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 a 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 you do to improve
the lives of others. With that goal in mind, they strive 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 “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.”