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Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a rich and storied history. This history began with Benjamin Franklin's founding of the University of Pennsylvania as European styled school and America's first university. Today's Philadelphia region is home to nearly 300,000 college students, numerous private and parochial secondary schools, and the 8th largest school disctrict in the country.
[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.
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Colleges and Universities within the city:
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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
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