Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses

The Pennsylvania State University is a geographically dispersed university system with campuses located throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. While the administrative hub of the university is located at its flagship campus, University Park, 19 additional commonwealth campuses enroll 39.0 percent of Penn State's undergraduate student population.[1]

Organization

Under the present administrative structure, enacted by the Penn State Board of Trustees in 2005, the 19 undergraduate campuses (not including University Park and Penn State's special-mission campus, the Pennsylvania College of Technology) are overseen by the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses. Each campus is led by a chancellor (a position that replaced the existing titles of campus dean and campus executive officer) who reports to the Vice President.[2]

While all 19 campuses are considered part of Penn State's Commonwealth campus system, only five are full-fledged four-year colleges. Those five are Penn State Abington, Penn State Altoona, Penn State Berks, Penn State Behrend, and Penn State Harrisburg. The other fourteen campuses are two-year campuses referred to collectively as the University College. These campuses, while having their own chancellor, also report to the Dean of the University College, a position concurrently held by the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses.

List of Commonwealth campuses

The first two years of education for any Penn State major are available at all campuses; however, some majors can only be completed at specific campuses.

CampusLocationEnrollment[3]Year
established		NicknameAthletics (Affiliation)
Penn State Abington1Abington, Pennsylvania3,4251950Nittany LionsNEAC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State AltoonaLogan Township, Pennsylvania4,1051939Nittany LionsAMCC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State BeaverMonaca, Pennsylvania8701965Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Behrend3Erie, Pennsylvania4,6001948LionsAMCC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State BerksSpring Township, Pennsylvania2,8731958Nittany LionsNEAC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State Brandywine2Media, Pennsylvania1,6301967Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania7951935Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State FayetteUniontown, Pennsylvania9571934Roaring LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Greater Allegheny4McKeesport, Pennsylvania7011948LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital CollegeMiddletown, Pennsylvania4,2691966LionsCapital (CAC) (NCAA Division III)
Penn State HazletonHazleton, Pennsylvania1,1721934Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, Pennsylvania9421912Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, Pennsylvania1,2171903Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, Pennsylvania8011958Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania1,0121934Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Scranton6Dunmore, Pennsylvania1,2701923Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Shenango5Sharon, Pennsylvania6511965LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Wilkes-BarreLehman, Pennsylvania6831916Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania1,3291926Nittany LionsPSUAC (USCAA)
Notes
  1. - formerly Penn State Ogontz
  2. - formerly Penn State Delaware County
  3. - colloquially referred to simply as "Behrend"
  4. - formerly Penn State McKeesport
  5. - formerly Penn State Shenango Valley
  6. - formally Penn State Worthington Scranton

See also

References

  1. ↑ University Budget Office. "Percent of Enrollment by Location Fall 2016". Penn State Fact Book. Penn State University. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Office of University Relations (2005-05-13). "Plan for administrative reorganization approved by Penn State Board of Trustees". Penn State University. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  3. ↑ Total Enrollment by Location Fall 2011
  • Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. "University College: Campus Descriptions". Faculty Handbook. Penn State University. Archived from the original on 2006-09-10. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  • Bezilla, Michael (1985). "Beyond University Park". Penn State: An Illustrated History. Archived from the original on 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
  • Campuses of Penn State Accessed 23 November 2005
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