Penn State New Kensington

#9849 / #2618
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
#1421
Most Desirable School
American university

Penn State New Kensington at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2618
Acceptance rate (fall 2024)
95%
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$14,440
Graduation rate
26%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
416

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About Penn State New Kensington

According to Wikipedia, Penn State New Kensington is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. The campus has an enrollment of 545 undergraduate students and offers twelve bachelor's degree programs and five associate degree programs as well as four men's and four women's sports.

Penn State New Kensington's Online Degrees

BS in Project & Supply Chain Management
  • Required Credits: 120
  • Completion Time: 4 years

Penn State New Kensington Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Annual ApplicationsAcceptanceRetention RateGraduation RateMedian SAT Score
64395%85%26%1187

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Penn State New Kensington Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$14,440
Average Net Price by Family Income (2021–22)
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$4,503
30K - 48K$5,022
48K - 75K$7,807
75K - 110K$13,155
110K+$16,916

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Penn State New Kensington Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Penn State New Kensington students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $71,762 a year, and 94% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Penn State New Kensington's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
522522

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Penn State New Kensington?

Penn State New Kensington is located at 3550 Seventh Street Road, New Kensington, PA 15068-1765.

How Safe is Penn State New Kensington?

Relative to its enrollment, Penn State New Kensington has a violent crime rate of 0.24% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. New Kensington has a violent crime rate of 0.46% and a property crime rate of 2.41%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Penn State New Kensington Known For?

Penn State New Kensington is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Penn State New Kensington's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Penn State New Kensington's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Engineering
#2193
World Rank
#2207
Historical Rank
#357
USA Rank

Penn State New Kensington ranks #357 in the U.S. and #2193 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees
Business
#10400
World Rank
#10401
Historical Rank
#2900
USA Rank

Penn State New Kensington ranks #2900 in the U.S. and #10400 worldwide for influence in Business.

business Degrees
Medical
#12429
World Rank
#12431
Historical Rank
#3448
USA Rank

Penn State New Kensington ranks #3448 in the U.S. and #12429 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Biology
#13069
World Rank
#13083
Historical Rank
#3575
USA Rank

Penn State New Kensington ranks #3575 in the U.S. and #13069 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees