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Pennsylvania: Almanac 2013

August 19, 2013

Almanac 2013 »

Pennsylvania

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  • Demographics
  • Faculty pay
  • Students
  • Diversity
  • Finance
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Pennsylvania Nation

Demographics

Population
Pennsylvania Nation
Total (State rank: 6) 12,742,886 311,591,919
Age distribution
Age range Pennsylvania Nation
Up to 4 5.7% 6.4%
5 to 14 12.1% 13.2%
15 to 19 7.0% 7.0%
20 to 24 6.9% 7.1%
25 to 44 24.5% 26.4%
45 to 64 28.4% 26.5%
65 and older 15.5% 13.2%
Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity Pennsylvania Nation
American Indian 0.1% 0.8%
Asian 2.8% 4.8%
Black 10.8% 12.6%
Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2%
White 82.3% 74.1%
More than one race 1.9% 2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race) 5.9% 16.7%
Other 2.0% 4.7%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level Pennsylvania Nation
8th grade or less 3.6% 6.0%
Some high school, no diploma 7.7% 8.1%
High-school diploma 37.5% 28.4%
Some college, no degree 16.6% 21.2%
Associate degree 7.6% 7.8%
Bachelor’s degree 16.6% 17.9%
Master’s degree 7.4% 7.5%
Doctoral degree 1.2% 1.2%
Professional degree 1.8% 1.9%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
Pennsylvania Nation
10.3% 20.8%
Per capita personal income
Pennsylvania Nation
(State rank: 20) $43,616 $42,693
Poverty rate
Pennsylvania Nation
13.8% 15.9%
New high-school graduates
Estimate Pennsylvania Nation
Total for 2013-14 139,323 3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24 2.2% 7.9%
New GED diploma recipients
Pennsylvania Nation
12,996 401,388
High-school dropout rate
Pennsylvania Nation
4.0% 4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $127,835 $118,822
Associate professor $89,389 $81,373
Assistant professor $71,723 $70,325
All $91,039 $85,690
Public master’s institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $103,703 $89,076
Associate professor $82,785 $71,297
Assistant professor $66,292 $60,506
All $79,569 $69,025
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $151,129 $152,042
Associate professor $98,903 $95,762
Assistant professor $91,673 $82,983
All $110,411 $108,803
Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $97,211 $91,161
Associate professor $76,533 $71,963
Assistant professor $62,069 $58,901
All $72,720 $69,941
Other 4-year institutions
Control Pennsylvania Nation
Public $66,089 $61,265
Private nonprofit $73,618 $68,804
2-year colleges
Control Pennsylvania Nation
Public $61,319 $62,568
Private nonprofit $45,373 $48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group Pennsylvania Nation
Undergraduate 651,096 18,047,249
Graduate and professional 136,693 2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions 278,865 8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions 149,404 7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 290,728 3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 7,625 39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit 24,706 1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit 36,461 396,832
Total 787,789 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Institution type Pennsylvania Nation
Public 54% 72%
4-year 75% 64%
2-year 25% 36%
Degrees awarded
Level Pennsylvania Nation
Associate 29,241 942,217
Bachelor’s 88,205 1,712,538
Master’s 36,016 730,635
Doctorate 9,316 163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 71% 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

