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This is a list of colleges and universities operated or sponsored by Baptist organizations. Many of these organizations are members of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU), which has 47 member schools in 16 states, including 44 colleges and universities, 2 Bible schools, and 1 theological seminary.
The Pennsylvania State University was founded on February 22, 1855 by act P.L.46, No.50 of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. Centre County became the home of the new school when James Irvin of Bellefonte donated 200 acres (809,000 m 2 ) of land and sold the trustees 200 acres ...
Rhode Island College was founded by Baptists in 1764, and in 1804 it was renamed Brown University in honor of a benefactor. Brown was especially liberal in welcoming young men from other denominations. The Academy of Pennsylvania, a secondary school, was founded in 1749 by Benjamin Franklin and other civic-minded leaders in Philadelphia. In ...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania , [ 13 ] Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863.
State College evolved from a village to a town to serve the needs of Pennsylvania State College, which was founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania. State College was incorporated as a borough on August 29, 1896, and it has grown with the college, which was renamed The Pennsylvania State University in 1953.
Penn State Beaver: Monaca, Pennsylvania: 496 1965 Nittany Lions: Penn State (PSUAC) USCAA: Penn State Erie, The Behrend College [b] Erie, Pennsylvania: 3,368 1948 Lions: Allegheny Mountain (AMCC) NCAA Division III: Penn State Berks: Spring Township, Pennsylvania: 1,925 1958 Nittany Lions: United East (UEC) NCAA Division III: Penn State ...
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 ...
Two of Pennsylvania's largest public schools were founded in the mid-to-late 19th century. The Pennsylvania State University was founded in 1855, and in 1863 the school became Pennsylvania's land-grant university under the terms of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts.