Student News Readership Program | Penn State Student Affairs (2024)

FAQs

Do Penn State students get the Wall Street Journal for free? ›

As a Penn State student, you have digital access to a variety of local, national, and global newspapers at no cost. Digital access is also available for all students at the Commonwealth Campuses.

Overall, University-wide enrollment for fall 2023 remained stable at 87,903 students, down 0.2% (213 students in total) from fall 2022. Penn State educates more than 50,000 Pennsylvania residents annually as part of its commitment to the commonwealth and its citizens.

Penn State is a public, non-profit University.

Penn State is a top-ranked research university and Pennsylvania's sole land-grant institution, founded with a mission of high-quality teaching, expert research, and global service. Discover a community—more than 775,000 strong—driven to make a difference.

If you want to stay up-to-date on the latest business and finance news, and gain valuable insights into the global market, then the Wall Street Journal is a must-read.

An Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) account is available to all Penn State students as well as faculty and staff members, at no additional cost! Once a new license has been issued, users will follow this How To to gain access to Creative Cloud products.

The Penn State acceptance rate for University Park, the school's most competitive campus, was 54%. Early Action applicants saw a higher acceptance rate of 68%. The Penn State acceptance rate is competitive for a public university.

As of the latest available data, Penn State University's acceptance rate is approximately 56%. This means that a little over half of the applicants are offered admission. While this rate may seem relatively high compared to some highly selective universities, it still indicates a competitive admissions process.

The median family income of a student from Penn State is $101,800, and 46% come from the top 20 percent. About 1.8% of students at Penn State came from a poor family but became a rich adult.

Is Penn State a public Ivy? ›

Nope! Penn State is Pennsylvania's biggest public university, while the University of Pennsylvania is the historic private university and member of the Ivy League.

The Ivy League includes the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Yale University, Cornell University, Brown University, and Princeton University. Ivy League schools are considered prestigious and are ranked among the best universities in the world.

Penn State is 20th among U.S. public universities, and placed 42nd in the nation overall, in the 2024 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. Penn State placed in the top 6% globally among about 1,900 ranked institutions, rising 29 places from last year to No. 122 in the world.

The most popular majors at The Pennsylvania State University--University Park include: Engineering; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services; Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs; Social Sciences; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; ...

Our student subscription includes all the features and benefits of a WSJ subscription, but at a discounted student rate.

The Wall Street Journal is notoriously strict about who gets to access their articles. As a result, it's very difficult to read any of them without a paid subscription. Still, there are a few ways to find some articles, such as clicking ones linked on social media or by signing up for a free trial.