Major Programs at Penn State World Campus

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus offers 182 degree programs through Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 68 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
At the school, the Psychology program has the most completers (168 students) and the Econometrics and Quantitative Economics program has the second most completers (86 students) last year.
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Degrees & Major Programs

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus offers 182 degree programs through Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 68 programs can be conferred by distance learning.
A total of 4,785 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 at Penn State World Campus. 1,535 completed bachelor's programs and 1,953 completed master's programs.
Total Number of Programs By Degree
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Online Programs12210 14NOT OFFERED30
Overall Programs28853 46146
Number of Completers2891871,5351,95314807

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The next table lists the best programs with the highest average salary after graduation from Pennsylvania State University-World Campus.
*The average salary data is from College Scoreboard.

Popular Area of Study with Most Completers

Following programs are the popular major programs at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus.
At the school, the Psychology program has the most completers (168 students) and the Econometrics and Quantitative Economics program has the second most completers (86 students) last year.

Field of Study by Degree, Number of Completers, and Average Salary

The following tables show all major programs at Penn State World Campus by degree with number of completers last year. You may want to search schools that have a program by following the link on the major title column in each table.
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 12ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Turf and Turfgrass ManagementNOT OFFERED 29ONLINE 11ONLINE 6ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Food Science and Technology (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6ONLINE
Agronomy and Crop ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 51 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Natural Resources Management and PolicyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
Natural Resources Management and Policy (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 25ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources and Conservation (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED 0
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Speech Communication and RhetoricNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Mass Communication/Media StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
JournalismNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Journalism (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Digital Communication and Media/MultimediaNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 29ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Organizational CommunicationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED
Public Relations/Image ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 29ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 36ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer and Information SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16 NOT OFFERED
Information TechnologyNOT OFFERED 34ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
InformaticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Information Science/StudiesNOT OFFERED 0 92 31 NOT OFFERED 44
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance70 NOT OFFERED 97 47 16 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 17
Curriculum and InstructionNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 80 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 22
Higher Education/Higher Education AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 57 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Educational/Instructional TechnologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 24 NOT OFFERED 7ONLINE
Educational Evaluation and ResearchNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6ONLINE
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Special Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 55 NOT OFFERED 15
Education/Teaching of Individuals with AutismNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2ONLINE
Adult and Continuing Education and TeachingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0
Education (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 4
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Computer EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 60 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Computer Software EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 35ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 14 NOT OFFERED 2
Mechanical EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 14 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nuclear EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Systems EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 89ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Industrial EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 18 NOT OFFERED 6ONLINE
Manufacturing EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 34 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Engineering (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 33 NOT OFFERED 21
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Engineering-Related Technologies (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6ONLINE
Solar Energy Technology/TechnicianNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5ONLINE
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Human Development and Family StudiesNOT OFFERED 17 34 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Adult Development and AgingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Child DevelopmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Legal StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
English Language and LiteratureNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal StudiesNOT OFFERED 26 6 NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Biology/Biological SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 41 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Financial MathematicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 33 NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
StatisticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 66 NOT OFFERED 25ONLINE
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Biological and Physical SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Science, Technology and SocietyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Nutrition SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 12 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International/Global StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Computational ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 110 NOT OFFERED 0
Sustainability StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Geography and Environmental StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PhilosophyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Atmospheric Sciences and MeteorologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 42 NOT OFFERED
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2ONLINE
Geology/Earth ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)5ONLINE NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
AcousticsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 168 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Social PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Counseling PsychologyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED
Psychology (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 31ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7 16 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Safety StudiesNOT OFFERED 12 80 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Homeland SecurityNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 117ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Terrorism and Counterterrorism OperationsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 5ONLINE
Criminalistics and Criminal ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 23ONLINE
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Community Organization and AdvocacyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 23 NOT OFFERED 0
Public AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 53 NOT OFFERED 26
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Social SciencesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 41 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Demography and Population StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3 NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Econometrics and Quantitative EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 86ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
GeographyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 23ONLINE
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11ONLINE NOT OFFERED 167ONLINE
Geography (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 50ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
International Relations and AffairsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 42 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Political Science and GovernmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 38 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Visual and Performing ArtsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Design and Applied Arts (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Art/Art StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 38 24 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Public HealthNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 0 NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 47 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2ONLINE
Nursing AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1ONLINE
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 7 16 14 NOT OFFERED
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 12 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
Business/CommerceNOT OFFERED 57 148 NOT OFFERED 1 47
Business Administration and ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 366 1 90
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 49ONLINE
Project ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 19ONLINE
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 23ONLINE
AccountingNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 62 15 NOT OFFERED 11ONLINE
Accounting and Related Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 3ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Business/Managerial EconomicsNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 35ONLINE NOT OFFERED 27
FinanceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 75 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Financial Planning and ServicesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 11 NOT OFFERED
Meeting and Event PlanningNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 2
Labor and Industrial RelationsNOT OFFERED 12 58 92 9 NOT OFFERED
Organizational Behavior StudiesNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 57 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Human Resources DevelopmentNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 47ONLINE NOT OFFERED 2
Management Information Systems and Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16 NOT OFFERED
Management ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 24ONLINE
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 156 NOT OFFERED 49
Marketing/Marketing ManagementNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 39 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Marketing ResearchNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 16ONLINE
Marketing (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 32ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
TaxationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 6ONLINE
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
CertificateAssociate'sBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoratePost-Graduate
HistoryNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED 26 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
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