Student Consumer Information Disclosure
Accreditation and Approvals
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Facilities and Services for Students with Disabilities
The University buildings are accessible for persons with physical disabilities. Enhanced listening devices are available for the hearing-impaired. There are no other special accommodations or on-site services for students with other types of disabilities.
Student Financial Assistance
Health & Safety
Student Outcomes
Retention Rate
The percentage of first-time, full-time undergraduate students who began their studies in Fall 2019 and returned in Fall 2020 was 70%.
The percentage of first-time, full-time undergraduate students who began their studies in Fall 2018 and returned in Fall 2019 was 71%.
Graduation Rate
The 6-year graduation rate for those undergraduate students who began their studies in Fall 2014 was 23%.
Transfer-Out Rate
The transfer-out rate for Fall 2014 first-time, full-time students was 2%.
Outcomes for 2019 Graduates
Ninety-five percent of students who graduated with a BS degree in 2019 and responded to a survey that they were employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.
Graduate Student (M.S. degree) Outcomes
100 percent of MS degree students who responded to a 2019 survey at graduation indicated that they were employed or enrolling in further study.
Voter Registration
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Pell Grant and Stafford Loan Graduation Rate Report
The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) (Sec. 488(a)(3)) states that completion or graduation rates must be disaggregated by:
- recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- recipients of a subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant; and
- recipients who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
In accordance with the applicable statutes, Harrisburg University’s disaggregated graduation rates for first-time, full- time degree-seeking students that enrolled in Fall 2013 are:
| Pell Grant Recipients | 24% |
| Stafford Loan Recipients with no Pell Grant | 29% |
| No Pell Grant or Stafford Loan | 33% |
| Of the Fall 2011 students that graduated in | Females | Males |
|---|---|---|
| 4 years | 39% | 61% |
| 5 years | 50% | 50% |
| 6 years | 50% | 50% |
| Of the Fall 2013 students that graduated in | Minority | Non-Minority |
|---|---|---|
| 4 years | 22% | 78% |
| 5 years | 50% | 50% |
| 6 years | 100% | 0% |
