Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Graduate School

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (referred to as Penn State Behrend) is a Public, 4 years school located in Erie, PA.
The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Penn State Behrend is $25,082 for Pennsylvania residents and $33,020 for out-of-state students. The school has 107 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,295 including undergraduate students.

Graduate School Overview

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (referred to as Penn State Behrend) is a Public, 4 years school located in Erie, PA.
Penn State Behrend Directory Information
School NamePennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (Penn State Behrend)
Address4701 College Drive, Erie, PA
Phone814-898-6000
Webhttps://behrend.psu.edu
The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Penn State Behrend is $25,082 for Pennsylvania residents and $33,020 for out-of-state students. The school has 107 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 3,295 including undergraduate students.
It offers total 63 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's.
Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School TypePublic, 4 years
Tuition & Fees$33,020
$25,082 for Pennsylvania Residents
Student Population107
Offered Degrees/ProgramsPost-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs63 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio12 to 1
The graduate tuition & fees at Penn State Behrend is $25,082 for Pennsylvania residents and $33,020 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,012 for Pennsylvania residents and $1,326 for out-of-state students.
Penn State Behrend offers the alternative tuition plans.
2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Pennsylvania Residents$25,082
Out-of-State$33,020
Tuition per Credit Hour
Pennsylvania Residents$1,012
Out-of-State$1,326
Penn State Behrend offers the distance learning courses, but students may be required to attend/visit regular classes to complete their degree/programs.
On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.
Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)Graduate Level Courses
Special learning Opportunities
  • ROTC (Army)
  • Study abroad
  • Weekend/evening college
  • Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services
  • Academic/career services
  • Employment services for students
  • Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College is $25,082 for Pennsylvania residents and $33,020 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 2.09% compared to previous academic year.
Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)
2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
Pennsylvania ResidentsOut-of-State
TuitionFeesTuitionFees
2018-2019$21,376$984$28,168$984
2019-2020$21,792$992$28,718$992
2020-2021----
2021-2022----
2022-2023$24,284$516$31,828$516
2023-2024$24,526$556$32,464$556
The graduate school tuition & fees of Penn State Behrend is relatively expensive compared to public graduate schools in Pennsylvania. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Pennsylvania graduate tuition is $25,701 (public) / $21,200 (private).
The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.
Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
ResidentsOut-of-State
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College$25,082$33,020
All Graduate Schools$16,068$19,793
Public$11,516$20,721
Private$19,916
Pennsylvania Graduate Schools$19,680$22,078
Public$18,549$25,701
Private$21,200
For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $19,562 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Penn State Behrend.
On-campus living costs are increased by 10.07% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,236. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.61% compared to previous academic year.
2022-2023 Living Expenses
Living On-CampusLiving Off-Campus
Room & BoardOther ExpenseRoom & BoardOther Expense
2018-2019$11,570$4,788$11,570$4,788
2019-2020$11,884$4,788$11,884$4,788
2020-2021$12,318$4,788$12,318$4,788
2021-2022$12,744$4,788$12,744$4,788
2022-2023$12,984$4,788$12,984$4,788
2023-2024$14,774$4,788$13,448$4,788
For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,024 for Pennsylvania residents and $1,354 for other students at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 2.11% compared to previous academic year.
2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
Pennsylvania ResidentsOut-of-State
2018-2019$891$1,174
2019-2020$908$1,197
2020-2021--
2021-2022--
2022-2023$1,012$1,326
2023-2024$1,024$1,354

Graduate Programs at Penn State Behrend

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College offers 7 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 82 students have completed their study at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College.
Offered Degrees at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Award LevelTotal Number of ProgramsAvailable Online ClassNumber of Completers
Master's Degree4067
Post Bachelor's Degree3015
Total7082
The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College by award level.
  • The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Organizational Leadership program with 9 completers.
  • The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 37 completers.
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College offers 7 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 82 students have completed their graduate studies.
  • 67 students have earned/completed Master's program.
  • 15 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
Master's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Engineering [+] 16 completers-
Manufacturing Engineering16-
Psychology [+] 5 completers-
Clinical Psychology5-
Business [+] 46 completers-
Business Administration and Management37$88,600
Accounting9$63,200
Total67
Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
ProgramAvailable OnlineNumber of CompletersAverage Earning after graduation
Business --
Total15

Graduate Student Population at Penn State Behrend

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 107 students enrolled into Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College graduate schools where it has total 3,295 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 30 full-time and 77 part-time graduate students. By gender, 63 male and 44 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.
Graduate School Student Population By Gender
TotalMaleFemale
Total1076344
Full-time301218
Part-tme775126
The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.
There are 86 White (80.37%), 1 Black/African American (0.93%), 3 Hispanic (2.80%), 6 Asian (5.61%), and 11 students with other races. 8 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.
Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
TotalMaleFemale
Total1076344
American Indian/Native American000
Asian642
Black/African American101
Hispanic321
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
White865531
Two More202
Un-Known110
Non-resident Alien817
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 4 graduate students (3.74% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 32 graduate students (29.91% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.
Distance Learning Student Population
Number of Graduate Students
Total107
Enrolled Online Exclusively4
Enrolled Some Online Courses32
Not in Online Courses71
The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College. 46 students are aged 20 to 24 (42.99% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.93%), 1 students are aged above 50 (0.93%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College.
Graduate Student Population By Age
TotalMaleFemale
Total1076344
Age 18-19110
Age 20-211486
Age 22-24321616
Age 25-29281810
Age 30-3418117
Age 35-39532
Age 40-49862
Age 50-64101

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