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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (KU) is a university of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education, located in Kutztown, a rural Pennsylvania Dutch community in the north-eastern United States. It was founded on 15 September 1866 and has a 289-acre campus with living-learning communities, labs and studios.

KU offers more than 130 areas of study at undergraduate and graduate level, including some fully online bachelor's degrees (sociology and communication studies). International students can apply for bachelor's, master's and exchange study; the office of International Education and Global Engagement handles admissions and immigration steps.

International first-year applicants use the Kutztown application or the Common Application. The English requirement for undergraduates is, for example, IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL iBT 70 (3.5 on the new scale); KU does not offer conditional admission, but approved ESL programmes can be used to meet the requirement. International undergraduates automatically receive a tuition discount of about US$7,500 a year and are considered for merit scholarships based on GPA. Students can live on campus, with housing and meal plans charged per term.

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15200 Kutztown Rd., Kutztown, PA, The United States, 19530-0730

International first-year applicants (no post-secondary study since high school):

• Kutztown Application or Common Application, with a US$40 application fee
• Official secondary school records or national exam results, translated into English and sent by the school or exam body (GPA is recalculated to KU's scale)
• Proof of English proficiency

After acceptance: US$300 registration deposit, passport copy, application for the certificate of eligibility (I-20) and a financial support form with supporting documents.

Minimum English test scores (undergraduate / graduate):

• IELTS 6.0 / 6.5
• TOEFL iBT 70 (3.5 new scale) / 79 (4)
• Duolingo 105 / 110
• PTE Academic 50 / 53
• Oxford ELLT 6 / 7, iTEP 4.0 / 4.5, SAT reading and writing 560

KU does not offer conditional admission, but completing an approved ESL programme, study in the U.S., certain national exams (e.g. IB English 4) or a diploma from listed countries also meet the requirement.

Estimated annual costs for international students, 2026-27 academic year (bachelor's / master's):

• Tuition and fees: US$25,528 without discount, US$17,902 with the automatic discount (bachelor's); US$17,531 (master's)
• Housing and meals: US$12,978
• Health insurance: US$675
• Personal expenses: US$1,500
• Total annual estimate: US$33,055 / US$32,684

Exchange students pay no tuition; their estimate is US$7,932.

For students admitted in 2026-27:

• Automatic tuition discount of about US$7,500 a year for international undergraduates
• International first-year merit scholarships from US$1,500 to US$6,000 a year (GPA 2.75 to 4.00), renewable for four years
• Transfer merit scholarships (US$1,000-3,000) and need-based Avalanche Awards (US$2,000-4,000)
• Graduate assistantships with a tuition waiver and a stipend of up to US$21,432 a year

F-1 students may work on campus up to 20 hours a week during term.

Students can live on campus in residence halls and living-learning communities. For international students, on-campus housing costs US$3,940-5,635 per term and meal plans US$2,235-2,435 per term; the default is the MyTime Dining Platinum plan. Staying on campus over the breaks costs extra (about US$600 in winter and US$2,520 in summer).

https://www.kutztown.edu/admissions/apply/international-admissions/how-to-apply-first-year.html