, and 18,032 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has a total of 50,028 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 41,745 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,283 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 26,390 male and 23,638 female students (the male-female ratio is 53:47) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
Total
Undergraduate
Graduate
Total
50,028
41,745
8,283
Men
26,390
22,183
4,207
Women
23,638
19,562
4,076
Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity
By race/ethnicity, 29,395 White, 2,168 Black, and 3,307 Asian students out of a total of 50,028 are attending at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
All StudentsUndergraduateGraduate
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Among 41,745 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 432 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.03%.421 students have transferred in as full-time status and 11 students transferred in as part-time status.
Student Age Distribution
All StudentsUndergraduateGraduate
By age, Penn State has 7,798 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 44,901 students under 25 years old, and 5,125 students over 25 years old out of 50,028 total students.
In graduate schools at Penn State, 1 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. It has 3,735 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,548 students aged 25 and over.
Online Classes (Distance Learning) Enrollment
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 116 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18,032 students are enrolled in some online courses.
All Students
Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses
Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students
50,028
116
18,032
Undergraduate
41,745
66
17,335
Graduate
8,283
50
697
Student Location Enrolled Exclusively In Online Courses
90 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 26 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Pennsylvania Residents
Other States in U.S.
Outside of U.S.
All Students
90
19
7
Undergraduate
47
15
4
Graduate
43
4
3
Best Programs at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus have been chosen for one of best colleges in next area of majors.