Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny

What are the graduation rates for students at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny?

The reported overall graduation rate for Greater Allegheny is 19%, while its reported four-year rate is 13% and six-year rate is 18%. These are cohort-based measures: they follow defined groups of entering students over different periods, rather than predicting any individual student's chance of graduating.

Campus-level figures need particular care at Penn State because some students begin at a Commonwealth Campus and finish a degree elsewhere in the university. A campus graduation measure may not tell the full story of those students' later completion. The reported first-year retention rate is 78%; retention measures continued enrollment, not degree completion.

Applicants comparing these figures with another school should check whether each measure follows first-time, full-time students, counts transfers, and tracks graduation at the starting campus or throughout the university. For a practical planning conversation, ask an adviser about course availability and the intended completion campus for the specific major.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny?

College Scorecard program figures associated with Penn State report earnings measured about one year after completion, but they should not be read as salary promises for Greater Allegheny graduates. The figures vary substantially by field and do not establish what a particular student will earn.

For example, the reported one-year figure is $73,647 for computer and information sciences and $42,524 for general business or commerce. The corresponding figures are $34,135 for criminal justice and corrections and $29,652 for general psychology. Differences can reflect the work graduates enter, the people represented in a program's measured group, and other factors - not simply the value of one major over another.

These program figures should not be treated as a campus-wide average or assumed to cover every graduate. They also omit much of a career: later earnings, further education, employment location, and nonwage outcomes can all change the picture. The available figures do not establish whether each displayed amount is a mean or a median, so labeling them either way would be misleading.