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The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Among public institutions, the Commonwealth System of Higher Education includes semi-public state-related colleges and universities. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education consists of fully state-owned institutions.
Name | Location | County | Control | Classification | Enrollment | Year Founded |
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Lincoln University | Lower Oxford Township | Chester | Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 2,637 | 1854 |
Pennsylvania State University | State College | Centre | Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Doctoral Universities: R1: Very High Research Activity | 49,189 | 1855 |
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Doctoral Universities: R1: Very High Research Activity | 28,823 | 1787 |
Temple University | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Doctoral Universities: R1: Very High Research Activity | 39,187 | 1884 |
Penn State Abington | Abington Township | Montgomery | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 3,423 | 1850 |
Penn State Altoona | Altoona | Blair | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 4,128 | 1939 |
Penn State Beaver | Center Township | Beaver | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University (with a single Master's program available) | 906 | 1965 |
Penn State Berks | Spring Township | Berks | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 2,701 | 1958 |
Penn State Brandywine | Middletown Township | Delaware | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 1,613 | 1967 |
Penn State University College of Medicine | Derry Township | Dauphin | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Medical School | 809 | 1967 |
Penn State Dickinson Law | Carlisle borough | Cumberland | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Law School | 638 | 1834 |
Penn State DuBois | DuBois city | Clearfield | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 919 | 1935 |
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College | Harborcreek Township | Erie | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Master's University | 4,767 | 1948 |
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus | North Union Township | Fayette | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Associate's College (with five bachelor's degrees available) | 1,613 | 1965 |
Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies | East Whiteland Township | Chester | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Graduate School | 795 | 1963 |
Penn State Greater Allegheny | White Oak | Allegheny | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 768 | 1952 |
Penn State Harrisburg | Lower Swatara Township | Dauphin | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Doctoral University | 4,224 | 1966 |
Penn State Hazleton | Sugarloaf Township | Luzerne | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 1,303 | 1934 |
Penn State Lehigh Valley | Upper Saucon Township | Lehigh | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 920 | 1912 |
Penn State Mont Alto | Quincy Township | Franklin | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 1,252 | 1903 |
Penn State New Kensington | Upper Burrell Township | Westmoreland | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University (with a single Master's program available) | 912 | 1958 |
Penn State Schuylkill | North Manheim Township | Schuylkill | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 1,034 | 1934 |
Penn State Shenango | Sharon city | Mercer | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 893 | 1965 |
Penn State Wilkes-Barre | Lehman Township | Luzerne | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 766 | 1916 |
Penn State Scranton | Dunmore borough | Lackawanna | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 1,386 | 1923 |
Penn State York | Spring Garden Township | York | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate University | 1,509 | 1939 |
Pennsylvania College of Technology | Williamsport | Lycoming | Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses | Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Mixed Baccalaureate/Associate's | 6,290 | 1914 |
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bloomsburg | Columbia | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 7,998 | 1839 |
California University of Pennsylvania | California | Washington | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 5,435 | 1852 |
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania | Thornbury Township | Chester | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 618 | 1837 |
Penn West Clarion | Clarion | Clarion | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 5,816 | 1867 |
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | East Stroudsburg | Monroe | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 5,972 | 1893 |
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | Edinboro | Erie | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 5,187 | 1857 |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Indiana borough | Indiana | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | 9,965 | 1875 |
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | Maxatawny Township | Berks | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 8,309 | 1866 |
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania | Lock Haven | Clinton | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 3,425 | 1870 |
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania | Mansfield | Tioga | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,770 | 1857 |
Millersville University of Pennsylvania | Millersville | Lancaster | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 6,613 | 1855 |
