Performance-Based Funding Council (PBFC)

The process recommended in the final report was incorporated into law through Act 47 of 2025. The process created a performance-based formula where funding is determined through a series of weighted student counts and institutional metrics and goals of high priority to the Commonwealth.

Each year, PDE collects required information related to student counts and institutional performance from each institution. The PBFC then adopts and publishes in the PA Bulletin the annual performance weights and goals utilized by the formula established in statute to allocate funding.

The 2026-2027 enacted budget appropriated $10,000,000 for the purpose of performance-based funding. Based on the information submitted to PDE and the weights and goals adopted by the PBFC, the statutory allocation of funding through the performance-based funding formula for 2026-2027 fiscal year are as follows:

Additionally, PDE is required to publish on its website the following information utilized by the formula:

1. The current year data for each metric and student-weighted count category used in the performance-based funding formula .
   
2. The performance goals and weights adopted by the PBFC for the current year.

The data for the State-Related Universities used in the allocation of 2026-2027 performance-based funding, as well as the PBFC adopted performance goals and weights are listed below.

1. The current year data for each of the metrics included in the student-weighted count and each metric included as a performance metric under section 2035-L.[24 P.S. § 20-2036-L(b)(1)]
   
   Pennsylvania State University
   
   

   Metrics	4-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate (PELL)	High Demand Degree Production
   2023-2024	59.4%	73.2%	62.9%	6,819
   2024-2025	61.2%	74.0%	61.2%	6,897

   
   

   Weighted Student Counts	Full-Time, Fall Undergraduate Students	Students who  have received a Pell Grant	Students who transferred from a  community college	Students from a low- matriculation high school	Sudents who earned a high-demand degree	Students who have earned 60 credits by the start of the third year	Total
   2024-2025	41,341	23,580	6,653	4,371	8,906	8,751	93,602

   
   Temple University
   
   

   Metrics	4-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate (PELL)	High Demand Degree Production
   2023-2024	54.2%	75.5%	66.9%	2,302
   2024-2025	54.0%	74.0%	66.0%	2,058

   
   

   Weighted Student Counts	Full-Time, Fall Undergraduate Students	Students who  have received a Pell Grant	Students who transferred from a  community college	Students from a low- matriculation high school	Sudents who earned a high-demand degree	Students who have earned 60 credits by the start of the third year	Total
   2024-2025	13,216	11,623	3,578	946	2,574	1,684	33,622

   
   University of Pittsburgh
   
   

   Metrics	4-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate (PELL)	High Demand Degree Production
   2023-2024	67.2%	78.8%	63.6%	2,339
   2024-2025	70.4%	78.9%	67.2%	2,493

   
   

   Weighted Student Counts	Full-Time, Fall Undergraduate Students	Students who  have received a Pell Grant	Students who transferred from a  community college	Students from a low- matriculation high school	Sudents who earned a high-demand degree	Students who have earned 60 credits by the start of the third year	Total
   2024-2025	15,734	7,545	2,289	1,313	3,140	4,085	34,106

   
   
   
2. The performance goals and weights assigned by the council and published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin for the performance metrics. [24 P.S. § 20-2036-L(b)(2)] 
   
   Goals assigned to University Metrics
   
   

   Institution	4-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate	6-Year Graduation Rate (Pell)	High Demand Degree Production
   Pennsylvania State University	64.4%	78.2%	67.9%	7,256
   Temple University	59.2%	80.5%	71.9%	2,818
   University of Pittsburgh	72.2%	83.8%	68.6%	2,683

   
   Weights assigned to University Metrics and Weighted Student Counts
   
   

   University Metric	Weight
   4-Year Graduation Rate	1.5
   6-Year Graduation Rate	1.0
   6-Year Graduation Rate (Pell)	1.5
   High Demand Degree Production	1.0

   
   

   Weighted Student Counts	Weight
   Full-Time, Fall Undergraduate Students	1.0
   Students who have received a Pell Grant	1.4
   Students who transferred from a community college	1.4
   Students from a low-matriculation high school	1.4
   Students who earnd a high-demand degree	1.25
   Students who have earned 60 credits by the start of the third year	1.4