Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington
New Kensington, PA
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington is a public university in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, a rural area on the edge of a city or town, with 416 undergraduates. Computer science and engineering technology are its signature fields: together they make up 30% of its bachelor's degrees, about five times their share across the colleges we cover. 28% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $63,435 ten years after starting.
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington admitted 582 of 666 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (87.4%).
- Acceptance rate
- 87.4%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $14,408
- $24,134 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $18,305
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1100–1360
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington is known for
Measured by the 66 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Computer science
19.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: three and a half times the 5.6% share across the colleges we cover.
Engineering technology
10.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about 15 times the 0.7% share across the colleges we cover.
- Information Science/Studies1319.7% of degrees$91,671+7% vs $85,294 nationally
- Business/Commerce1116.7% of degrees$65,292−5% vs $68,407 nationally
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)812.1% of degrees$81,617+24% vs $65,681 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing812.1% of degrees$91,032About the $88,910 national median
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians710.6% of degrees$81,835About the $84,304 national median
- Criminal Justice and Corrections69.1% of degrees$56,877About the $55,378 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Rural, near a city or town
New Kensington, PA
Undergraduates
416
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Students per faculty member
9 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington
Two things Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
12.5% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 1% sent an ACT. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $18,305 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
87.4%
582 admitted of 666 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1100–1360
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
25–27
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Average GPA of admitted students
3.33
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
12.5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $14,408 ($24,134 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $26,863. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $18,305 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$14,408
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$24,134
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$26,863
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$18,305
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $26,863 full cost.
- Under $30k$11,541Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$13,323Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$17,589Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$21,666Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$23,654Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
28%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
85%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$63,435
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$25,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 80% to 93%.
What Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Essay
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Interview
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Demonstrated interest
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 0
- Accepted the place
- 0
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 0
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Pennsylvania
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Ursinus College87.4%
- Carlow University87.1%
- Duquesne University86.4%
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia86.4%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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