Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses

Not to be confused with the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.

• Erie

• Brandywine

• Abington

• Great Valley

• Berks

• Fayette

• Mont Alto

• York

• Harrisburg

• Lehigh

• Schuylkill

• Hazleton

• Wilkes-Barre

• Worthington Scranton

• University Park

• Altoona

• DuBois

• Shenango

• Beaver

• New Kensington

• Greater Allegheny

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 38.9 percent of Penn State's undergraduate student population.

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.

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 Erie, 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.

Campus	Location	Enrollment	Year Established	Nickname	Athletics (Affiliation)
Penn State Abington1	Abington, Pennsylvania	3,425	1950	Nittany Lions	NEAC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State Altoona	Logan Township, Pennsylvania	4,105	1939	Nittany Lions	AMCC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State Beaver	Monaca, Pennsylvania	870	1965	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Berks	Spring Township, Pennsylvania	2,873	1958	Nittany Lions	NEAC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State Brandywine2	Media, Pennsylvania	1,630	1967	Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State DuBois	DuBois, Pennsylvania	795	1935	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College3	Erie, Pennsylvania	4,600	1948	Lions	AMCC (NCAA Division III)
Penn State Fayette	Uniontown, Pennsylvania	957	1934	Roaring Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Greater Allegheny4	McKeesport, Pennsylvania	701	1948	Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College	Middletown, Pennsylvania	4,269	1966	Lions	Capital (CAC) (NCAA Division III)
Penn State Hazleton	Hazleton, Pennsylvania	1,172	1934	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Lehigh Valley	Center Valley, Pennsylvania	942	1912	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Mont Alto	Mont Alto, Pennsylvania	1,217	1903	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State New Kensington	New Kensington, Pennsylvania	801	1958	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Schuylkill	Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania	1,012	1934	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Shenango5	Sharon, Pennsylvania	651	1965	Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Wilkes-Barre	Lehman, Pennsylvania	683	1916	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State Worthington Scranton	Dunmore, Pennsylvania	1,270	1923	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (USCAA)
Penn State York	York, Pennsylvania	1,329	1926	Nittany Lions	PSUAC (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

See also

• Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

References

• Campuses of Penn State Accessed 23 November 2005

External links

• Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses