Millersville University of Pennsylvania Overview

Located in Millersville, Pennsylvania, Millersville University of Pennsylvania is a public institution. Millersville is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Millersville University of Pennsylvania Known For?

• Students at Millersville have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Millersville is the doctor's degree.
• In 2019-2020, 72% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Millersville with a bachelor's degree make about $48,420 a year. That's 19% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Millersville 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 Millersville.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#23	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#34	Best Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Best Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#73	Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#84	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#91	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#133	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Other Industrial Production Technologies Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Other Industrial Production Technologies	College Factual
#4	Best Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#33	Best General Special Education Schools	College Factual
#56	Best Special Education Schools	College Factual
#84	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is Millersville University of Pennsylvania?

Contact details for Millersville are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 South George Street, Lyle Hall, Millersville, PA 17551-0302
Phone:	717-871-4636
Website:	www.millersville.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/millersvilleu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/millersvilleu

How Do I Get Into Millersville?

You can apply to Millersville online at: www.millersville.edu/admissions/undergrad/apply/index.php

Admission Requirements for Millersville

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Millersville?

With an acceptance rate of 85%, Millersville may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

About 46% of students accepted to Millersville submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 500 and 590.

Millersville received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Millersville University of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of Millersville is $33,039. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Millersville, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $9,845 a year. That adds up to $39,380 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Millersville is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Millersville University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,454 undergraduate students at Millersville, with 5,096 being full-time and 1,358 being part-time.

There are also 1,002 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,096 full-time undergraduates at Millersville, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	134
Black or African American	424
Hispanic or Latino	528
White	3,814
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	137

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at Millersville. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Japan.

Online Learning at Millersville University of Pennsylvania

In 2019-2020, 7,273 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 14th 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 Millersville

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Millersville University of Pennsylvania was $11,665 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $21,635. The following table shows how Millersville 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
Homeland Security	#22	#16
Social Work	#73	#62

Online Affordability Rankings of Millersville Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Millersville University of Pennsylvania was $11,665 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $21,635. The following table shows how Millersville is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Education	#30	#40
Homeland Security	#39	#38
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#47	#53
Special Education	#50	#46
Computer & Information Sciences	#62	#100

Online Growth Rankings of Millersville

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Millersville University of Pennsylvania was 215.6%. This is the #267 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Millersville regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Design & Applied Arts	28%
Education	0%
General Education	39%
Health Professions	12%
Homeland Security	39%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	39%
Nursing	10%
Visual & Performing Arts	12%

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	#1
General Education	#4
Physical Sciences	#7
Homeland Security	#8
Computer Information Systems	#35
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#42
Special Education	#46
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#54
Computer & Information Sciences	#57
Education	#112
Health Professions	#136
Business, Management & Marketing	#175

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%.

Millersville University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	0	146	5	40	5	196
Social Work	0	0	62	2	69	3	136
Business Administration & Management	0	0	116	0	0	0	116
General Psychology	0	0	81	0	33	0	114
General Biology	0	0	90	0	0	0	90
Special Education	0	0	73	0	16	0	89
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	76	0	8	0	84
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	76	0	0	0	76
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	55	0	0	0	55
General English Literature	0	0	41	0	8	0	49
General Engineering	0	7	39	0	0	0	46
Music	6	0	35	0	0	0	41
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	35	0	5	0	40
Quality Control Technology	0	0	39	0	0	0	39
Computer Information Systems	0	0	38	0	0	0	38
Homeland Security	0	0	0	0	33	0	33
General Education	0	0	0	0	31	0	31
Industrial Production Technology	0	0	18	0	12	0	30
Mathematics	0	0	25	0	3	0	28
Sociology	0	0	28	0	0	0	28
History	0	0	23	0	1	0	24
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	24	0	0	0	24
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	21	0	21
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	20	0	20
Health & Physical Education	0	0	1	0	17	0	18
Economics	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	18	0	0	0	18
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	15	0	0	0	15
Political Science & Government	0	0	15	0	0	0	15
Allied Health Professions	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	8	4	12
Geography & Cartography	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Other Social Sciences	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	12	0	0	0	12
Area Studies	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Chemistry	0	0	11	0	0	0	11
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
Anthropology	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Philosophy	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Physics	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Other Science Technologies/Technicians	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
Germanic Languages	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Romance Languages	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Writing Studies	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	7	1,299	8	340	12	1,672

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 J.R.Belice under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.