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | Shippensburg Township | Cumberland | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 10,178 | 1871 |
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | Slippery Rock | Butler | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 9,672 | 1889 |
West Chester University | West Chester | Chester | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | 17,669 | 1871 |
West Chester University in Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education | satellite campus | included in main campus | unknown |
Community College of Allegheny County (Allegheny campus) | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | public | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 20,706 | 1966 |
Community College of Allegheny County (Boyce campus) | Monroeville | Allegheny | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1966 |
Community College of Allegheny County (north campus) | McCandless Township | Allegheny | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1972 |
Community College of Allegheny County (south campus) | West Mifflin | Allegheny | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Community College of Beaver County | Center Township | Beaver | public | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 3,007 | 1966 |
Bucks County Community College (Newtown campus) | Newtown Township | Bucks | public | Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 10,008 | 1964 |
Bucks County Community College (Lower Bucks campus) | Bristol Township | Bucks | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Bucks County Community College (Upper Bucks campus) | East Rockhill Township | Bucks | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Butler County Community College | Butler Township | Butler | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Traditional | 4,429 | 1965 |
Delaware County Community College (Marple campus) | Marple Township | Delaware | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Traditional | 12,705 | 1967 |
Delaware County Community College (Downingtown campus) | East Brandywine Township | Chester | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (Harrisburg campus) | Harrisburg city | Dauphin | public | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 23,210 | 1964 |
Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (Lancaster campus) | East Lampeter Township | Lancaster | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (York campus) | Manchester Township | York | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (Gettysburg campus) | Cumberland Township | Adams | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Harrisburg Area Community College, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (Lebanon campus) | Lebanon city | Lebanon | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Lehigh Carbon Community College (main campus) | North Whitehall Township | Lehigh | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 8,101 | 1966 |
Lehigh Carbon Community College (Donley center and Baum School of Art) | Allentown city | Lehigh | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1966 |
Lehigh Carbon Community College (Morgan center) | Tamaqua | Schuylkill | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1966 |
Lehigh Carbon Community College (Lehigh Valley airport) | Hanover Township | Lehigh | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1966 |
Luzerne County Community College (main campus) | Nanticoke | Luzerne | public | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 7,249 | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Berwick center) | Berwick | Columbia | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Hazleton center) | Hazleton | Luzerne | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Kulpmont center) | Kulpmont borough | Northumberland | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Pittston center) | Pittston city | Luzerne | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Scranton center) | Scranton city | Lackawanna | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Northumberland regional higher education center) | Shamokin city | Northumberland | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Luzerne County Community College (Wilkes-Barre center) | Wilkes-Barre city | Luzerne | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Montgomery County Community College (central campus) | Whitpain Township | Montgomery | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 13,919 | 1964 |
Montgomery County Community College (west campus) | Pottstown borough | Montgomery | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1964 |
Northampton County Area Community College (main campus) | Bethlehem Township | Northampton | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Traditional | 11,328 | 1967 |
Northampton County Area Community College (Monroe campus) | Pocono Township | Monroe | public | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1967 |
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College | Richland Township | Cambria | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-High Nontraditional | 1,942 | 1993 |
Community College of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | public | Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional | 19,503 | 1965 |
Reading Area Community College | Reading city | Berks | public | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 5,471 | 1971 |
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology | Lancaster city | Lancaster | public | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 906 | 1905 |
Westmoreland County Community College | Hempfield Township | Westmoreland | public | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional | 7,383 | 1970 |
Pittsburgh Technical College | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private secular | Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant | 2,109 [1] | 1946 |
