Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona ROTC and Campus Demographics
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona is a public school. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona has Air Force cross-town and Army cross-town ROTC units. During the 2011 through 2021 school years, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona had an average enrollment of 3,627.2 US resident students of whom an average of 25.5 enrolled in ROTC each year and 2.6 earned an ROTC commission each year.
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This figure shows the overall demographic makeup of this school, as well as students enrolled in ROTC at the school and ROTC participants from this school who became commissioned officers in one of the military services.
Army ROTC presence at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona changed during our study period. Our analysis gives each participant equal weight and captures ROTC participation both before and after the change.Mouse over the bars above to see exact percentages.
Sources: GAO analysis of Department of Defense and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data. | GAO-23-105857.
Notes:
- We report average demographics for academic years 2011 through 2021.
- Campus level data comes from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
- Our campus enrollment numbers include students considered U.S. residents. Non-citizens are generally ineligible to participate in ROTC.
- ROTC data comes from the Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC programs.
- The racial categories in the Department of Education IPEDS data are not identical to those in the military departments' ROTC demographic data. - Our ROTC enrollment count includes all students who participated in ROTC in every academic year between 2011 and 2021. Each enrollee is counted only once when they enter ROTC.
For more information, read our report, GAO-23-105857.