Student Population by Gender

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
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total50,02841,7458,283
Men26,39022,1834,207
Women23,63819,5624,076
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

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).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American492524
Asian3,3071,8501,457
Black2,1689461,222
Hispanic3,9551,7572,198
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders372215
White29,39515,18514,210
Two or more races1,691841850
Race Unknown1,523813710
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American452223
Asian2,9241,6881,236
Black1,8568311,025
Hispanic3,4811,5541,927
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders321814
White26,19613,65912,537
Two or more races1,503748755
Race Unknown1,109638471
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American000
Asian26179
Black291613
Hispanic472522
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders000
White232121111
Two or more races14311
Race Unknown15114

Student Age Distribution

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 undergraduate programs, 7,797 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Penn State has 41,166 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 577 students aged 25 and over.
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.
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Age chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartPennsylvania State University-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 187,7984,0783,720
18-1919,6009,57410,026
20-2113,3805,8637,517
22-244,1231,7792,344
25-293,2551,4881,767
30-34985464521
35-39387177210
40-49361153208
50-641305971
Over 65725
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 187,7974,0773,720
18-1919,5919,57010,021
20-2112,5585,4257,133
22-241,220332888
25-2923968171
30-34882464
35-39592039
40-4913029101
50-64591544
Over 65211
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18110
18-19945
20-21822438384
22-242,9031,4471,456
25-293,0161,4201,596
30-34897440457
35-39328157171
40-49231124107
50-64714427
Over 65514

Online Student 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.
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 State University-Main Campus 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students50,02811618,032
Undergraduate41,7456617,335
Graduate8,28350697
Online Student Population by Locality
Pennsylvania ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students90197
Undergraduate47154
Graduate4343

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.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time40,107
Transfer-in Full-time421
Regular Part-time1,206
Transfer-in Part-time11
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