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville educational and training hub | Titusville city | Crawford | University of Pittsburgh campus | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 387 | 1963 |
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford | Bradford Township | McKean | University of Pittsburgh campus | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,305 | 1963 |
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg | Hempfield Township | Westmoreland | University of Pittsburgh campus | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,408 | 1963 |
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown | Richland Township | Cambria | University of Pittsburgh campus | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 2,356 | 1927 |
Temple University Ambler | Upper Dublin Township | Montgomery | Temple University campus | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1910 |
Alvernia University | Reading | Berks | Catholic Church (Franciscans) | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 3,003 | 1958 |
Arcadia University | Cheltenham Township | Montgomery | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 3,983 | 1853 |
Bryn Mawr College | Lower Merion Township | Montgomery | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,751 | 1885 |
Carlow University | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | Catholic Church (Sisters of Mercy) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 2,768 | 1929 |
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private secular | Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity | 11,340 | 1900 |
Chestnut Hill College | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Catholic Church (Sisters of Saint Joseph) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 2,414 | 1924 |
DeSales University | Upper Saucon Township | Lehigh | Catholic Church (Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales) | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 3,438 | 1964 |
Drexel University | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity | 23,637 | 1891 |
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | Catholic Church (Congregation of the Holy Spirit) | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | 10,161 | 1878 |
Eastern University | Radnor township | Delaware | American Baptist Churches USA | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 4,476 | 1925 |
Gannon University | Erie city | Erie | Catholic Church | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 4,219 | 1925 |
Gratz College | Melrose Park | Montgomery | Jewish (nondenominational) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 340 | 1895 |
Holy Family University | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Catholic Church (Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 3,270 | 1954 |
Holy Family University (Newtown campus) | Newtown township | Bucks | Catholic Church (Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth) | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1954 |
Immaculata University | East Whiteland township | Chester | Catholic Church (Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 4,456 | 1920 |
La Salle University | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Catholic Church (De La Salle Brothers) | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 6,636 | 1863 |
Lehigh University | Bethlehem city | Northampton | private secular | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | 7,376 | 1865 |
Marywood University | Dunmore borough | Lackawanna | Catholic Church (Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 3,479 | 1915 |
Misericordia University | Dallas township | Luzerne | Catholic Church (Sisters of Mercy) | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 2,812 | 1924 |
Neumann University | Aston township | Delaware | Catholic Church (Third Order of Saint Francis) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 3,073 | 1965 |
University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity | 25,364 | 1740 |
Robert Morris University | Moon township | Allegheny | private secular | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 4,967 | 1921 |
Saint Francis University | Loretto borough | Cambria | Catholic Church | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 2,449 | 1847 |
Saint Joseph's University | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Catholic Church (Society of Jesus) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 8,916 | 1851 |
University of Scranton | Scranton city | Lackawanna | Catholic Church (Society of Jesus) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 6,070 | 1888 |
University of the Sciences | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 2,868 | 1821 |
Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | 3,555 | 1824 |
Villanova University | Radnor township | Delaware | Catholic Church (Order of Saint Augustine) | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | 10,962 | 1811 |
Waynesburg University | Waynesburg borough | Greene | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 2,516 | 1850 |
Widener University | Chester city | Delaware | private secular | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 7,000 | 1821 |
Wilkes University | Wilkes-Barre city | Luzerne | private secular | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 5,926 | 1933 |
Yeshivah Bais Moshe | Scranton city | Lackawanna | Jewish (Orthodox Judaism) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 78 | 1965 |
Missio Seminary | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Christianity (Interdenominationalism) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 248 | 1971 |
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | Catholic Church (Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 23 | 1950 |
Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary | Upper Gwynedd township | Montgomery | Baptist unaffiliated | closed | 106 | 1976–2014 (closed) |
Christ the Saviour Seminary of American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese | Johnstown city | Cambria | American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese | unclassified | 13 | 1940 |
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | Scranton city | Lackawanna | private secular (Geisinger Health System) | Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers | 169 | 2008 |
Evangelical Seminary | Myerstown | Lebanon | Evangelical Association | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 153 | 1894 |
Lancaster Theological Seminary | Lancaster city | Lancaster | United Church of Christ | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 145 | 1825 |
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine | Erie city | Erie | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers | 3,029 | 1992 |
United Lutheran Seminary | Gettysburg borough | Adams | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 390 | 1864 |
United Lutheran Seminary | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | satellite campus | 260 | 1864 |
Palmer Theological Seminary | Lower Merion township | Montgomery | American Baptist Churches USA | unclassified | 330 | 1925 |
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 305 | 1794 |
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers | 2,418 | 1899 |
Reformed Episcopal Seminary | Whitpain township | Montgomery | Reformed Episcopal Church | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 19 | 1887 |
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America | unclassified | 100 | 1810 |
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Cheltenham township | Montgomery | Jewish (Reconstructionist Judaism) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 59 | 1968 |
Respect Graduate School | Bethlehem city | Lehigh | Islam | unclassified | 21 | 2015 |
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary | Radnor township | Delaware | Catholic Church (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 243 | 1832 |
Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary | South Canaan township | Wayne | Orthodox Church in America | unclassified | 94 | 1938 |
Salus University | Cheltenham township | Montgomery | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools | 1,025 | 1919 |
Trinity School for Ministry | Ambridge borough | Beaver | Anglicanism | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 169 | 1975 |
United States Army War College | North Middleton township | Cumberland | United States Army | Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions | 588 | 1901 |
Westminster Theological Seminary | Cheltenham township | Montgomery | Calvinism or Presbyterianism (unaffiliated) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 614 | 1929 |
Won Institute of Graduate Studies | Cheltenham township | Montgomery | Buddhist (Won Buddhism) | Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools | 87 | 2001 |
Albright College | Reading city | Berks | United Methodist Church | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,401 | 1856 |
Allegheny College | Meadville | Crawford | United Methodist Church | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,786 | 1815 |
The American College of Financial Services | Upper Merion township | Montgomery | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools | 533 | 1927 |
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | Bryn Athyn borough | Montgomery | General Church of the New Jerusalem | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 223 | 1877 |
Bucknell University | East Buffalo township | Union | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 3,624 | 1846 |
Cabrini University | Radnor township | Delaware | Catholic Church (Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 3,457 | 1957 |
Cairn University | Langhorne Manor borough | Bucks | Nondenominational Christianity | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 1,127 | 1913 |
Cedar Crest College | Allentown city | Lehigh | private secular | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 1,885 | 1867 |
Central Penn College | East Pennsboro township | Cumberland | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,523 | 1881 |
Chatham University | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private secular | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 2,266 | 1869 |
Delaware Valley University | Doylestown township | Bucks | private secular | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 2,241 | 1896 |
Dickinson College | Carlisle borough | Cumberland | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,414 | 1773 |
Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown borough | Lancaster | Church of the Brethren | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 2,417 | 1899 |
Franklin and Marshall College | Lancaster city | Lancaster | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,335 | 1787 |
Geneva College | Beaver Falls city | Beaver | Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 1,927 | 1848 |
Gettysburg College | Gettysburg borough | Adams | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,485 | 1832 |
Grove City College | Grove City borough | Mercer | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 2,271 | 1876 |
Gwynedd Mercy University | Lower Gwynedd township | Montgomery | Catholic Church | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 2,619 | 1948 |
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | Harrisburg city | Dauphin | private secular | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 6,500 | 2001 |
Haverford College | Haverford township | Delaware | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,177 | 1833 |
Juniata College | Huntingdon borough | Huntingdon | Church of the Brethren | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,628 | 1876 |
