Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, Pennsylvania · Public · 668 undergraduates · york.psu.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
95%
of 1,486 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1070 to 1280
of enrolled freshmen
Your chances and merit aid at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
95% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
Not available
What to do with your 1160
Send your score
About 72% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 980, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Doesn't superscore: it uses the scores from one test date.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: How to Apply | Penn State Undergraduate Admissions · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Dec1Other deadline · December 1, 2026
Who gets in
95%
of applicants were admitted: 1,415 of 1,486 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/01, hear by 12/24.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 27% of them sent SAT scores and 1.4% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1070 to 1280
Reading and Writing 540 to 640
Math 520 to 620
ACT composite 22 to 28
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16008%
- 1200 to 139928%
- 1000 to 119956%
- 800 to 9998%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.32
- 4.06%
- 3.75 to 3.9918%
- 3.50 to 3.7422%
- 3.25 to 3.4920%
- 3.00 to 3.248%
- 2.50 to 2.9917%
- Below 2.5010%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York hasn't published a total yearly cost for in-state students. The parts it has published are below.
- Tuition (in state)$15,050
- Fees$650
- Books and supplies$1,330
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$4,825
- $30,001 to $48,000$5,495
- $48,001 to $75,000$8,775
- $75,001 to $110,000$13,431
- Over $110,000$19,244
Financial aid
59%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$8,076
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
18%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $2,947 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: February 15 recommended
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
40 of 40
Earn credit with a score of 3
17 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,510Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | 3 General credits of studio art are awarded |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | 3 General credits of studio art are awarded |
| African American Studies | 4 | 3 | AFAM 110 |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | Art History 100 |
| Art History | 4 | 3 | Art History 112 |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | Biology 011 and Biology 012 |
| Biology | 5 | 4 | Biology 110 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | Math 140 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | Math140 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | Math 140, 141 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | Chem 110 and 111 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | Chem 110, 111, 112, 113 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | Chinese 001 and Chinese 002 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 12 | Chinese 001, 002, 003 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | General credits of Political Science as a Gen Ed-Social Science at the below 100-level |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 3 | General credits of Computer Science |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 3 | General credits of Computer Science are awarded |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 3 General credits of studio art are awarded |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | With a grade of four or five, a student is invited by the English Department to schedule English 030--Honors Freshman Composition |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | English 101 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | General credits of Environmental Resource Management as an Integrative Studies: Inter-domain course with Gen Ed- Natural Science and Gen Ed-Social Science domains at the 100-level |
| European History | 4 | 3 | General credits of History as a Gen Ed-Humanities and Gen Ed-International Cultures |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 12 | Fr 001, 002, 003 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 15 | Fr 001, 002, 003, 201 |
| French Language and Culture | 5 | 18 | Fr 001, 002, 003, 201, 202 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 12 | Ger 001, 002, 003 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 16 | Ger 001, 002, 003, 201 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 19 | Ger 001, 002, 003, 201, 302W |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | Geog 220 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | Italian 001 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | Italian 001 and Italian 002 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 12 | Italian 001, 002, 003 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | 8 General credits of Japanese |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 12 | 12 General credits of Japanese |
| Latin | 4 | 4 | Latin 101 |
| Latin | 5 | 8 | Latin 101 and 102 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | Econ 104 |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | Econ 102 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | Mus 008 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 4 | Physics 250 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 4 | Physics 251 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 4 | Phys 212 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 4 | Phys 211 |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 4 | MATH 41 |
| Psychology | 5 | 3 | Psyc 100 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | GENED 197 |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | GENED 97N |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 12 | Span 001, 002 and 003 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 15 | Span 001, 002, 003 and 100 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 3 | Span 253 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | Statistics 100 |
| Statistics | 4 | 4 | Statistics 200 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | Political Science 001 |
| United States History | 4 | 3 | General credits of History as a Gen Ed-Humanities and Gen Ed-US Cultures |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 3 | General credits of History as a Gen Ed-Humanities and Gen Ed-International Cultures |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
18%
Come back for a second year
77%
Typical earnings
$71,762
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York$101,568
- All colleges$91,119
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 12 majors here have earnings data.
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