With 24 campuses throughout Pennsylvania, Penn State is the
largest school in the Pennsylvania state system. It is a leader in higher
education and carries out its mission of teaching, research, and service with
pride and focus on the future. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle
for all academic activity at Penn State University, allowing the pursuit of scholarly
activity in an open, honest, and responsible manner. Penn State teaches
students that the real measure of success is what is done to improve the lives
of others. With that goal in mind, Penn State strives to produce hard-working
leaders with a global perspective and to conduct research to improve lives.
Penn State enrolls over 100,000 students, employs 17,000 faculty and staff
members and has over one-half million active alumni. It boasts the largest
student-run philanthropic organization on the planet.
U.S. News & World Report named Penn State the No. 1 school for
the “
Best Online Bachelor’s Programs in the Country” and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named Penn
State as one of the “100 Best Values in Public Education.”