Keystone College | La Plume township | Lackawanna | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,759 | 1868 |
King's College (The College of Christ the King) | Wilkes-Barre city | Luzerne | Catholic Church (Congregation of Holy Cross) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 2,725 | 1946 |
La Roche University | McCandless township | Allegheny | Catholic Church (Congregation of Divine Providence) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 1,416 | 1963 |
Lafayette College | Easton city | Northampton | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,414 | 1826 |
Lebanon Valley College | Annville township | Lebanon | United Methodist Church | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 1,915 | 1866 |
Lycoming College | Williamsport city | Lycoming | United Methodist Church | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,485 | 1812 |
Mercyhurst University | Erie city | Erie | Catholic Church (Sisters of Mercy) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 3,627 | 1926 |
Messiah University | Upper Allen township | Cumberland | Christianity (Interdenominationalism) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | 2,932 | 1909 |
Moravian University | Bethlehem city | Northampton | Moravian Church in North America | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 2,032 | 1742 |
Mount Aloysius College | Cresson township | Cambria | Catholic Church (Sisters of Mercy) | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,611 | 1853 |
Muhlenberg College | Allentown city | Lehigh | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,515 | 1848 |
Peirce College | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,892 | 1865 |
Point Park University | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private secular | Doctoral/Professional Universities | 4,061 | 1960 |
Rosemont College | Lower Merion township | Montgomery | Catholic Church (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 863 | 1921 |
Saint Vincent College | Unity township | Westmoreland | Catholic Church (Benedictines) | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,937 | 1846 |
Saint Vincent Seminary | Unity township | Westmoreland | Catholic Church (Benedictines) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 54 | 1846 |
Seton Hill University | Greensburg city | Westmoreland | Catholic Church (Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 2,258 | 1885 |
Susquehanna University | Selinsgrove borough | Snyder | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 2,305 | 1858 |
Swarthmore College | Swarthmore borough | Delaware | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,524 | 1864 |
Thiel College | Greenville borough | Mercer | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 1,096 | 1866 |
Ursinus College | Collegeville borough | Montgomery | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,802 | 1869 |
Washington & Jefferson College | Washington city | Washington | private secular | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,460 | 1781 |
Westminster College | New Wilmington borough | Lawrence | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus | 1,582 | 1852 |
Wilson College | Chambersburg borough | Franklin | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | 807 | 1869 |
York College of Pennsylvania | Spring Garden township | York | private secular | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 5,506 | 1787 |
The University of the Arts | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools | 2,355 | 1876 |
Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools | 167 | 1924 |
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences | East Lampeter township | Lancaster | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools | 1,143 | 1903 |
Moore College of Art and Design | Philadelphia city | Philadelphia | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools | 556 | 1848 |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools | 353 | 1805 |
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design | Lancaster city | Lancaster | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools | 285 | 1982 |
Harcum College | Lower Merion township | Montgomery | private secular | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 1,425 | 1915 |
Hussian School of Art | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | Associate's Art & Design School | 150 | 1946 |
Johnson College | Scranton city | Lackawanna | private secular | Industrial-Oriented Technical School | 472 | 1912 |
Lackawanna College (main campus) | Scranton city | Lackawanna | private secular | Comprehensive Associate's College, offers Bachelor's Degrees in certain majors | 1,770 | 1894 |
Lackawanna College | Hazleton city | Luzerne | private secular | satellite campus | included in main campus | |
Lackawanna College | New Milford township | Susquehanna | private secular | satellite campus | included in main campus | |
Lackawanna College | Towanda township | Bradford | private secular | satellite campus | included in main campus | |
Lackawanna College | Hawley borough | Wayne | private secular | satellite campus | included in main campus | |
Lackawanna College | Sunbury city | Northumberland | private secular | satellite campus | included in main campus | |
Lackawanna College | Covington township | Lackawanna | private secular | satellite campus | included in main campus | |
Manor College | Abington township | Montgomery | Catholic Church (Order of Saint Basil the Great) | Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant | 619 | 1947 |
Mercyhurst North East | North East township | Erie | Catholic Church | closed | 1,076 | 1991–2021 (closed) |
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology | Upper Providence township | Delaware | private secular | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 449 | 1953 |
