Graduate School Tuition at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a four-year, public school located in University Park, PA.
It offers 239 graduate programs - 115 Master's, 96 Doctorate, and 28 Post-bachelor's.
The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents and $43,828 for others. A total of 8,283 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 50,028 students at Penn State.
Penn State offers online graduate programs and 50 out of 8,283 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
Penn State have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at Penn State Law. In addition, you can find Penn State's health profession programs at health professions information page.

Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents and $43,828 for out-of-state students. It offers 239 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NamePennsylvania State University-Main Campus
TypeFour-year, Public
Address201 Old Main, University Park, PA
Graduate School Students15,438 students
50 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$25,518
Out-of-State$43,828
Student to Faculty15:1 (6.67%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 239 Graduate Programs
115 Master's, 96 Doctorate, 28 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Pennsylvania residents, the tuition & fees are $25,518 and $43,828 for non-Pennsylvania residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,040 for Pennsylvania residents and $1,803 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$24,956$43,266
Fees$562$562
Cost per Credit$1,040$1,803
Books & Supplies$1,840
Room & Board$13,030 (On-Campus) / $13,448 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$4,788 (On-Campus) / $4,788 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$45,176$63,486
Off-Campus Total$45,594$63,904
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
In-State$22,994$23,498$23,719$25,015$25,518
Out-of-State$38,728$39,232$39,778$42,151$43,828

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 239 major areas - 115 Master's, 96 Doctorate, 28 Post-Bachelor's. 1,609 students have been conferred Master's degree and 1,634 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total1,6091,63471-
Men80781537-
Women80281934-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Educational Evaluation and ResearchNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching 1 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering (other) NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering-Related Technologies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Statistics 1 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
International/Global Studies NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geography NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
International Relations and AffairsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Medical ScientistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5 NOT OFFER
Public Health 1 NOT OFFER
International Public Health/International HealthNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Palliative Care NursingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geriatric Nurse/NursingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management 3 NOT OFFER
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
Project ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10 NOT OFFER
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Accounting NOT OFFER 7 NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management and Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Management Science NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other) NOT OFFER 10 NOT OFFER
Marketing ResearchNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
TaxationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agricultural and Extension Education Services2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Sciences4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Food Science8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Sciences6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agronomy and Crop Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Horticultural Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Sciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Soil Science and Agronomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Natural Resources and Conservation (other)2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Architecture4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Landscape Architecture3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Informatics18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Science/Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science67 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering19 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agricultural Engineering5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural Engineering60 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering68 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering Science11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering23 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering37 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nuclear Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Petroleum Engineering4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial Engineering32 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Manufacturing Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering (other)12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nanotechnology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Comparative Literature4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Russian Language and Literature1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language and Literature3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Human Development and Family Studies5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Programs for Foreign Lawyers136 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Legal Professions and Studies (other)2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical Sciences2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anatomy1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entomology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Physiology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Pathology/Experimental Pathology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioinformatics3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biotechnology18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Epidemiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Financial Mathematics30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics8 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nutrition Sciences4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International/Global Studies70 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sustainability Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography and Environmental Studies10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astronomy6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Acoustics10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research and Experimental Psychology (other)22 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Psychology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Psychology6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Forensic Science and Technology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Public Policy Analysis21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Criminology3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Sciences (other)4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art/Art Studies5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music History, Literature, and Theory4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance12 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Theory and Composition2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Conducting5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Keyboard Instruments NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management29 NOT OFFER
Accounting139 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Labor and Industrial Relations17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Science36 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)113 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Agricultural and Extension Education Services NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Food Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agronomy and Crop Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Horticultural Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Sciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Soil Science and Agronomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources and Conservation (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Architecture NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mass Communication/Media StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Informatics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Science/Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Agricultural Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Architectural Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nuclear Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Petroleum Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LinguisticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Comparative Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
German Language and LiteratureNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Human Development and Family Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Programs for Foreign Lawyers NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anatomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ImmunologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entomology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Physiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Pathology/Experimental Pathology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
BiostatisticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioinformatics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ecology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Epidemiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Neuroscience NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nutrition Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sustainability Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography and Environmental Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astronomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Acoustics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research and Experimental Psychology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Criminology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Sciences (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Keyboard Instruments NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER
Hospitality Administration/Management (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LawNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Natural Resources and Conservation (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
International/Global Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geography and Environmental Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER
Accounting NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

Penn State graduate schools have a total of 15,438 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 7,987 male and 7,451 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 8,397 full-time and 7,041 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 50 students enrolled through online exclusively and 697 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 8,394 White, 717 Black, and 903 Asian students are attending at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

832 grad students are younger than 22 and 307 students are older than 65. It has 5,919 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,225 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total15,438
Men7,987
Women7,451
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total15,438
Full-time Students8,397
Part-time Students7,041
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total15,438
American Indian /
Native American
14
Asian903
Black717
Hispanic1,032
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
13
White8,394
Two or more races464
Un-Known441
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total15,438
21 & Under832
22-242,903
25-293,016
30-34897
35-39328
40 & Over307

Online Population

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus graduate schools, 50 students enrolled online exclusively and 697 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment8,283
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses50
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses697
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses7,536
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses50
Pennsylvania Resident43
Other State In U.S.4
Outside of U.S.3
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