THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY HARRISBURG CAMPUS OF THE CAPITAL COLLEGE L-17

777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057-4898
Tel: (717)948-6000
Free: 800-222-2056
Admissions: (814)865-5471
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hbg.psu.edu/

Description:

State-related, comprehensive, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State University. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 218-acre small town campus. Total enrollment: 3,729. Faculty: 271 (165 full-time, 106 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 1,452 applied, 44% were admitted. 13% from top 10% of their high school class, 44% from top quarter, 81% from top half. Full-time: 1,475 students, 45% women, 55% men. Part-time: 572 students, 58% women, 42% men. 5% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 7% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 33% 25 or older, 14% live on campus, 13% transferred in. Retention: 89% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; engineering/engineering technologies; education. 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, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

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: $9582 full-time, $399 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $15,466 full-time, $644 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $434 full-time, $73 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, location, program, and student level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, course load, location, program, and student level. College room and board: $7650. College room only: $4670. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 292 college housing spaces available; 291 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. 285,171 books, 1.1 million microform titles, 1,903 serials, and 5,144 audiovisual materials. 132 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.