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Career test for Penn State students

See which careers fit your traits — based on what 879+ Penn State alumni actually went on to do.

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What Penn State grads actually do

Based on 879 notable Penn State alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
255
politician
104
university teacher
59
writer
50
basketball player
38
lawyer
37
journalist
32
association football player
28
actor
28
baseball player
24
basketball coach
24
novelist
22

Notable Penn State alumni

Sam Gash
Sam Gash
American football player
Charles Figley
Charles Figley
traumatologist · university teacher
Charlene Morett
Charlene Morett
field hockey coach · field hockey player
Blondell Reynolds Brown
Blondell Reynolds Brown
politician
Valerie Plame
Valerie Plame
writer · spy
Charles Eugene Denney
Charles Eugene Denney
railway executive
Chester H. Gross
Chester H. Gross
real-estate agent · politician
Charley Aull
Charley Aull
American football player

Salary outlook for top Penn State career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr
association football player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr

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About Penn State

The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863. Its primary campus, known as Penn State University Park, is located in State College and College Township in Centre County. Penn State enrolls more than 89,000 students, of which more than 74,000 are undergraduates and more than 14,000 are postgraduates. In addition to its land-grant designation, the university is a sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant university. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). The university has two law schools: Penn State Law on the school's University Park campus and Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle. The College of Medicine is in Hershey. The university maintains 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special mission campuses located across Pennsylvania. Most of its athletic teams, known collectively as the Penn State Nittany Lions, compete in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the NCAA. Since its founding, Penn State has won 82 national collegiate team championships, including 54 NCAA titles across all sports, and Penn State students, alumni, faculty, and coaches have won a total of 74 Olympic medals, including 20 gold medals.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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