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Pennsylvania: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 6	12,702,379	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.2%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	24.6%	26.6%
45 to 64	28.0%	26.4%
65 and older	15.4%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 6	12,702,379	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.2%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	24.6%	26.6%
45 to 64	28.0%	26.4%
65 and older	15.4%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	2.7%	4.8%
Black	10.8%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	81.9%	72.4%
More than one race	1.9%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	5.7%	16.3%
Other	2.4%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	3.9%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	8.8%	8.7%
High-school diploma	37.9%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	16.0%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.3%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	16.3%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.9%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.2%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.9%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	9.6%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 19	$42,478	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	13.4%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	113,860	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-18.3%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	14,328	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$11,085	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,577	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$29,929	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$1,826,879,000	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-13.4%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$368,459,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$677,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$29,401,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$398,537,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$3,127,255,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	11.8%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	69.9%	61.2%
State and local governments	4.6%	6.3%
Industry	5.0%	5.2%
Nonprofit	5.0%	6.1%
Institution itself	15.3%	19.4%
Other	0.2%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	16.3%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	2.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	60.7%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	6.0%	3.7%
Physical sciences	5.2%	7.6%
Psychology	2.6%	1.8%
Social sciences	2.3%	3.3%
Other sciences	1.1%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.2%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Pennsylvania	$6,582,029,227
Top fund raisers:
University of Pennsylvania	$437,717,722
Pennsylvania State University main campus	$270,562,083
University of Pittsburgh main campus	$114,481,876

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$124,269	$112,647
Associate professor	$87,733	$78,804
Assistant professor	$70,475	$67,236
All	$88,521	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$104,323	$87,677
Associate professor	$83,299	$70,215
Assistant professor	$67,009	$59,511
All	$79,949	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$130,892	$133,973
Associate professor	$87,562	$86,108
Assistant professor	$73,753	$72,242
All	$93,361	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$82,570	$82,002
Associate professor	$68,058	$66,466
Assistant professor	$57,795	$55,352
All	$65,487	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$65,110	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$75,142	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$60,709	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$44,154	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	663,337	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	140,256	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	281,770	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	151,119	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	291,171	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	7,840	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	31,069	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	40,624	430,177
Total	803,593	21,016,126
Public institutions	54%	72%
4-year institutions	75%	63%
2-year institutions	25%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	27,517	849,452
Bachelor’s	87,162	1,650,014
Master’s	33,902	693,025
Doctorate	9,135	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 70% of all freshmen enrolled in Pennsylvania in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 83% of all Pennsylvania residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	62.1%	56.0%
Men	59.4%	53.0%
Women	64.6%	58.5%
American Indian	40.5%	37.0%
Asian	65.6%	66.3%
Black	44.4%	38.3%
Hispanic	55.1%	47.8%
White	64.7%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	2,474	196,374
Asian	33,925	1,218,118
Black	94,269	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	751	64,046
Hispanic	38,527	2,741,448
White	596,016	12,722,549
Foreign	29,492	709,565
Two or more races	8,139	325,275
Total	803,593	21,016,126
Women	56.4%	57.0%
Minority	22.2%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	16.8%	28.4%
Foreign	3.7%	3.4%
Full-time	71.9%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1473 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 73% of Pennsylvania’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	44	678
Public 2-year institutions	17	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	105	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	13	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	11	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	72	664
Total	262	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Grove City College
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
Lincoln University, Neumann University