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics | West Mifflin borough | Allegheny | private secular | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 285 | 1929 |
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private secular | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design | 209 | 1939 |
Valley Forge Military Academy and College | Radnor township | Delaware | private secular | Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional | 304 | 1928 |
University of Valley Forge | Schuylkill township | Chester | Assemblies of God USA | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 609 | 1939 |
Clarks Summit University | South Abington township | Lackawanna | Independent Baptist | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 400 | 1932 |
Lancaster Bible College | Manheim township | Lancaster | Nondenominational Christianity | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 1,112 | 1933 |
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Jewish (Haredi Judaism) | Special Focus Four-Year: Faith-Related Institutions | 110 | 1953 |
Antonelli College | Springfield township | Montgomery | private for profit | closed | 1947–2019 (closed) | |
Schuylkill Institute of Business and Technology | Pottsville city | Schuylkill | private for profit | closed | 1998–2007 (closed) | |
Bradford School | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private for profit | closed | unknown-2018 (closed) | |
Brightwood College | Broomall and various other campuses | Delaware | private for profit | closed | 1937–2018 (closed) | |
Cambria-Rowe Business College | Johnstown | Cambria | private for profit | closed | unknown-2016 (closed) | |
Career Training Academy | Lower Burrell | Pennsylvania | private for profit | closed | unknown-2019 (closed) | |
Consolidated School of Business | East Hempfield township | Lancaster | private for profit | closed | unknown-2018 (closed) | |
Rosedale Technical College | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private secular | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 385 | 1947 |
Delaware Valley Academy of Medical and Dental Assistants | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | closed | 1966–2011 (closed) | |
Douglas Education Center | Monessen city | Westmoreland | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design | 207 | 1904 |
DeVry University | Upper Dublin township | Montgomery | private for profit | Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields | 115 | 1931 |
Erie Institute of Technology | Millcreek Township | Erie | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 282 | 1958 |
Altierus Career College (Bensalem campus) | Bensalem township | Bucks | private for profit | closed | unknown-2022 (closed) | |
Fortis College (Forty Fort campus) | Forty Fort | Luzerne | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 182 | 2008 |
Fortis College (Scranton campus) | Scranton | Lackawanna | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 279 | 2008 |
JNA Institute of Culinary Arts | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design | 14 | 1988 |
Keystone Technical Institute | Lower Paxton township | Dauphin | private for profit | closed | unknown-2017 (closed) | |
Lansdale School of Business | Upper Gwynedd township | Montgomery | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 119 | 1918 |
Laurel Business Institute | Uniontown | Fayette | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 238 | unknown |
Laurel Technical Institute | Meadville | Crawford | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 78 | unknown |
Laurel Technical Institute | Shenango Township | Mercer | private for profit | satellite campus | 122 | unknown |
Lincoln Tech (Allentown campus) | Upper Macungie Township | Lehigh | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 599 | 1947 |
Lincoln Tech (Philadelphia campus) | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 389 | 1947 |
McCann School of Business and Technology | Hanover township | Lehigh | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 263 | 1970 |
McCann School of Business and Technology | Kelly township | Union | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 193 | 1970 |
New Castle School of Trades | Union township | Lawrence | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 606 | 1945 |
Orleans Technical College | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | unclassified | unknown | 1974 |
Pennco Tech | Bristol township | Bucks | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 511 | 1973 |
Penn Commercial Business and Technical School | South Strabane township | Washington | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional | 238 | 1929 |
Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology | North Union township | Fayette | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 73 | unknown |
University of Phoenix | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | closed | 1976-unknown (closed) | |
Precision Manufacturing Institute | Meadville city | Crawford | private for profit | unclassified | 1987 | |
Prism Career Institute | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | unclassified | unknown | |
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools | 159 | 1974 |
South Hills School of Business and Technology (main campus) | State College borough | Centre | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional | 307 | 1970 |
South Hills School of Business and Technology | Altoona city | Blair | private for profit | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1970 |
Star Technical Institute | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | closed | unknown (closed) | |
Strayer University (Lower Bucks County campus) | Bensalem township | Bucks | private for profit | Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | 2,190 | 1892 |
