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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 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education consists of fully state-owned institutions.
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.
Before the legal creation of state-related universities and colleges in the 1960s, Lincoln University, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh were fully private universities. [5] Temple and Pitt were granted state-related status by acts of the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1965 and 1966, respectively.
Pages in category "Public universities and colleges in Pennsylvania" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Pennsylvania State University;
1.2 Four-year colleges and universities. ... Orleans Technical College; Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, ... Thomas Edison State University, Trenton, ...
Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania by county (47 C) Universities and colleges in the New York metropolitan area (21 C, 1 P) Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania by populated place (5 C, 1 P)