THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY FAYETTE CAMPUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE N-4

1 University Dr., PO Box 519
Uniontown, PA 15401-0519
Tel: (724)430-4100; 877-568-4130
Admissions: (814)865-5471
Fax: (724)430-4184
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.fe.psu.edu/

Description:

State-related, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State University. Awards transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees (also offers up to 2 years of most bachelor's degree programs offered at University Park campus). Founded 1934. Setting: 92-acre small town campus. Total enrollment: 1,066. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 329 applied, 88% were admitted. 7% from top 10% of their high school class, 29% from top quarter, 70% from top half. Full-time: 788 students, 55% women, 45% men. Part-time: 278 students, 73% women, 27% men. 1% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 0.5% Hispanic, 6% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 39% 25 or older, 3% transferred in. Retention: 67% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: protective services/public administration; business/marketing; home economics/vocational home economics. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $9180 full-time, $371 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,040 full-time, $585 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $434 full-time, $73 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Campus security: student patrols, 8-hour patrols by trained security personnel. College housing not available. 54,610 books, 6,556 microform titles, 187 serials, and 6,721 audiovisual materials. 103 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.