A total of 654,930 students are enrolled in Pennsylvania colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
- Student Level: There are 507,730 undergraduate and 147,208 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 77.52% and the proportion of graduate students is 22.48%.
- Institution Level: 531,527 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 112,840 students enrolled in community colleges, and 10,563 students enrolled in trade schools.
Pennsylvania 4-Year College Enrollment Statistics
For 149 Pennsylvania 4-year colleges, there are 531,527 students enrolled.
- Institution Control: 245,706 (46.23%) students in public and 285,821 (53.77%) in private 4-year colleges.
- Student Level: 384,327 (72.31%) undergraduate and 147,208 (27.70%) graduate students in Pennsylvania public 4-year colleges.
- Gender Breakdown: Of the total student population in Pennsylvania 4-year colleges, 56.56% are women (300,656) and 43.44% are men (230,871). This yields a ratio of approximately 77 male students for every 100 female students.
- Online Enrollment: 25,008 (4.70%) undergraduate and 50,563 (9.51%) graduate students are enrolled online in Pennsylvania 4-year colleges.
- Largest and Smallest: For Pennsylvania colleges, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has the most number of students of 50,737 among 4-year colleges. For Pennsylvania community colleges, Community College of Philadelphia has the most students of 12,926 and Pennco Tech-Bristol is the largest trade school with 771.
Student Population By School Level for Pennsylvania Colleges
By attending status, there are 476,358 full-time students and 174,707 part-time students at Pennsylvania colleges.
The following table compares student population by school level between Pennsylvania colleges. A total of 654,930 students have enrolled in Pennsylvania colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.