Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Overview

Located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is a public institution. The surrounding location of Kutztown is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Kutztown University.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 86% of the faculty were full-time.

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Kutztown University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#60	Best Value Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#115	Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#122	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Kutztown University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Commercial & Advertising Art Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#47	Best Value Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences	College Factual
#49	Best General Special Education Schools	College Factual
#51	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#51	Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#56	Best Special Education Schools	College Factual

Where Is Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?

Contact details for Kutztown University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	15200 Kutztown Rd, Kutztown, PA 19530-0730
Phone:	610-683-4000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/KutztownU
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/KutztownU

How Do I Get Into Kutztown University?

You can apply to Kutztown University online at: https://www.kutztown.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for Kutztown University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Kutztown University?

Kutztown University has the high acceptance rate of 93%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 93% of students accepted to Kutztown University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 570. Math scores were between 470 and 550.

Kutztown University received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 24.

Can I Afford Kutztown University of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of Kutztown University is $27,506. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Kutztown University, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $7,184 a year. That adds up to $28,736 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Kutztown University is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,945 undergraduate students at Kutztown University, with 6,286 being full-time and 659 being part-time.

There are also 945 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,286 full-time undergraduates at Kutztown University, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	119
Black or African American	498
Hispanic or Latino	593
White	4,642
International Students	51
Other Races/Ethnicities	383

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 39 countries are represented at Kutztown University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Africa.

Online Learning at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

There are 2 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at Kutztown University. In 2019-2020, 7,589 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Kutztown University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 91st most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Kutztown University

The following table shows how Kutztown University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Arts & Media Management	#7	#1
Communication & Media Studies	#45	#18
Visual & Performing Arts	#49	#55
Communication & Journalism	#51	#18
Library & Information Science	#61	#4
Library Science	#64	#4
Sociology	#64	#19

Online Growth Rankings of Kutztown University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania was 119.4%. This is the #378 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Kutztown University regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Kutztown University majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Arts & Media Management	20%
Education	13%
Special Education	40%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Kutztown University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Kutztown University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Arts & Media Management	#1
Sociology	#10
Communication & Media Studies	#13
Visual & Performing Arts	#13
Communication & Journalism	#37
Special Education	#40
Social Sciences	#42
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#49
Education	#169

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	266	0	13	0	279
Teacher Education Grade Specific	132	0	62	0	194
Special Education	111	0	0	0	111
Social Work	65	0	40	5	110
General Psychology	109	0	0	0	109
Criminal Justice & Corrections	104	0	0	0	104
Communication & Media Studies	99	0	0	0	99
Computer Information Systems	71	0	0	0	71
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	67	0	0	0	67
General Biology	59	0	0	0	59
Teacher Education Subject Specific	25	0	33	0	58
Design & Applied Arts	53	0	3	0	56
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	48	0	0	0	48
Fine & Studio Arts	46	0	0	0	46
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	41	0	41
Student Counseling	0	0	33	0	33
Instructional Media Design	0	0	25	0	25
Writing Studies	25	0	0	0	25
Sociology	23	0	0	0	23
History	22	0	0	0	22
Liberal Arts General Studies	21	0	0	0	21
Natural Resources Conservation	19	0	0	0	19
General Visual & Performing Arts	18	0	0	0	18
Political Science & Government	16	0	0	0	16
Library & Information Science	6	0	9	0	15
Music	15	0	0	0	15
Romance Languages	13	0	0	0	13
Public Administration	3	0	10	0	13
Geological & Earth Sciences	12	0	0	0	12
General English Literature	7	0	4	0	11
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	10	10
Mathematics	10	0	0	0	10
Geography & Cartography	9	0	0	0	9
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	8	0	0	0	8
Chemistry	8	0	0	0	8
Anthropology	8	0	0	0	8
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	8	0	0	0	8
Computer Science	0	0	6	0	6
Physics	5	0	0	0	5
Arts & Media Management	0	0	5	0	5
Philosophy	4	0	0	0	4
Area Studies	2	0	0	0	2
Data Analytics	0	1	0	0	1
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	0
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,517	1	284	15	1,817

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By User:Dough4872 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.