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Anya Aggarwal

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Students athletes who are involved in intercollegiate athletics, Penn State University has 29 NCAA Division I teams at the University Park. Additionally, this university has one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful athletic programs. Also, there are 50+ club sports of the university. There are intramural sports too at this university. Penn State offers more than 30 Intramural sports including Soccer, Football, Basketball, and Squash.

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Nishtha Shukla

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Penn State University is ranked as a top thirty research university and its quality is reflected in the university's worldwide standings as a leader in education, research, and community. The university's record-breaking expenditures exceed USD 1.337 Billion, ranking 12 disciplines in the top 10 by the National Science Foundation. Additionally, Penn State University ranking is exceptionally well in the global rankings. It ranks at #89 in the 2025 QS rankings and #100 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings in 2025. Additionally, Penn State is famous because of its strong academic reputation, vibrant campus life, T

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Akanksha Malhotra

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Penn State University-University Park is the largest campus of the Penn State University system. The campus size of the University Park is around 7,958 acres. 275 courses are offered at this campus and there are 1000+ student groups. Also, there are 29 NCAA Division I teams of the university in the Big Ten Conference. There are more than 42,000+ UG students at University Park campus.

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Himanshi Shekhar

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The primary campus of Penn State University is the University Park campus. Penn State is the entire university system that includes 20+ campuses across Pennsylvania. University Park campus is the flagship campus of Penn State University system. This is the largest and most prestigious campus. Generally, people refer to Penn State informally, but, they usually mean University Park, which is one of the many campuses of this university. Around 275 courses are offered at this campus and there are 1000+ student groups. Also, there are 29 NCAA Division I teams of the university in the Big Ten Conference.

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Ridhi

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Penn State acceptance rate for the University Park campus is around 60.5%. This suggests that of every 100 applicants Penn State University is likely to offer admission to about 60-61 students making entry into the uni moderately tough. 

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Bhanupratap singh

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Here are the job opportunities after doing MBA from Pennsylvania State University:

You can make your career in consulting, finance, technology, manufacturing, and healthcare. There are various Big MNCs who visits the university for direct campus recruitment like Amazon, Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, PwC, and IBM. Average salary is around $111000. 

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Mukul Thapa

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If we look at the below comparison, Penn State is far better than the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in terms of rankings, graduation rates and small class size experience. However, for students who are looking for an easy selection and affordability, IUP is better than Penn State. Students can check the comparison between Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Penn State below:

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Penn State

National University Rankings (US News) 2025

#329

#63

Acceptance Rate (2025)

92%

72%

Graduation Rate

37%

54%

Student-faculty ratio

17:1

15:1

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