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Kutztown, PA · Public · 6,180 undergraduates · town

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Less selective

Kutztown combines a traditional Pennsylvania public-university campus with visible strengths in the visual arts, education, business and liberal arts.

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Institutional profile

Regionally focused Strongest in student experience and mobility.
Academic Steady Affordability Steady Career Steady Mobility Steady Experience Steady
Academic standing Steady
Affordability Steady
Career outcomes Steady
Mobility Steady
Student experience Steady
Admission
94.8% admitted

8,170 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
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Completion
57.9%

$53,775 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Kutztown University of Pennsylvania apart

Academic design

Undergraduates study through colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts, Business and Education, with internships and faculty-student research across fields.

Campus pattern

The campus blends historic brick buildings, residence halls, arts spaces and student organizations in a walkable small-town setting.

Career & value signal

The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center gives Kutztown a distinctive academic connection to the region's history and culture.

Can I get in?

94.8% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

8,170

About 95 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 94.8%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%1070–1270
9401400

Of admitted students, 13% submitted an SAT, and 0% submitted an ACT. Almost nobody admitted here sent a score, which leaves the SAT and ACT ranges standing on a handful of files.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA12.9%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Kutztown University of Pennsylvania weighs when it reads a file

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  • GPA  
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  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Undergraduates study through colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts, Business and Education, with internships and faculty-student research across fields.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Kutztown combines a traditional Pennsylvania public-university campus with visible strengths in the visual arts, education, business and liberal arts.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

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Regular Decisionrolling
Fee and waiver$40 application fee

Fee waiver: accepted

Can I afford it?

Compare annual cost by household income.

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Published annual cost$32,580
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$21,000
Affordability profileSteady

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Average annual cost by household income at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years57.9%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one76.3%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$53,775

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Recent graduates236
Median earnings$65,407

Admits separately

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

Recent graduates175
Median earnings$51,346

Psychology, General

Recent graduates111
Median earnings$46,253

Criminal Justice and Corrections

Recent graduates84
Median earnings$55,068

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies

Recent graduates70
Median earnings$56,525

What is campus life like?

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania beyond the classroom

The campus blends historic brick buildings, residence halls, arts spaces and student organizations in a walkable small-town setting.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Undergraduates study through colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts, Business and Education, with internships and faculty-student research across fields.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

The campus blends historic brick buildings, residence halls, arts spaces and student organizations in a walkable small-town setting.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center gives Kutztown a distinctive academic connection to the region's history and culture.

6,180 undergraduatesMid-Atlantictown setting83% of first-year students live on campus