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Pennsylvania State University

Breakdown of “Friendliness” at Penn State/PSU

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By Gender
MalesB
FemalesB+
By Major
AccountingB-
Aerospace EngineeringA
Agriculture/HorticultureB
Animal StudiesB
ArchitectureB
Athletics/TrainingA
BiologyB
Business - Management and AdministrationB
Chemical EngineeringB-
ChemistryB
Civil EngineeringB
CommunicationsB
Computer EngineeringB-
Computer ScienceB-
CriminalA
EconomicsA-
EducationA-
Electrical EngineeringA-
Engineering DepartmentB+
EnglishB+
FinanceA+
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etcC+
Geography and GeosciencesA-
History/Histories (art history/etc.)B
JournalismA
KinesiologyA-
MathC+
Mechanical EngineeringB+
MeteorologyA-
Music - PerformanceA
Natural ResourcesA+
NursingB
NutritionB+
OtherB
PhilosophyB
PhysicsC
Political ScienceA-
PreMed and MedicalC+
PsychologyB+
Public HealthA
School of InformationB
UndecidedC+
Video/MediaA-

Against similar schools

Friendliness compared with similar schools in class.

Pennsylvania State University
 B
Average of All Schools
 B
Average of schools in class
 B+

Harvard University
 B
Cornell University
 B+
Princeton University
 B
Yale University
 A-
Brown University
 A-
Stanford University
 B+
Columbia University in the City of New York
 B-
F
A+

Friendliness

... The surrounding community is very LGBT friendly as well ...Read full comment
... Instructors will be reachable and friendly, but generally have more important things to do than talk to me ...Read full comment
... However, if you are friendly and sociable of course you will make friends and it will seem like a smaller place after the first few weeks ...Read full comment
... This is by no means a female friendly campus ...Read full comment
... I'm from the area and know that people in this area can be arrogant and unfriendly sometimes ...Read full comment
... The academics are challenging if you want to pick the difficult classes and most professors are very friendly and are willing to work with you .....Read full comment
... Pennsylvania State University is an awesome school that offers a great educattion with a friendly and welcoming environment ...Read full comment
... Penn State's academics leave something to be desired, but the faculty are excellent and friendly, and willing to help ...Read full comment
... Penn State is a Super Friendly rural area with a LOT to do and distract you from your studies ...Read full comment
... The students at Penn State are all very friendly ...Read full comment
... Professors run the gamut from helpful and extremely friendly, to assistants with poor english skills, to super-busy researchers, to advisers who ...Read full comment
... The people are more friendly, the campus is more inviting, and Penn State students have school spirit in abundance ...Read full comment
... The class size was small and the instructors were friendly and knowledgeable ...Read full comment
... ACADEMIC ============================================================ The astronomy department, which I would consider my home department, i...Read full comment
... However, if you're at least a reasonably friendly person, you can enjoy yourself without difficulty ...Read full comment
... People are very friendly and teachers are helpful ...Read full comment
... the good part of it is that all the people are really friendly ...Read full comment
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