List of colleges and universities in Pennsylvania

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Public institutions[]

Commonwealth System of Higher Education: State-related colleges and universities[]

Main institutions[]

Name	Location	Control	School Classification	Enrollment
Lincoln University	Oxford (Chester County)	Public	Master's University	2,637
Pennsylvania State University	State College (Centre County)	Public	Doctoral University	49,189
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Public	Doctoral University	28,823
Temple University	Philadelphia	Public	Doctoral University	39,187

Penn State Commonwealth campuses[]

Name	Location	Control	School Classification	Enrollment
Penn State Abington	Abington Township (Montgomery County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	3,423
Penn State Altoona	Altoona (Blair County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	4,128
Penn State Beaver	Center Township (Beaver County)	Public	Baccalaureate University (with a single Master's program available)	906
Penn State Berks	Spring Township (Berks County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	2,701
Penn State Brandywine	Middletown Township (Delaware County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	1,613
Penn State College of Medicine	Derry Township (Dauphin County)	Public	Medical School	809
Penn State Dickinson School of Law	Carlisle (Cumberland County)	Public	Law School	638
Penn State DuBois	DuBois (Clearfield County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	919
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College	Erie (Erie County)	Public	Master's University	4,767
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus	North Union Township (Fayette County)	Public	Associate's College (with five bachelor's degrees available)	1,613
Penn State Great Valley	East Whiteland Township (Chester County)	Public	Graduate School	795
Penn State Greater Allegheny	White Oak (Allegheny County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	768
Penn State Harrisburg	Lower Swatara Township (Dauphin County)	Public	Doctoral University	4,224
Penn State Hazleton	Sugarloaf Township (Luzerne County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	1,303
Penn State Lehigh Valley	Upper Saucon Township (Lehigh County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	920
Penn State Mont Alto	Quincy Township (Franklin County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	1,252
Penn State New Kensington	Upper Burrell Township (Westmoreland County)	Public	Baccalaureate University (with a single Master's program available)	912
Penn State Schuylkill	North Manheim Township (Schuylkill County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	1,034
Penn State Shenango	Sharon (Mercer County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	893
Penn State Wilkes-Barre	Lehman Township (Luzerne County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	766
Penn State Scranton	Dunmore (Lackawanna County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	1,386
Penn State York	Spring Garden Township (York County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	1,509
Pennsylvania College of Technology	Williamsport (Lycoming County)	Public	Baccalaureate University	6,290

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education: State-owned master's level institutions[]

Name	Location	Control	Enrollment
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	Bloomsburg (Columbia County)	Public	7,998
California University of Pennsylvania	California (Washington County)	Public	5,435
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania	Cheyney (Chester County)	Public	618
Clarion University of Pennsylvania	Clarion (Clarion County)	Public	5,816
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	East Stroudsburg (Monroe County)	Public	5,972
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania	Edinboro (Erie County)	Public	5,187
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Doctoral Institution)	Indiana (Indiana County)	Public	9,965
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	Kutztown (Berks County)	Public	8,309
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania	Lock Haven (Clinton County)	Public	3,425
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania	Mansfield (Tioga County)	Public	1,770
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Millersville (Lancaster County)	Public	6,613
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	Shippensburg (Cumberland County)	Public	10,178
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	Slippery Rock (Butler County)	Public	9,672
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	West Chester (Chester County) (Main Campus), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)	Public	17,669

Two-year community colleges and technical schools[]

