How many students at Penn State Harrisburg? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,572 students have enrolled in Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg with 4,063 undergraduate and 509 graduate students.

By gender, 2,739 male and 1,833 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,994 students in average - four-year, public).

47 students are enrolled exclusively, and 974 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg has a total of 4,572 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,063 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 509 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,739 male and 1,833 female students (the male-female ratio is 60:40) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total4,5724,063509
Men2,7392,514225
Women1,8331,549284
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,217 White, 422 Black, and 557 Asian students out of a total of 4,572 are attending at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American523
Asian557319238
Black422234188
Hispanic385195190
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White2,2171,319898
Two or more races1638677
Race Unknown784830
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American523
Asian539310229
Black386221165
Hispanic354176178
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White1,9301,215715
Two or more races1447866
Race Unknown734528
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian1899
Black361323
Hispanic311912
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White287104183
Two or more races19811
Race Unknown532
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Penn State Harrisburg has 912 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 3,945 students under 25 years old, and 627 students over 25 years old out of 4,572 total students.

Penn State Harrisburg has 3,774 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 289 students aged 25 and over.

It has 171 graduate students aged under 25 and 338 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18912369543
18-191,6686271,041
20-21881356525
22-24484185299
25-29276125151
30-341335479
35-39864244
40-49854540
50-64412813
Over 65624
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18912369543
18-191,6676261,041
20-21837331506
22-24358120238
25-2915849109
30-34592138
35-39361818
40-49281018
50-64853
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-21442519
22-241266561
25-291187642
30-34743341
35-39502426
40-49573522
50-64332310
Over 65624
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Student Population by Age chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartPennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg, 47 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 974 students are enrolled in some online courses.

45 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students4,57247974
Undergraduate4,06314915
Graduate5093359
Online Student Population by Locality
Pennsylvania ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4520
Undergraduate1220
Graduate33-0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,063 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 238 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.86%.216 students have transferred in as full-time status and 22 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time3,572
Transfer-in Full-time216
Regular Part-time253
Transfer-in Part-time22

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