Saturday, March 28, 2026
Deciding what college to attend is an extremely important decision, and we’re committed to helping you with that process. Join us for our upcoming on-campus Accepted Student Event (ASE) at Penn State Altoona on Saturday, March 28, to visit our staff, speak with faculty, and take a campus tour.
This program is only open to students who have already been accepted to Penn State Altoona.
Note: Different registration options are available depending on which major or academic college you have been accepted into. Please review the information below and select the appropriate registration link. Your agenda—provided on the day of the event—will vary based on the option you select.
Beginning Your Day Downtown
Nursing
If you have been accepted into Penn State Altoona's Nursing program, your day will begin at our downtown campus and end at our main Ivyside campus.
Beginning Your Day Downtown
Business, Accounting, Smeal College of Business
If you have been accepted into one of the following majors or academic colleges, your day will begin at our downtown campus and end at our main Ivyside campus:
- Accounting
- Business
- Smeal College of Business
- DUS (Division of Undergraduate Studies/undecided but interested in one of these majors)
Beginning Your Day Downtown
Communications, IST Programs, Rail Transportation Engineering
If you have been accepted into one of the following majors or academic colleges, your day will begin at our downtown campus and end at our main Ivyside campus:
- Communications
- Bellisario College of Communications
- Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations
- Information Technology
- Security Risk Analysis
- College of Information Sciences and Technology
- Rail Transportation Engineering
- DUS (Division of Undergraduate Studies/undecided but interested in one of these majors)
Beginning Your Day on the Ivyside Campus
If you have been accepted into one of the following majors or academic colleges, your day will begin and end on our main Ivyside campus:
Academic Colleges
- College of Agricultural Sciences
- College of Arts and Architecture
- College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- College of Education
- College of Engineering
- College of Health and Human Development
- College of the Liberal Arts
- Eberly College of Science
Altoona Majors
- Biology
- Criminal Justice
- Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology
- Elementary and Early Childhood Education
- English
- Environmental Studies
- History
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Kinesiology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Multidisciplinary Studies
- Psychology
- Visual Art Studies
- DUS (Division of Undergraduate Studies/undecided but interested in one of these majors)