Name	Campus Locations	Control	Counties served	Enrollment (Degree-track students)
Community College of Allegheny County	Pittsburgh (Allegheny Campus) Monroeville (Boyce Campus) McCandless (North Campus) West Mifflin (South Campus)	Public	Allegheny County	20,706
Community College of Beaver County	Center Township	Public	Beaver County	3,007
Bucks County Community College	Newtown Township (Newtown Campus) Bristol Township (Lower Bucks Campus) East Rockhill Township (Upper Bucks Campus)	Public	Bucks County	10,008
Butler County Community College	Butler	Public	Butler County Lawrence County Mercer County	4,429
Delaware County Community College	Marple Township (Marple Campus) East Brandywine Township (Downingtown Campus)	Public	Delaware County Chester County	12,705
HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College	Harrisburg (Harrisburg Campus) East Lampeter Township (Lancaster Campus) Manchester Township (York Campus) Cumberland Township (Gettysburg Campus) Lebanon (Lebanon Campus)	Public	Dauphin County Lancaster County York County Adams County Lebanon County	23,210
Lehigh Carbon Community College	North Whitehall Township (Main Campus) Allentown (Donley Center) Tamaqua (Morgan Center) Jim Thorpe (Jim Thorpe Campus) Hanover Township (LCCC at LV Airport) Allentown (Baum School of Art Center)	Public	Lehigh County Carbon County Schuylkill County	8,101
Luzerne County Community College	Nanticoke (Main Campus) Berwick (Berwick Center) Hazleton (Hazleton Center) Kulpmont (Kulpmont Center) Pittston (Pittston Center) Scranton (Scranton Center) Shamokin (Northumberland Regional Higher Education Center) Wilkes-Barre (Wilkes-Barre Center)	Public	Luzerne County Lackawanna County Columbia County Northumberland County	7,249
Montgomery County Community College	Whitpain Township (Central Campus) Pottstown (West Campus)	Public	Montgomery County	13,919
Northampton Community College	Bethlehem Township (Main Campus) Pocono Township (Monroe Campus)	Public	Northampton County Monroe County	11,328
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College	Richland Township	Public	Cambria County	1,942
Community College of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Public	Philadelphia	19,503
Reading Area Community College	Reading	Public	Berks County	5,471
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology	Lancaster	Public	Lancaster County	906
Westmoreland County Community College	Hempfield Township	Public	Westmoreland County	7,383
Pittsburgh Technical College	Pittsburgh	Public	Pittsburgh	2,109[1]
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville- Educational and Training Hub	Titusville	Public	Crawford County	387

Private, not-for-profit institutions[]

Private doctoral universities[]

Name	Location	Control	Religious Affiliation	Enrollment
Alvernia University	Reading (Berks County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,003
Arcadia University	Cheltenham Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Presbyterian Church (USA)	3,983
Bryn Mawr College	Lower Merion Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Secular	1,751
Carlow University	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,768
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Secular	11,340
Chestnut Hill College	Philadelphia	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,414
DeSales University	Upper Saucon Township (Lehigh County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,438
Drexel University	Philadelphia	Private	Secular	23,637
Duquesne University	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	10,161
Eastern University	Radnor Township (Delaware County)	Private	American Baptist Churches USA	4,476
Gannon University	Erie (Erie County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	4,219
Gratz College	Melrose Park (Montgomery County)	Private	Nondenominational Jewish	340
Holy Family University	Philadelphia	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,270
Immaculata University	East Whiteland Township (Chester County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	4,456
La Salle University	Philadelphia	Private	Roman Catholic Church	6,636
Lehigh University	Bethlehem (Northampton County)	Private	Secular	7,376
Marywood University	Dunmore (Lackawanna County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,479
Misericordia University	Dallas Township (Luzerne County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,812
Neumann University	Aston Township (Delaware County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,073
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Private	Secular	25,364
Robert Morris University	Moon Township (Allegheny County)	Private	Secular	4,967
Saint Francis University	Loretto (Cambria County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,449
Saint Joseph's University	Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church - Society of Jesus	8,916
University of Scranton	Scranton (Lackawanna County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church - Society of Jesus	6,070
University of the Sciences	Philadelphia	Private	Secular	2,868
Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia	Private	Secular	3,555
Villanova University	Radnor Township (Delaware County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	10,962
Waynesburg University	Waynesburg (Greene County)	Private	Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,516
Widener University	Chester (Delaware County)	Private	Secular	7,000
Wilkes University	Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County)	Private	Secular	5,926

Graduate institutions[]

Name	Location	Control	Religious Affiliation	Enrollment
Yeshivath Beth Moshe	Scranton (Lackawanna County)	Private	Orthodox Judaism	78
Biblical Theological Seminary	Hatfield (Montgomery County)	Private	Nondenominational Christianity	248
Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church	23
Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary	Upper Gwynedd Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Unaffiliated Baptist	106
Christ the Saviour Seminary	Johnstown (Cambria County)	Private	American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church	13
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine	Scranton (Lackawanna County)	Private	Secular	169
Evangelical Seminary	Myerstown (Lebanon County)	Private	Evangelical Congregational Church	153
Lancaster Theological Seminary	Lancaster (Lancaster County)	Private	United Church of Christ	145
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	Erie (Erie County)	Private	Secular	3,029
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg	Gettysburg (Adams County)	Private	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	168
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Private	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	260
Palmer Theological Seminary	Lower Merion Township (Montgomery County)	Private	American Baptist Churches	330
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Presbyterian Church of the USA	305
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	Philadelphia	Private	Secular	2,418
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church	Whitpain Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Reformed Episcopal Church	19
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	100
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College	Cheltenham Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Reconstructionist Judaism	59
Respect Graduate School	Bethlehem (Lehigh County)	Private	Islam	21
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary	Radnor Township (Delaware County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	243
Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary	South Canaan Township (Wayne County)	Private	Orthodox Church in America	94
Salus University	Cheltenham Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Secular	1,025
Trinity School for Ministry	Ambridge (Beaver County)	Private	Episcopal Church of the United States of America	169
United States Army War College	North Middleton Township (Cumberland County)	Private	Secular	588
Westminster Theological Seminary	Cheltenham Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Unaffiliated Presbyterianism	614
Won Institute of Graduate Studies	Cheltenham Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Won Buddhism	87

