Education in Philadelphia

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Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is provided by many private and public institutions.

[edit] Public schools

Philadelphia is served by the School District of Philadelphia.

[edit] Private schools

William Penn Charter School was founded by Penn in 1689, and is the oldest Quaker school in the nation. Philadelphia is home to the most extensive Catholic education system in the nation. Along with hundreds of parish-based elementary schools, there are also twelve Catholic high schools within the city ranging from Archdiocesan high schools to private Catholic high schools. All of the Catholic schools are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

See also: Philadelphia Catholic League

Girard College (actually a primary and secondary educational institution) was endowed by French-American merchant, mariner and banker, Stephen Girard, opening its doors to disadvantaged youth in 1848.

[edit] Higher education

Philadelphia is one of the largest college towns in the U.S., with over 120,000 college and university students enrolled within the city limits and nearly 300,000 in the metropolitan area.

Colleges and Universities within the city: The Art Institute of Philadelphia [1] Chestnut Hill College Community College of Philadelphia Curtis Institute of Music Drexel University Holy Family University Hussian School of Art La Salle University Moore College of Art Peirce College Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia University Wine School of Philadelphia The Restaurant School Saint Joseph's University Temple University Thomas Jefferson University University of the Arts University of the Sciences in Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania

Colleges and universities near Philadelphia include: Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College), in Glenside, Pennsylvania Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Bucks County Community College, with campuses in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Perkasie, Pennsylvania Cabrini College, in Radnor Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, in Cheyney, Pennsylvania Delaware County Community College [2], located in Marple Township, Pennsylvania Delaware Valley College, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania Eastern University (formerly Eastern College), in St. David's, Pennsylvania Gratz College, in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania Haverford College, in Haverford, Pennsylvania Immaculata University, in Malvern, Pennsylvania Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Lincoln University, located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania Manor College, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Montgomery County Community College, in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Neumann College, in Aston, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University, in Abington and Media, Pennsylvania, with a graduate campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, Pennsylvania Rosemont College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Rowan University, in Glassboro and Camden, New Jersey Rutgers University, in Camden, New Jersey Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Temple University, in Ambler, Pennsylvania Temple University's Tyler School of Art, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (School of Osteopathic Medicine), in Stratford, New Jersey Ursinus College, in Collegeville, Pennsylvania Villanova University, in Villanova, Pennsylvania West Chester University of Pennsylvania, in West Chester, Pennsylvania Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania Widener University, in Chester, Pennsylvania

Colleges and Universities in Metropolitan Philadelphia

Arcadia University • Art Institute of Philadelphia • Bryn Mawr College • Cabrini College • Chestnut Hill College • Cheyney University • Curtis Institute of Music • Delaware Valley College • Drexel University • Eastern University • Gratz College • Gwynedd-Mercy College • Haverford College • Holy Family University • Immaculata University • La Salle University • Lincoln University • Manor College • Moore College of Art and Design • Neumann College • Peirce College • Penn State Abington • Penn State Delaware County • Penn State Great Valley • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Pennsylvania College of Optometry • Philadelphia Biblical University • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine • Philadelphia University • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College • The Restaurant School • Rosemont College • Saint Joseph's University • Swarthmore College • Temple University • Thomas Jefferson University • Tyler School of Art • University of the Arts • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia • University of Pennsylvania • Ursinus College • Valley Forge Christian College • Villanova University • West Chester University • Westminster Theological Seminary • Widener University