The real 4-year cost of Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington

Over the 15 years from 2008 to 2023, published tuition and required fees at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington went from $11,700 to $14,380, an average of 0.7% a year.

Read with care: this school's history shows a tuition freeze or guarantee, so a smooth projection may not hold.

2008–2027: history and projection

Published tuition + feesProjected (estimate)Likely rangeAxis trimmed to the data range

Published and projected tuition and fees by year
Year	Published	Projected estimate	Estimate range
2008	$11,700	–	–
2009	$12,200	–	–
2010	$12,678	–	–
2011	$13,048	–	–
2012	$13,300	–	–
2013	$13,412	–	–
2014	$13,588	–	–
2015	$13,608	–	–
2016	$13,616	–	–
2017	$13,694	–	–
2018	$13,702	–	–
2019	$13,710	–	–
2022	$14,340	–	–
2023	$14,380	$14,380	–
2024	–	$14,482	$14,277–$14,687
2025	–	$14,586	$14,176–$15,001
2026	–	$14,689	$14,074–$15,322
2027	–	$14,794	$13,974–$15,649

If you pay full sticker

Projected tuition + fees, entering fall 2026.

Year 1	$14,689
Year 2	$14,794
Year 3	$14,899
Year 4	$15,005
4-year total	$59,388

Two aid scenarios

4-year out-of-pocket total.

$10,000/yr flat scholarship: $19,388; Flat aid doesn't grow, so it covers less each year.
50%-of-tuition scholarship: $30,842; Percentage aid keeps pace with tuition.

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