Private baccalaureate and master's institutions[]

Name	Location	Control	Religious Affiliation	Enrollment	Founded
Albright College	Reading (Berks County)	Private	United Methodist Church	2,401	1856
Allegheny College	Meadville (Crawford County)	Private	United Methodist Church	1,786	1815
The American College	Haverford Township (Delaware County)	Private	Secular	533	1927
Bryn Athyn College	Bryn Athyn (Montgomery County)	Private	The New Church	223	1877
Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr (Montgomery County)	Private	Secular (formerly Quaker)	1,307	1885
Bucknell University	Lewisburg (Union County)	Private	Secular	3,624	1846
Cabrini University	Radnor Township (Delaware County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,457	1957
Cairn University	Langhorne Manor (Bucks County)	Private	Nondenominational Christianity	1,127	1913
Carlow University	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,294	1929
Cedar Crest College	Allentown (Lehigh County)	Private	Secular	1,885	1867
Central Penn College	Summerdale (Cumberland County)	Private	Secular	1,523	1881
Chatham University	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Secular	2,266	1869
Delaware Valley University	Doylestown Township (Bucks County)	Private	Secular	2,241	1896
Dickinson College	Carlisle (Cumberland County)	Private	Secular	2,414	1773
Elizabethtown College	Elizabethtown (Lancaster County)	Private	Church of the Brethren	2,417	1899
Franklin & Marshall College	Lancaster (Lancaster County)	Private	Secular	2,335	1787
Geneva College	Beaver Falls (Beaver County)	Private	Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America	1,927	1848
Gettysburg College	Gettysburg (Adams County)	Private	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	2,485	1832
Gratz College	Melrose Park (Montgomery County)	Private		340	1895
Grove City College	Grove City (Mercer County)	Private	Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,271	1876
Gwynedd Mercy University	Lower Gwynedd Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,619	1948
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	Dauphin County	Private	Secular	6,500	2001
Haverford College	Haverford Township (Delaware County)	Private	Secular (formerly Orthodox Quaker)	1,177	1833
Juniata College	Huntingdon (Huntingdon County)	Private	Church of the Brethren	1,628	1876
Keystone College	La Plume Township (Lackawanna County)	Private	Secular	1,759	1868
King's College	Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,725	1946
La Roche University	McCandless Township (Allegheny County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	1,416	1963
Lafayette College	Easton (Northampton County)	Private	Presbyterian Church (USA)	2,414	1826
Lebanon Valley College	Annville (Lebanon County)	Private	United Methodist Church	1,915	1866
Lycoming College	Williamsport (Lycoming County)	Private	United Methodist Church	1,485	1812
Marywood University	Scranton (Lackwanna County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,479	1915
Mercyhurst University	Erie (Erie County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	3,627	1926
Messiah University	Upper Allen Township (Cumberland County)	Private	Nondenominational Christianity	2,932	1909
Moravian College	Bethlehem (Northampton County)	Private	Moravian Church in America	2,032	1742
Mount Aloysius College	Cresson Township (Cambria County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	1,611	1853
Muhlenberg College	Allentown (Lehigh County)	Private	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	2,515	1848
Peirce College	Philadelphia	Private	Secular	1,892	1865
Point Park University	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Secular	4,061	1960
Rosemont College	Lower Merion Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	863	1921
Saint Vincent College	Unity Township (Westmoreland County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	1,937	1846
Seton Hill University	Greensburg (Westmoreland County)	Private	Roman Catholic Church	2,258	1885
Susquehanna University	Selinsgrove (Snyder County)	Private	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	2,305	1858
Swarthmore College	Swarthmore (Delaware County)	Private	Secular (formerly Hicksite Quaker)	1,524	1864
Thiel College	Greenville (Mercer County)	Private	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1,096	1866
Ursinus College	Collegeville (Montgomery County)	Private	Secular	1,802	1869
Washington & Jefferson College	Washington (Washington County)	Private	Secular	1,460	1781
Westminster College	New Wilmington (Lawrence County)	Private	Presbyterian Church (USA)	1,582	1852
Wilson College	Chambersburg (Franklin County)	Private	Presbyterian Church (USA)	807	1869
York College of Pennsylvania	Spring Garden (York County)	Private	Secular	5,506	1787

Private specialty four-year institutions[]

