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State Quick Facts: Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State Department of Education
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126-0333
Telephone: 717-787-5041
Fax: 717-783-5420
Agency E-mail: 00postse@psupen.psu.edu
www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher/site/default.asp

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
2986 North Second Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110
Telephone: 717-720-4000
Fax: 717-720-4011
www.passhe.edu

State Population: (in thousands) (CENSUS FY08)
Total:
12,448
College-aged (18-25):
737
White:
10,428
Black:
1,288
Hispanic:
595
Asian:
297
Native American:
18
Male:
6,056
Female:
6,392
  Total Number of Institutions: (IPEDS 2007-2008)
Total:
263
Public:
65
4-year:
44
2-year:
21
Independent, Not-for-Profit:
116

Total Headcount Enrollments: (Fall 06 & 07)
Total (Fall 07):
725,397
Public (Fall 06):
388,251

Independent, Not-for-Profit (Fall 06):
273,765
Undergraduate (incl. AAs & certificates) (Fall 06):
585,006
Graduate (Fall 06):
102,143
First Professional (Fall 06):
19,983
White (Fall 07):
563,113
Black (Fall 07):
77,618
Hispanic (Fall 07):
25,163
Asian (Fall 07):
31,806
Native American (Fall 07):
2,082
Alien (Fall 07):
25,615
Male (Fall 06):
306,457
Female (Fall 06):
400,675
  Total Completions: (IPEDS 2006-2007)
Total:
136,235
Associates:
26,317
Bachelor:
81,042
Graduate:
28,876
White:
127,367
Black:
16,159
Hispanic:
4,603
Asian:
6,539
Native American:
388
Alien:
6,478
Male:
71,850
Female:
101,025
Appropriations: (Total SHEF FY 2008 in Thousands)

State & Local
Appropriations:
$1,995,616
  Selected State Reports:
Higher Education and Adult Education Statistics
Factbooks
Most Requested Data
Sources –
Population: Resident FY 2008 Estimate, U.S. Census Bureau
Institutions: FY 2007-2008, NCES/IPEDS Digest of Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Enrollments: FY Fall 2006 and Fall 2007, NCES/IPEDS Digest of Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Completions: First Major - Grand total - all CIP Codes; All Degrees and Certificates; FY 2006-2007 NCES/IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education
Appropriations: Educational Appropriations Nominal and Un-Adjusted Dollars from SHEEO-SHEF FY 2008. Educational appropriations measure state and local support available for public higher education operating expenses and excludes appropriations for independent institutions, financial aid for students attending independent institutions, and research, agriculture, and medical (RAM) purposes.
This is a product of the SHEEO/NCES Network.
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