82% 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 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity Pennsylvania Nation
All 67.0% 59.0%
Men 64.6% 56.4%
Women 69.0% 61.2%
American Indian 54.0% 40.6%
Asian 76.3% 69.7%
Black 47.2% 40.2%
Hispanic 62.7% 51.4%
White 69.2% 62.3%
2 or more races 75.6% 64.0%
Race unknown 57.3% 56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status Pennsylvania Nation
American Indian 1,999 174,629
Asian 31,535 1,133,719
Black 85,723 2,840,259
Pacific Islander 1,008 61,179
Hispanic 37,953 2,695,637
White 534,323 11,519,372
2 or more races 11,214 405,812
Race unknown 52,492 1,409,094
Foreign 31,542 738,624
Total 787,789 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Group Pennsylvania Nation
Women 56.3% 57.0%
American Indian 0.3% 0.8%
Asian 4.0% 5.4%
Black 10.9% 13.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.3%
Hispanic 4.8% 12.8%
White 67.8% 54.9%
2 or more races 1.4% 1.9%
Race unknown 6.7% 6.7%
Foreign 4.0% 3.5%
Minority 21.5% 34.9%
Underrepresented minority 16.0% 27.2%
Full-time 71.9% 61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 22.4 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 18% of Pennsylvania’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 992 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 74% of Pennsylvania’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type Pennsylvania Nation
Public 4-year $11,153 $7,087
Public 2-year $3,607 $2,419
Private 4-year $31,258 $26,165
State funds for higher-education operating expenses
Pennsylvania Nation
State funds $1,792,655,000 $71,966,406,875
One-year change -0.5% -0.4%
State spending on student aid
Aid type Pennsylvania Nation
Need-based grants $456,793,892 $6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants $402,713 $2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid $29,674,153 $1,737,198,826
Total $486,870,758 $11,136,382,670
Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
Pennsylvania Nation
Total $3,312,752,000 $65,073,411,000
One-year change 5.9% 6.3%
Sources of financing
Source Pennsylvania Nation
Federal government 71.6% 62.6%
State and local governments 3.5% 5.9%
Industry 4.8% 4.9%
Nonprofit 4.8% 5.9%
Institution itself 15.0% 19.1%
Other 0.3% 1.6%
Share for specific research fields
Field Pennsylvania Nation
Engineering 16.0% 15.4%
Environmental sciences 2.4% 4.9%
Life sciences 61.9% 57.2%
Math and computer sciences 5.9% 3.6%
Physical sciences 5.2% 7.3%
Psychology 2.3% 1.7%
Social sciences 2.1% 3.1%
Other sciences 0.8% 1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering 3.4% 4.9%
Largest endowment
Institution Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania $6,754,658,000
Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania $440,602,631
Pennsylvania State University, multiple campuses $181,538,201
University of Pittsburgh, main campus $118,700,224

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type Pennsylvania Nation
Public 4-year 44 679
Public 2-year 17 972
Private 4-year, nonprofit 105 1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit 13 100
Private 4-year, for-profit 12 735
Private 2-year, for-profit 74 669
Total 265 4,712
3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University at University Park 43,515
Temple University 31,174
University of Pittsburgh, main campus 24,740

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Grove City College

Institutions on NCAA probation

Lincoln University, Neumann University

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Almanac 2013 »

Pennsylvania

Choose a section »

  • Demographics
  • Faculty pay
  • Students
  • Diversity
  • Finance
  • Colleges and universities
Pennsylvania Nation

Demographics

Population
Pennsylvania Nation
Total (State rank: 6) 12,742,886 311,591,919
Age distribution
Age range Pennsylvania Nation
Up to 4 5.7% 6.4%
5 to 14 12.1% 13.2%
15 to 19 7.0% 7.0%
20 to 24 6.9% 7.1%
25 to 44 24.5% 26.4%
45 to 64 28.4% 26.5%
65 and older 15.5% 13.2%
Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity Pennsylvania Nation
American Indian 0.1% 0.8%
Asian 2.8% 4.8%
Black 10.8% 12.6%
Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2%
White 82.3% 74.1%
More than one race 1.9% 2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race) 5.9% 16.7%
Other 2.0% 4.7%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level Pennsylvania Nation
8th grade or less 3.6% 6.0%
Some high school, no diploma 7.7% 8.1%
High-school diploma 37.5% 28.4%
Some college, no degree 16.6% 21.2%
Associate degree 7.6% 7.8%
Bachelor’s degree 16.6% 17.9%
Master’s degree 7.4% 7.5%
Doctoral degree 1.2% 1.2%
Professional degree 1.8% 1.9%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
Pennsylvania Nation
10.3% 20.8%
Per capita personal income
Pennsylvania Nation
(State rank: 20) $43,616 $42,693
Poverty rate
Pennsylvania Nation
13.8% 15.9%
New high-school graduates
Estimate Pennsylvania Nation
Total for 2013-14 139,323 3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24 2.2% 7.9%
New GED diploma recipients
Pennsylvania Nation
12,996 401,388
High-school dropout rate
Pennsylvania Nation
4.0% 4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $127,835 $118,822
Associate professor $89,389 $81,373
Assistant professor $71,723 $70,325
All $91,039 $85,690
Public master’s institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $103,703 $89,076
Associate professor $82,785 $71,297
Assistant professor $66,292 $60,506
All $79,569 $69,025
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $151,129 $152,042
Associate professor $98,903 $95,762
Assistant professor $91,673 $82,983
All $110,411 $108,803
Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank Pennsylvania Nation
Professor $97,211 $91,161
Associate professor $76,533 $71,963
Assistant professor $62,069 $58,901
All $72,720 $69,941
Other 4-year institutions
Control Pennsylvania Nation
Public $66,089 $61,265
Private nonprofit $73,618 $68,804
2-year colleges
Control Pennsylvania Nation
Public $61,319 $62,568
Private nonprofit $45,373 $48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group Pennsylvania Nation
Undergraduate 651,096 18,047,249
Graduate and professional 136,693 2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions 278,865 8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions 149,404 7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 290,728 3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 7,625 39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit 24,706 1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit 36,461 396,832
Total 787,789 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Institution type Pennsylvania Nation
Public 54% 72%
4-year 75% 64%
2-year 25% 36%
Degrees awarded
Level Pennsylvania Nation
Associate 29,241 942,217
Bachelor’s 88,205 1,712,538
Master’s 36,016 730,635
Doctorate 9,316 163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 71% 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

