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The Schreyer Honors College offers students challenging academics, unique benefits, and the rare experience of a small liberal arts college within a large research university. Scholars have access to Penn State's top-tier faculty, extensive facilities and resources, and the world’s largest alumni association and are supported by a dedicated administration and community of motivated, high-achieving students.

Why Schreyer? First-Year Applicants
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By the Numbers Schreyer Statistics

2 residence halls at University Park, Atherton and Simmons, house the honors living-learning community

43% of Scholars identify as male

84% of first-year Scholars live in Honors Housing

26 of the 27 Penn State students who have received the highly competitive Goldwater Scholarship since 2014 were Schreyer Scholars

40+ countries visited by Scholars

46 Penn State Alumni Achievement award winners

Schreyer Scholar Rucha Bhide

Schreyer gave me a really good resource and community. There’s 300 people in the exact same position I was in. It’s made Penn State a lot smaller and a lot more manageable.

Rucha Bhide ' 18 Industrial Engineering

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Why Schreyer? First-Year Applicants