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Fast Facts

  • Only nonprofit science and technology-focused comprehensive university between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
  • Supports the academic success of members of groups historically underrepresented in applied science and technology fields
  • Private nonprofit 501(c)(3) university
  • Incorporated in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: December 12, 2001
  • Chartered by Pennsylvania Department of Education: January 20, 2005
  • Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education: June 22, 2009
  • Signature 16-story $73-million state-of-the-art Academic Center in Harrisburg.
  • University has a 38,000 square-foot location in Philadelphia offering four-year programs.
  • The University’s total student enrollment for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students is 6,469.
  • The University has 616 active employees as of September 7, 2022 (306 FT, 310 PT, including student workers).

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About Harrisburg University

Student Body

  • The University’s total student enrollment for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students and dual enrollment is 6,469
  • More than 400 students live in University or private housing in Harrisburg.
  • Students hail from 102 countries.
  • 100 percent of accepted full-time undergraduate students receive a scholarship from HU.
  • Undergraduate student body is 32% female 67% minority.
  • Graduate student body is 51% women.
  • 94.6% of our undergraduate students who responded to a survey reported they were employed or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation.
  • HU undergraduate student average debt upon graduation is $6,000 less than the national average student education debt.

*Data from September 2, 2022


Institutional Leadership

mark Singel

MARK SINGEL

Eric Darr

ERIC D. DARR, PH.D.

Duane Maun

DUANE F. MAUN

CAMERON MCCOY, PH.D.

CAMERON MCCOY, PH.D.

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