[3] The university offers BA, BFA, BS, MA, MAT, MBA, MS, and MEd degrees, the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS), and the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Learning, Leadership, and Community.

In 2011, Plymouth State University added a BS in nursing degree to its list of available programs of study.

[4] Beginning in fall of 2017, the university switched to a "cluster model" with seven interdisciplinary areas instead of academic departments or colleges.

The building, named for longtime science professor Robert L. Boyd, is also home to the Mark Sylvestre Planetarium and the Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute, a resource for students in PSU's undergraduate and graduate meteorology degree programs, the only such programs in New Hampshire.

The Enterprise Center at Plymouth (ECP) opened in 2013 as a collaboration between the university and the Grafton County Economic Development Council.

The fourth floor is currently under construction and will soon feature several labs for the university's program in Electromechanic Technology and Robotics (EMTR).

[8] Resources include open technology labs,[9] the Spinelli Archives and Special Collections,[10] and the Writing Center.

[12] Most notably, Langdon Woods was the first college dormitory building in New Hampshire to receive LEED Gold accrediation and is one of the more energy efficient dorms in the country.

PSU competes in NCAA Division III as a member of the Little East Conference (LEC) for most of its intercollegiate sports.

Plymouth State University athletics mostly take place in the Physical Education (PE) Center which was opened in the Spring of 1969.

Since that time it has undergone several expansions and renovations, and plans are now being developed to build a new, larger facility.

Plymouth State gained national attention in 1985 when Sports Illustrated featured[13] PSU student and football player Joe Dudek as their favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.

Dudek, a running back for the Panthers, earned the attention for breaking Walter Payton's mark for career touchdowns.