82% 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 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity Pennsylvania Nation
All 67.0% 59.0%
Men 64.6% 56.4%
Women 69.0% 61.2%
American Indian 54.0% 40.6%
Asian 76.3% 69.7%
Black 47.2% 40.2%
Hispanic 62.7% 51.4%
White 69.2% 62.3%
2 or more races 75.6% 64.0%
Race unknown 57.3% 56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status Pennsylvania Nation
American Indian 1,999 174,629
Asian 31,535 1,133,719
Black 85,723 2,840,259
Pacific Islander 1,008 61,179
Hispanic 37,953 2,695,637
White 534,323 11,519,372
2 or more races 11,214 405,812
Race unknown 52,492 1,409,094
Foreign 31,542 738,624
Total 787,789 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Group Pennsylvania Nation
Women 56.3% 57.0%
American Indian 0.3% 0.8%
Asian 4.0% 5.4%
Black 10.9% 13.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.3%
Hispanic 4.8% 12.8%
White 67.8% 54.9%
2 or more races 1.4% 1.9%
Race unknown 6.7% 6.7%
Foreign 4.0% 3.5%
Minority 21.5% 34.9%
Underrepresented minority 16.0% 27.2%
Full-time 71.9% 61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 22.4 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 18% of Pennsylvania’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 992 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 74% of Pennsylvania’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type Pennsylvania Nation
Public 4-year $11,153 $7,087
Public 2-year $3,607 $2,419
Private 4-year $31,258 $26,165
State funds for higher-education operating expenses
Pennsylvania Nation
State funds $1,792,655,000 $71,966,406,875
One-year change -0.5% -0.4%
State spending on student aid
Aid type Pennsylvania Nation
Need-based grants $456,793,892 $6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants $402,713 $2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid $29,674,153 $1,737,198,826
Total $486,870,758 $11,136,382,670
Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
Pennsylvania Nation
Total $3,312,752,000 $65,073,411,000
One-year change 5.9% 6.3%
Sources of financing
Source Pennsylvania Nation
Federal government 71.6% 62.6%
State and local governments 3.5% 5.9%
Industry 4.8% 4.9%
Nonprofit 4.8% 5.9%
Institution itself 15.0% 19.1%
Other 0.3% 1.6%
Share for specific research fields
Field Pennsylvania Nation
Engineering 16.0% 15.4%
Environmental sciences 2.4% 4.9%
Life sciences 61.9% 57.2%
Math and computer sciences 5.9% 3.6%
Physical sciences 5.2% 7.3%
Psychology 2.3% 1.7%
Social sciences 2.1% 3.1%
Other sciences 0.8% 1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering 3.4% 4.9%
Largest endowment
Institution Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania $6,754,658,000
Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania $440,602,631
Pennsylvania State University, multiple campuses $181,538,201
University of Pittsburgh, main campus $118,700,224

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type Pennsylvania Nation
Public 4-year 44 679
Public 2-year 17 972
Private 4-year, nonprofit 105 1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit 13 100
Private 4-year, for-profit 12 735
Private 2-year, for-profit 74 669
Total 265 4,712
3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University at University Park 43,515
Temple University 31,174
University of Pittsburgh, main campus 24,740

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Grove City College

Institutions on NCAA probation

Lincoln University, Neumann University

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.

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