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The following is a list of for-profit colleges and universities in Pennsylvania. Only schools with a physical campus within the state are listed. For public and private, not-for-profit schools, see List of colleges and universities in Pennsylvania .
Westminster College is a private liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1852, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) . The student population includes approximately 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students.
The Pitt-Johnstown campus is situated in a suburban, wooded setting occupying 650 acres (2.6 km 2) which makes UPJ physically the third-largest campus in Pennsylvania. It is located eight miles (13 km) outside of Johnstown, Pennsylvania (metropolitan population of 110,000); 70 miles (110 km) east of Pittsburgh; and 175 miles (282 km) north of ...
Thiel College (/ t iː l /, / t iː əl /) is a private college in Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ 3 ] and is one of the smallest colleges in the region with about 100 full-time and part-time faculty members.
York College of Pennsylvania traces its institutional lineage to the York County Academy, a school opened in the 1770s in downtown York, Pennsylvania that was connected to St. John's Episcopal Church, which was led by Rev. John Andrews, D.D. [5] In 1787, the school received its charter from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and was incorporated as the York County Academy.
Robert Morris University originated in 1921 as the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, founded by Andrew Blass using a curriculum similar to what he had overseen as dean of the Pace Institute in Washington, D.C. [5] His successor, C.W. Salmond, oversaw an expansion in 1935 that added business and secretarial studies, and the school was renamed the Robert Morris School of Business in honor of the ...
Wilson was one of the first colleges in the U.S. to accept only female students. Its 1870 promotional materials stated that the college was a place for women "to be leaders, not followers, in society". [9] [10] Instruction began in 1870, with the first academic degree awarded in 1874. [11] The college was modeled after the Seven Sisters ...