Mid AtlanticUrbanPrivate4-yearComputer

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Harrisburg, PA615 students
Acceptance Rate
87%
less selective
Median SAT
—
Net Price After Aid
$14.9k
Sticker $23.9k
Graduation Rate
43%
6-year, full-time

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a private institution in Harrisburg, PA with an acceptance rate of 87% and 615 students. The average net price after financial aid is $14,882 per year.

About Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

A private 4-year urban university in Harrisburg, PA.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology campus
Campus · Harrisburg

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is a college in Harrisburg, PA. It enrolls roughly 615 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 87%.

Mid AtlanticUrbanPrivate4-yearComputer
Acceptance Rate
87%
Less Selective
Total Enrollment
615
Small
Retention
74%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
43%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
87%
87 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
3.27
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 3.27 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
—
ACT
composite, 36 scale
—
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
2.823.77
3.27
average

This school doesn't require test scores, so these ranges reflect only students who chose to submit — applicants who submit tend to have higher scores. The real admitted range likely runs lower. Don't rule yourself out on scores alone.

Application requirements

  • Test-optional
  • No application fee

Deadlines (2026-27)

Regular Decision
Rolling

Source: Common App 2026-27 requirements grid (verified Aug 2026). Always confirm on the college's own site.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $23,900
Average net price after aid
$14,882
81% of students receive financial aid

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$10,291
$30,001 – $48,000
$12,086
$48,001 – $75,000
$12,510
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$17,783

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
47%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
56%
Avg loan $11,848 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
18:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Computer
30% of degrees awarded
Retention
74%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White48%
  • Asian7%
  • Hispanic18%
  • Black21%
  • Two or more races4%
  • International2%

Gender

  • Female29%
  • Male71%
International
2%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
615

Outcomes after graduation

What Harrisburg University of Science and Technology graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$52.4k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
43%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$52.4k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$11.8k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$14.9k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$52k is near the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 43% graduation rate is below the national average.

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