Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.
- Notes
- - formerly Penn State Ogontz
- - formerly Penn State Delaware County
- - colloquially referred to simply as "Behrend"
- - formerly Penn State McKeesport
- - formerly Penn State Shenango Valley
See also
References
- ↑ University Budget Office. "Percent of Enrollment by Location Fall 2010". Penn State Fact Book. Penn State University. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ↑ Office of University Relations (2005-05-13). "Plan for administrative reorganization approved by Penn State Board of Trustees". Penn State University. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- ↑ Total Enrollment by Location Fall 2011
- Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. "University College: Campus Descriptions". Faculty Handbook. Penn State University. Archived from the original on 2006-09-10. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- Bezilla, Michael (1985). "Beyond University Park". Penn State: An Illustrated History. Archived from the original on 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-02-10.
- Campuses of Penn State Accessed 23 November 2005
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