Budgets of graduate school, student programs slashed

When adjusted for inflation, Penn State boosted its outreach efforts and international program since fiscal year 2022. During the same period, the university cut the budgets of its graduate school and two programs for academically advanced students.

Graduate School (-46.5%)

Millennium Scholars (-76.7%)

Outreach (+46.1%)

Penn State Global (+47.2%)

Schreyer Honors College (-54.1%)

Note: Fiscal year data, including budgeted 2025 figures, is from Penn State's Stairs Report filings to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Actual spending from previous fiscal years was adjusted for inflation.

Chart: Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PASource: Penn State UniversityGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper