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PennWest California

PennWest California
250 University Avenue
California, PA 15419

Official telephone: (724) 938-4404
Website: https://www.pennwest.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 7,586
Full-time undergraduates: 6,468
Part-time undergraduates: 1,118
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.5% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
71.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.4% Nonresident Alien
10.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 294 acres
Nearest major city: Pittsburgh, PA

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 70%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 39%
Percent of students who live off campus: 61%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 368
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Rainbow Alliance; Stand; Vulcan Gaming Club; Animation Club; Spirit of Scots Marching Band

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golfyes 
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's socceryes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; fencing; football; ice hockey; rugby; soccer; softball; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Pittsburgh International Airpo

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 74% within six months of graduation

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