Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA
Pennsylvania Western University is a public university in California, Pennsylvania, a town 10 to 35 miles from a city, with 7,451 undergraduates. Health professions and education are its signature fields: together they make up 27% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice their share across the colleges we cover. 52% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $47,295 ten years after starting.
Pennsylvania Western University admitted 5,796 of 6,189 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (93.7%).
- Acceptance rate
- 93.7%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,436
- $16,054 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $18,256
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 20–26
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 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Pennsylvania Western University is known for
Measured by the 2,105 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
18.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Education
8.1%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing21010.0% of degrees$82,099−8% vs $88,910 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities1497.1% of degrees$44,180−17% vs $53,072 nationally
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness1446.8% of degrees$47,468−13% vs $54,562 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods1346.4% of degrees$47,295About the $47,382 national median
- Criminal Justice and Corrections1185.6% of degrees$49,817−10% vs $55,378 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations1185.6% of degrees$55,515−19% vs $68,257 nationally
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
Town, 10–35 miles from a city
California, PA
Undergraduates
7,451
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Students per faculty member
18 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 Western University
Two things Pennsylvania Western University 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.
16% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 2% sent an ACT. Pennsylvania Western University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $18,256 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
93.7%
5,796 admitted of 6,189 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 480–590Math 460–580
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
20–26
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
16%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Pennsylvania Western University?
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 Western University 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 $11,436 ($16,054 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $26,916. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $18,256 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,436
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$16,054
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$26,916
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$18,256
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $26,916 full cost.
- Under $30k$13,944Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$14,171Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$16,517Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$20,633Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$23,272Typical 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
52%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
72%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$47,295
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,725
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.
What Pennsylvania Western University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
Verified July 12, 2026
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.
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington93.7%
- Gwynedd Mercy University93.6%
- King's College93.2%
- York College of Pennsylvania94.2%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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