Private nonprofit · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Urban campus · 615 undergraduates · 18 students per faculty member · Official website
- Acceptance rate
- 87%
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Average net price
- $15,376
- per year, after grants
- 6-year graduation
- 34%

Is Harrisburg University of Science and Technology a reach, a target or a likely for your student?
Add a GPA and test scores and U Shortlist shows admission odds, the net price at your income, and how Harrisburg University of Science and Technology fits against what your family said matters, on a map of 1,546 colleges.
What Harrisburg University of Science and Technology costs
Net price is what a first-year student pays for a year after grants and scholarships, by family income. It is usually far below the sticker price.
Net price by family income
- Under $30,000
- $12,637
- $30,001 – $48,000
- $11,292
- $48,001 – $75,000
- $15,063
- $75,001 – $110,000
- $19,420
- Over $110,000
- $20,871
For students receiving federal aid.
These are averages for each income band. Your family's price at your income, next to every other school on your list, is in your account.See your family's price →
Price and aid
- Full cost of attendance (sticker)
- $35,893
- Tuition and fees
- $24,400
- First-years given a grant by the school
- 97%
- Average grant from the school
- $14,081
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- The school's own net price calculator
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 87%
- SAT middle 50%
- –
- ACT middle 50%
- –
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- First-year retention
- 73%
Is this a reach, a target or a likely?
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Check your student’s odds →Harrisburg University of Science and Technology athletics
No varsity teams
Participants reported to the U.S. Department of Education. A dash means no team for that side.
Academics and outcomes
Most popular fields
- Computer & information sciences
- 34%
- Visual & performing arts
- 19%
- Parks, recreation & fitness
- 17%
- Physical sciences
- 9%
- Engineering technology
- 6%
- Natural resources & conservation
- 4%
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded.
- 6-year graduation rate
- 34%
- First-year retention
- 73%
- Median earnings 10 years after entry
- $52,374
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- Students with a Pell grant
- 47%
Similar colleges nearby
- Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA · 9 mi away2,259 undergrads · net $26,502
- Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA · 17 mi away1,868 undergrads · net $26,598
- Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, PA · 17 mi away2,273 undergrads · net $37,607
- Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, PA · 20 mi away1,684 undergrads · net $26,979
- Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, PA · 33 mi away1,799 undergrads · net $36,425
- Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignLancaster, PA · 34 mi away400 undergrads · net $30,083
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (admissions, prices, outcomes), IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2023–24 (school grants) and Equity in Athletics 2024–25 (teams). No college paid to appear here or can pay to be ranked.
