Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not far from a more urbanized area.

Overview

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is an American, public university located in rural Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United Sates. It is one of the schools that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). It was first established in 1866 as Keystone Normal School. It was renamed as Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 1983. The campus is spread across an area of over 320 acres.

Kutztown University offers an array of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Graduate Studies
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• College of Visual and Performing Arts

Kutztown University is home to more than 150 student clubs and organizations. The university has an active Greek life with various fraternities and sororities on campus. Their official mascot is The Golden Bears.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, photography and commercial art, art studies, education and teaching, mathematics, and fine arts.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 10,393 in 2009-2010 (9,510 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 87% of enrolled students and graduate students are 13%.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania provides on-campus housing for 4,337 of its 9,510 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 147 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 139 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Kutztown University Of Pennsylvania offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (77 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (345 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (36 awarded)

• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (410 awarded)

• College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Speech or Language Impairments
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Vision Impairments/ Blindness
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (62 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (57 awarded)

• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (458 awarded)

• Anthropology
• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Studies
• History
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (38 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (48 awarded)

• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (3 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (20 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (25 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (53 awarded)

• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (75 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (6 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (55 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (92 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (186 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology