Enrollment Trends at Penn State Harrisburg

The student population at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg is 4,572 (4,063 undergraduate and 509 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 131 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Penn State Harrisburg is 88.87% which is increased by 486 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 355 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.67 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

47 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -68.24% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,327 where 4,572 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 486 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 355 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.67 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Penn State Harrisburg than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,441	3,577	2,056	1,521	864	361	503
2014-15	4,519 78	3,691 114	2,215 159	1,476 -45	828 -36	318 -43	510 7
2015-16	4,678 159	3,866 175	2,362 147	1,504 28	812 -16	316 -2	496 -14
2016-17	5,046 368	4,200 334	2,553 191	1,647 143	846 34	360 44	486 -10
2017-18	5,077 31	4,286 86	2,633 80	1,653 6	791 -55	374 14	417 -69
2018-19	4,933 -144	4,191 -95	2,572 -61	1,619 -34	742 -49	327 -47	415 -2
2019-20	0 -4,933	0 -4,191	0 -2,572	0 -1,619	0 -742	0 -327	0 -415
2020-21	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	4,572 4,572	4,063 4,063	2,514 2,514	1,549 1,549	509 509	225 225	284 284
Average	3,327	2,787	1,691	1,097	539	228	311

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,787 where 4,063 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,577	3,121	1,843	1,278	456	213	243
2014-15	3,691	3,250	1,988	1,262	441	227	214
2015-16	3,866	3,439	2,125	1,314	427	237	190
2016-17	4,200	3,817	2,336	1,481	383	217	166
2017-18	4,286	3,960	2,435	1,525	326	198	128
2018-19	4,191	3,915	2,393	1,522	276	179	97
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	4,063	3,788	2,335	1,453	275	179	96
Average	2,787	2,787	1,546	984	2,787	145	113

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 539 where 509 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	864	208	94	114	656	267	389
2014-15	828	214	79	135	614	239	375
2015-16	812	229	93	136	583	223	360
2016-17	846	239	116	123	607	244	363
2017-18	791	207	115	92	584	259	325
2018-19	742	231	105	126	511	222	289
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	509	206	97	109	303	128	175
Average	539	539	70	84	539	158	228

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.49% and the percentage of black students is 9.23% at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg. 12.18% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	8	301	411	257	3	2,890	95
2014-15	12	336	420	266	6	2,814	111
2015-16	8	384	450	267	6	2,845	116
2016-17	6	420	465	309	6	2,872	129
2017-18	6	442	429	310	6	2,859	167
2018-19	8	486	402	328	5	2,751	167
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23	5	557	422	385	1	2,217	163
Average	5	293	300	212	3	1,925	95

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

47 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -68.24% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,519	148	548	3,823
2015-16	4,678	151	763	3,764
2016-17	5,046	134	937	3,975
2017-18	5,077	107	1,153	3,817
2018-19	4,933	29	562	4,342
2019-20	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-	-
2022-23	4,572	47	974	3,551
Average	3,203	68	549	2,586

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