Strayer University (Allentown campus) | Allentown city | Lehigh | private for profit | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1892 |
Strayer University (Center City campus) | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private for profit | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1892 |
Strayer University (Delaware County campus) | Springfield township | Delaware | private for profit | satellite campus | included in main campus | 1892 |
Triangle Tech (Bethlehem campus) | Bethlehem city | Lehigh | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 131 | 1944 |
Triangle Tech (DuBois campus) | Sandy township | Clearfield | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 132 | 1944 |
Triangle Tech (Greensburg campus) | Greensburg city | Westmoreland | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 127 | 1944 |
Triangle Tech (Pittsburgh campus) | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 109 | 1944 |
Triangle Tech (Sunbury campus) | Upper Augusta township | Northumberland | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 53 | 1944 |
Triangle Tech (Chambersburg campus) | Greene township | Franklin | private for profit | unclassified | 26 | 1944 |
Vet Tech Institute | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 292 | unknown |
YTI Career Institute (Altoona campus) | Logan township | Blair | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 59 | 1967 |
YTI Career Institute (York campus) | Springettsbury township | York | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 708 | 1967 |
Academy of Vocal Arts | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | unclassified | 24 | 1933 |
All-State Career School | Tinicum township | Delaware | private for profit | unclassified | 834 | unknown |
All-State Career School | West Mifflin borough | Allegheny | private for profit | unclassified | 388 | unknown |
International Institute for Restorative Practices | Bethlehem city | Northampton | private secular | Special Focus Four-Year: Other Special Focus Institutions | 185 | 2000 |
Commonwealth Technical Institute | Upper Yoder township | Cambria | Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 133 | 2000 |
Commonwealth Technical Institute at the Hiram G. Andrews Center | Upper Yoder township | Cambria | Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | 133 | 1959 |
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology | Spring township | Centre | public | Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions | 113 | 1969 |
ASPIRA City College | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | private secular | unclassified | 5 | 1974 |
Williamson College of the Trades | Middletown township | Delaware | private secular | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 249 | 1888 |
United Career Institute | North Huntingdon township | Westmoreland | private for profit | unclassified | 52 | unknown |
Pittsburgh Career Institute | Pittsburgh city | Allegheny | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 217 | 1980 |
Princeton Information Technology Center Institute | Cheltenham township | Montgomery | private for profit | unclassified | 347 | 1994 |
Northern Pennsylvania Regional College | Warren city | Warren | private secular but state supported | Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional | 70 | 2020 |
Berks Technical Institute | Wyomissing borough | Berks | private for profit | Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Traditional | 429 | 1984 |
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center | West Lampeter township | Lancaster | public | Special Focus Two-Year: Other Fields | 348 | before 2014 |
Institute of Medical and Business Careers | Penn Hills | Allegheny | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 614 | 1995 |
Great Lakes Institute of Technology | Millcreek Township | Erie | private for profit | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | 429 | 1965 |
Includes all not-for-profit schools that have closed since 1960.
Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its founding to 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers of the Bohemian Reformation under John Amos Comenius.
Wynnewood is a suburban unincorporated community, located west of Philadelphia, straddling Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Haverford Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
East Falls is a neighborhood in Lower Northwest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1822 by the Schuylkill Canal and Fairmount Water Works projects. East Falls sits next to the Germantown, Roxborough, Allegheny West, and the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhoods. Wissahickon Valley Park separates it from Manayunk, Philadelphia.
Podiatric Medical School is the term used to designate the institutions which educate students and train them to be podiatrists, which diagnose and treat conditions affecting the foot, ankle, and related structures of the leg. In the United States, only schools which are accredited by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) may earn the status of being a Podiatric Medical School. The Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree is commonly abbreviated D.P.M. degree. The D.P.M. degree is a prerequisite for an individual to be accepted into a CPME accredited residency. The preparatory education of podiatric physicians — very similar to the paths of traditional physicians — includes four years of undergraduate work, followed by four years in an accredited podiatric medical school, followed by a three- or four-year hospital-based podiatry residency. Optional one- to two-year fellowship in foot and ankle reconstruction, surgical limb salvage, sports medicine, plastic surgery, pediatric foot and ankle surgery, and wound care is also available. With this amount of expertise and training equivalent to their MD and DO counterparts, a podiatrist is a well qualified physician.
