A Dynamic Penn State College
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At Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, more than 4,400 students benefit from the opportunities and prestige of a major research university set in the atmosphere of student-centered college. Students can choose from thirty-three baccalaureate majors and twenty-two minors, six associate degree programs, and two graduate programs: a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), and a Master of Project Management (M.P.M.).
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Among our notable distinctions, the 2004 National Survey of High School Guidance Counselors ranks Penn State Behrend among the Top Sixty Schools in the country in its Best Value for Your Tuition Dollar category.
Students and faculty enjoy the beauty of the college's 725-acre campus located only minutes away from the heart of Pennsylvania's fourth-largest city. Penn State Behrend has offered four-year degrees for thirty years.
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As a Land Grant institution, the college is also uniquely positioned to advance Northwestern Pennsylvania's economic and social welfare. Students engage in the college's mission of teaching, research, and service by regularly participating in applied research and service projects. A recent addition to campus is Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie. This 200-acre research and development park houses knowledge-based companies that benefit from the site's superior technological infrastructure and Penn State's strengths in applied research and technology transfer.
Campus life is enriched by more than 100 clubs and organizations, ranging from the Astronomy Club to the Behrend Beacon to the Society of Women Engineers. In addition to twenty-one varsity teams (ten for men and eleven for women), Behrend offers nineteen intramural sports. Modern facilities include an indoor athletics and recreation center, library and academic building, engineering complex, chapel and carillon, observatory, child care center, and baseball and softball complex. On-campus housing for 1,650 students includes two new residence halls.
Penn State Behrend Offers Students Impressive Set of New Facilities
Penn State Behrend is a dynamic campus college in the Penn State system. Our story of success in recent years includes development of these new facilities:
-- A $10.2 million athletics and recreation center.
-- Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie, which provides area residents and students job opportunities with leading-edge technology companies. Located within Knowledge Park is Penn State Behrend's nationally accredited Child Care Center.
-- Two state-of-the-art residence halls.
-- A multi-faith chapel and carillon.
-- An observatory and telescope.
-- A $900,000 baseball and softball complex.
-- The new $30 million Research and Economic Development Center. The center houses the Black School of Business and the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology under one (very large) roof.
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