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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.
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.
The College of Information Sciences and Technology offers graduate degrees at both the master's and doctoral levels. Ph.D. in Informatics [12] – A 38-credit program that takes five years to complete on a full-time basis. The program was renamed from a doctorate in Information Sciences and Technology in March 2018.
Pennsylvania Senate and House legislators have asked AICUP to give official testimony at the State Capitol multiple times on issues concerning higher education. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The organization hosts annual student advocacy days at the Pennsylvania State Capitol that attract hundreds of students from across the state.
Pennsylvania community colleges served 189,000 students in credit programs and over 256,000 students in non-credit programs during the 2005-2006 school year. On average, annual 2005-2006 tuition and fees were $2,327. Many community college students transfer to four-year programs at colleges and universities. [18]
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania (LHU) is a public university in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The main campus covers 200 acres (81 ha) and the branch campus covers 12.9 acres (5.2 ha). [3] It offers 69 undergraduate programs and 4 graduate programs.
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 business education curriculum was approved on December 3, 1937. On December 8, 1939, Shippensburg State Teachers College became the first teachers college in Pennsylvania and the fourth in the United States to be accredited by the Middle States Association of colleges and (Secondary) Schools.