unitid 214625 · New Kensington, PA · public 4-year · rural (fringe)
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington
- enrollment 2023
- 534
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
95%
85th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
416
4th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
49th pctl among public 4-years
completion
28%
finish within 150% time
15th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,863
74th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,305
after aid, aided students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$63,435
after entry, Title IV students
82nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
91st pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,541 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+35%
- Median family income
- $61,924
- First-generation students
- 29%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,408
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Science/Studies. | 13 | $92,982 | $26,000 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 11 | $62,450 | $27,000 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | 8 | $80,065 | $26,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 8 | $90,902 | $27,000 |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. | 7 | — | — |
| Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians. | 7 | — | $27,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 6 | $56,302 | $12,625 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 6 | $55,232 | $26,000 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 5 | $70,075 | $26,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 4 | $49,390 | $25,875 |
| Psychology, General. | 4 | $51,142 | $27,000 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | 4 | — | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
nearest neighbors in sector
Compare with peers
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- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton →
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.