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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Penn State is extremely vulnerable to the demographic cliff, as Pennsylvania is facing a big drop in college-age students, particularly in the more rural parts of the state,which provides a huge chunk of its student body.  They are closing seven of their campuses, the state government has deprioritized funding Penn State, and overall enrollment has declined a lot.  It's big in-state competition for the same above-average students are Pitt and Temple (both are financially supported by the state).  Pitt and Temple have both upped their game with campus improvements, better marketing, and newer programming.  Penn State is still the same old Penn State it's always been, and it's losing out.

Just look at the DMV area.  Lots of families visit and apply to Pitt or Temple (as well a top privates like Penn or Villanova), but not many visit or apply to Penn State.  [/quote]Per Bethesda Magazine, across the six high schools they track, 928 kids in the 2024 senior class applied to Penn State, 518 were accepted, and 70 enrolled. For Pitt, those numbers were 925, 556, and 38. And for Temple, 231, 135, and 29.[/quote]

Not very selective for OOS applicants, and crappy yield rate.  Another sign of trouble for Penn State.  Not enough in-state kids and not much interest out of state.  [/quote]

Penn State is the most popular OOS by both applications and attendance among students from my child's Fairfax high school. The relatively high acceptance rate is misleading because many students are accepted to branch campuses rather than the main campus. Getting into popular majors at University Park (the main campus) is much more competitive. My child had several friends who were devastated when they weren't admitted to the main campus.

Penn State is highly desirable and would likely attract even more students if the OOS tuition weren't so expensive. Penn State is at the top of my child's list, but as a recruited athlete, they're not quite at the Penn State recruitment level. If they decided to forgo playing college sports, they would be thrilled to attend Penn State.

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