Name	Location	Control	Enrollment	Founded
University of the Arts	Philadelphia	Private	2,355	1876
Curtis Institute of Music	Philadelphia	Private	167	1924
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences	Lancaster (Lancaster County)	Private	1,143	1903
Moore College of Art and Design	Philadelphia	Private	556	1848
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts	Philadelphia	Private	353	1805
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design	Lancaster (Lancaster County)	Private	285	1982

Private two-year colleges and technical schools[]

Name	Location	Control	School Type	Enrollment	Founded
Harcum College	Lower Merion Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Comprehensive Associate's College	1,425	1915
Hussian School of Art	Philadelphia	Private	Associate's Art & Design School	150	1946
Johnson College	Scranton (Lackawanna County)	Private	Industrial-Oriented Technical School	472	1912
Lackawanna College	Scranton (Main Campus), Hazleton, New Milford, Towanda, Hawley, Sunbury, Covington Township	Private	Comprehensive Associate's College, offers Bachelor's Degrees in certain majors	1,770	1894
Manor College	Abington Township (Montgomery County)	Private	Comprehensive Associate's College affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church	619	1947
Mercyhurst North East	North East Township (Erie County)	Private	Comprehensive Associate's College affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church	1,076	1991
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology	Upper Providence Township (Delaware County)	Private	Engineering and Health Services Technical School	449	1953
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics	West Mifflin (Allegheny County)	Private	Aeronautics Technical School	285	1929
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science	Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)	Private	Mortuary Technical School	209	1939
Valley Forge Military Academy and College	Radnor Township (Delaware County)	Private	Military Junior College	304	1928
Valley Forge Christian College	Phoenixville	Private	Baccalaureate / Associate's college	609	1939

Private Bible colleges and religious-oriented institutions[]

Name	Location	Control	Religious Affiliation	Enrollment	Founded
Clarks Summit University (Formerly Baptist Bible College and Seminary, and Summit University)	South Abington Township (Lackawanna County)	Private	Independent Baptist	400	1932
Lancaster Bible College	Manheim Township (Lancaster County)	Private	Nondenominational Christianity	1,112	1933
Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University)	Langhorne Manor (Bucks County)	Private	Nondenominational Christianity	1,127	1913
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Private	Haredi Judaism	110	1953
University of Valley Forge	Schuylkill Township (Chester County)	Private	Assemblies of God USA	1,146	1939

Private, for-profit institutions[]

Defunct institutions[]

Includes all not-for-profit schools that have closed since 1960.

• Allegheny University of the Health Sciences (1994–2002) – formed via a merger of Hahnemann Medical College and The Medical College of Pennsylvania; now a part of Drexel University College of Medicine
• Alliance College (1948–1987) – baccalaureate university in Cambridge Springs (Crawford County)
• Combs College of Music (1885–1990) – master's music school in Philadelphia
• Crozer Theological Seminary (1857–1970) – Baptist seminary in Upland (Delaware County)
• Dropsie College (1907–1986) – graduate school of Jewish studies; merged with the University of Pennsylvania to become the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
• Hahnemann Medical College (1849–1994) – merged with The Medical College of Pennsylvania; now a part of Drexel University College of Medicine
• Hershey Junior College (1938–1965) – associate's college in Derry Township (Dauphin County)
• Mary Immaculate Seminary (1939–1990) – Roman Catholic seminary in Lehigh Township (Northampton County)
• Northeastern Christian Junior College (1957–1993) – Bible college affiliated with the Churches of Christ, located in Lower Merion Township (Montgomery County)
• Medical College of Pennsylvania (1850–1994) – merged with Hahnemann Medical College; now a part of Drexel University College of Medicine
• Penn Hall Junior College (1906–1973) – associate's college in Chambersburg
• Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine (1963–1998) – merged with Temple University to become the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine
• Philadelphia University (1884-2017) - Merged with Thomas Jefferson University^[2]
• Pinebrook Junior College (1914–1992) – nondenominational Bible college in Coopersburg (Lehigh County)
• St. Fidelis Seminary (1877–1979) – baccalaureate Roman Catholic university in Summit Township (Butler County)
• Saint Pius X Seminary (1967–2004) – Roman Catholic seminary in Dalton
• Spring Garden College (1851–1992) – baccalaureate university in Philadelphia
• United Wesleyan College (1921–1990) – Bible college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church, located in Allentown
• Villa Marie College (1925–1989) – baccalaureate Roman Catholic university in Erie; merged with Gannon University

See also[]

• List of colleges and universities in Philadelphia
• List of colleges and universities in Pittsburgh
• Higher education in the United States
• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country

References[]

External links[]

• Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Pennsylvania