Pennsylvania Public Two-Year Colleges

Junior Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Schools

The State of Pennsylvania administers its own system of higher education which operate at least two tiers of public colleges. One being the community colleges in Pennsylvania, sometimes called Pennsylvania junior colleges, or Pennsylvania technical institutes, and so-called "four-year" Pennsylvania colleges which award bachelor's and master's degrees. The "two-year" community educational institutions provide post-secondary education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees in Pennsylvania. The name, "community colleges" derives from the fact that "two-year" colleges primarily accept, and attract, students from the Pennsylvania local community

While the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a long and rich tradition of public postsecondary institutions going back to the earliest days of the nation's history, community colleges are a relatively recent addition with the establishment of the first college in 1964. Years of debate in the legislature and a number of different bills calling for the establishment of community colleges finally resulted in legislation in 1963, authorizing the establishment of public community colleges with local sponsors, whether a city, county or local school district. The resulting 15 public community colleges are locally autonomous, locally sponsored and locally controlled. Co-existing with the community colleges across the state is a system of two-year branch campuses of Pennsylvania State University.

Pennsylvania College Degrees, Certificates, & Diplomas

Pennsylvania Community Colleges and Two Year Colleges

Bucks County Community College (Newtown, PA)
Butler County Community College (Butler, PA)
Cambria County Area Community College
Central Pennsylvania College (Summerdale, PA)
Community College of Allegheny County
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Monroeville, PA
- Braddock, PA
- West Mifflin, PA
- Bethel Park, PA
- Washington, PA
Community College of Beaver County
- Monaca, PA
- Beaver Falls, PA
Community College of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Delaware County Community College
Harcum College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
Harrisburg Area Community College
- Harrisburg, PA
- Lancaster, PA
- Lebanon, PA
- Gettysburg, PA
- York, PA
Lackawanna College
Lehigh Carbon Community College (Schnecksville, PA)
Luzerne County Community College
- Berwick, PA
- Carbondale, PA
- Elk Lake, PA
- Hazleton, PA
- Honesdale, PA
- Kulpmont, PA
- Nanticoke, PA
- Old Forge, PA
- Pittston, PA
- Shamolein, PA
- Susquehanna, PA
- Tuckhannock, PA
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
Manor Junior College (Jenkintown, PA)
Montgomery County Community College
- Blue Bell, PA
- Pottstown, PA
Northampton Community College (Bethlehem, PA)
Peirce College (Philadelphia, PA)
Pennsylvania College of Technology (Williamsport, PA)
Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA)
Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology (Lancaster, PA)
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville (2-year campus) (Titusville, PA)
Valley Forge Military College (Wayne, PA)
Westmoreland County Community College (Youngwood, PA)

Pennsylvania Colleges

Colleges and universities in Pennsylvania share a long tradition of academic excellence and cultural stimulation. But this makes perfect sense when one realizes that the various campuses spread throughout the state all have easy access to major cities (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, New York, and Washington) and easy access to rural countryside.

DeVry University

Strayer University

PA Online Degrees

A college degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by Pennsylvania institutions of higher education, such as colleges or universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.

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