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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.
What this list includes: On-campus and in-person based class enrollment. Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate and graduate students. Enrollment is counted by the 21st-day headcount, as provided to the United States Department of Education (USDoE) under the Common Data Set program.
The normal schools evolved from state normal schools, to state teacher's colleges, to state colleges. Act 188, which was signed into law on November 12, 1982, and came into effect on July 1, 1983, established the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, and converted those state colleges into universities.
What this list includes: A single Individual campus with a single physical location of a four-year public university within the United States; Enrollment is the sum of the headcount of undergraduate students; Enrollment is counted by the 21st-day headcount, as provided to the United States Department of Education under the Common Data Set program.
Enrollment is the 12-month unduplicated headcount, indicating the number of unique students who attended the university during the year. What this list does not include: Any indication of how many of the enrolled students are full or part-time (e.g., some universities may have a high enrollment, but have most students enrolled in only a single ...
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.
The designation establishes the schools as an "instrumentality of the commonwealth" [1] and provides each university with annual, non-preferred [2] financial appropriations in exchange offering tuition discounts to students who are residents of Pennsylvania and a minority state-representation on each school's board of trustees.
Applying to colleges can be stressful. The outcome of the admission process may affect a student's life and career trajectory considerably. Entrance into top colleges is increasingly competitive, [12] [13] [14] and many students feel immense pressure during their high school years.