The Pennsylvania State University

Educational Services · Primarily PA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#305 top sponsor

Overview

The Pennsylvania State University is a Educational Services employer that has filed 230 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #305 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 137 were certified (59.6% approval rate), taking about 248 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary, with most worksites in PA, and the median sponsored wage is $97,020.

230

PERM filings

59.6%

approval

3

denied

$97,020

median wage

248d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 186 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CHINA (31%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • China58
  • India25
  • South Korea17
  • Canada15
  • Bangladesh7
  • Italy6
  • Brazil4
  • Turkey4
  • Greece4
  • Germany3

Prior visa status

  • H-1B172
  • F-14
  • G-41
  • B-21
  • Not in USA1
  • J-11
  • O-11

Education

  • Doctorate182
  • Master's3
  • Other1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations The Pennsylvania State University most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 47 $105,640
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 44 $94,432
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 40 $136,827
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 10 $104,660
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 10 $95,873
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 8 $89,334
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 8 $135,892
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $92,119
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $89,766
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 5 $74,815

Common job titles

Assistant Professor 215 Associate Professor 7 Assistant Teaching Professor 3 Professor 2 Professor and Department Head 1 Deaprtment Head/Professor 1 Department Head/Professor 1

Worksite states

Wage range

$85,590

25th

$97,020

median

$115,020

75th

$149,004

90th

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-300-24052-735273 Assistant ProfessorCertified Middletown, PA Jun 23, 2025
G-300-24043-710727 Assistant ProfessorCertified University Park, PA Jun 23, 2025
G-300-24024-664336 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA May 30, 2025
G-300-24024-663959 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA May 30, 2025
G-300-24024-663312 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA May 30, 2025
G-300-24019-652011 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA May 30, 2025
G-300-24003-612740 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Erie, PA May 30, 2025
G-300-23356-589251 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA May 5, 2025
G-300-23339-544795 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Abington, PA May 5, 2025
G-300-23355-585246 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired Malvern, PA Apr 30, 2025
G-300-25118-911106 Assistant ProfessorWithdrawn University Park, PA Apr 30, 2025
G-300-23292-443329 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Feb 26, 2025
G-300-23249-325292 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Jan 31, 2025
G-300-23265-371702 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Jan 31, 2025
G-300-23258-351781 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Jan 31, 2025
G-300-23249-324958 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Jan 31, 2025
G-300-24063-766020 Assistant Teaching ProfessorWithdrawn Center Valley, PA Jan 6, 2025
G-300-23310-480386 Assistant ProfessorWithdrawn Hershey, PA Dec 16, 2024
G-300-23233-281573 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Dec 2, 2024
G-300-23220-245443 Assistant ProfessorCertified - Expired University Park, PA Nov 22, 2024

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.