Anna T. Jeanes was an American Quaker philanthropist. She was born in Philadelphia, the city where she gave Spring Garden Institute, a technical school, $5,000,000; $100,000 to the Hicksite Friends; $200,000 to the Quaker schools of Philadelphia; and $200,000 to the Home for Aged Friends, now known as Stapeley in Germantown, a retirement home where she spent the closing years of her life. In 1907 she transferred to the trusteeship of Booker T. Washington and Hollis B. Frissell the sum of $1,000,000 to be known as "the Fund for Rudimentary Schools for Southern Negroes" and to be used exclusively for the benefit of elementary negro schools in the South. The Jeanes Foundation in close cooperation with the General Education Board established by John D. Rockefeller.
The following is a timeline of women's colleges in the United States. These are institutions of higher education in the United States whose student population comprises exclusively, or almost exclusively, women. They are often liberal arts colleges. There are approximately 35 active women's colleges in the U.S. as of 2021.
Hahnemann, or variant Hahneman, is a German surname.
The Campus of Drexel University is divided into four sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—the University City Campus, the Center City Campus, the Queen Lane Campus, and the Academy of Natural Sciences. An additional location for the College of Medicine is under construction by Tower Health near Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania. A branch campus in California—the Drexel University Sacramento Campus–closed in 2015.
Drexel University College of Medicine is the medical school of Drexel University, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The medical school represents the consolidation of two medical schools: Hahnemann Medical College, originally founded as the nation's first college of homeopathy, and the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, the first U.S. medical school for women, which became the Medical College of Pennsylvania when it admitted men in 1970; these institutions merged in 1993, became affiliated with Drexel University College of Medicine in 1998, and were fully absorbed into the university in 2002. With one of the nation's largest enrollments for a private medical school, Drexel University College of Medicine is the second most applied-to medical school in the United States. It is ranked no. 83 in research by U.S. News & World Report.
Hahnemann University Hospital was a tertiary care center in Center City Philadelphia. It was the teaching hospital of Drexel University College of Medicine. Established in 1885, it was for most of its history the main teaching hospital associated with its namesake medical school, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, founded in 1848 and named for Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy. Hahnemann University Hospital was fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences (1994–1998) was a medical school in Philadelphia that was formed in 1994 through a merger of the Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) and Hahnemann University. As part of MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, the largest private medical school in the United States, Allegheny University was under the new University of the Health Sciences, which also included schools for allied medical disciplines. Prior to the merger, the Medical College of Pennsylvania had been the first medical school to be purchased by a hospital. The new university and other hospitals all were units of the Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation (AHERF).
The University City Science Center (UCSC) is an urban research park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Howard Malcolm was an American educator and Baptist minister. He wrote several noteworthy literature about his missionary travels in Burma and was pastor of churches in Hudson, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also served as president of Georgetown College, Bucknell University and Drexel University College of Medicine.
Founded in 1850, The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), formally known as The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, was the first American medical college dedicated to teaching women medicine and allowing them to earn the Doctor of Medicine degree.
Reading Hospital is a 697-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The hospital was established in 1867 and is the anchor institution of Tower Health.
Stephen Kent Klasko is an author and leader of healthcare reform. Between 2013 and 2021 he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a hospital system in the Greater Philadelphia region and home of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College. He expanded Jefferson Health into a regional health network with mergers from the original 3 hospitals to 18. In 2017, he was named to Modern Healthcare's Top 100 Most Influential Individuals.
Harriet Schneider French was an American physician and temperance movement activist. She was one of Philadelphia's pioneer women in the medical profession, and one of the earliest women in the United States to obtain a diploma as a physician. When she died in 1906, she was the oldest woman physician in the country.