Penn State reviews

4.2

78% would recommend to a friend

(4,989 total reviews)
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Eric J. Barron

72% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Penn State has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,989 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Penn State employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Apr 25, 2013

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Pros

University environment is nice to work in, but nothing to innovative in administrative IT. Working in research labs or areas is better than IT, but also is not that secure if that's what you are looking for.

Cons

Pay is very low as the university is constantly squeezing the budget.

4.0
Apr 20, 2013

okay in general

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good place to study nice place to live

Cons

IE department and profs lack funding...

5.0
Apr 14, 2013
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Pros

Penn State is a leading engineering school in U.s. It has strong academics, outstanding professors, beautiful environment and locates at a very safe city.

Cons

Funding is decreased recent years because of the cost cut of education for the state. Tuition is expensive than some other public universities.

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