Education in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a rich and storied history. This history began with Benjamin Franklin's founding of the University of Pennsylvania as European styled school and America's first university. Today's Philadelphia region is home to nearly 300,000 college students, numerous private and parochial secondary schools, and the 8th largest school district in the country.
Public schools system: School District of Philadelphia
Main page: School District of Philadelphia
See also: List of schools of the School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia is served by the School District of Philadelphia, which operates 242 of the city's public schools, including 163 elementary schools, 23 middle schools, and 56 high schools.
The school district is governed by the five-member School Reform Commission. The commission was established in December 2001, when oversight of the district was taken over by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Governor of Pennsylvania appoints three of the members, and the Mayor of Philadelphia appoints two members of the commission.
There are 84 independently operated charter schools, which make up the remainder of the public schools in Philadelphia. Charter schools are authorized by the School District of Philadelphia, and are accountable to it.
Parochial schools
Philadelphia is home to the most extensive Catholic education system in the United States. Along with hundreds of parish-based elementary schools, there are also twelve Catholic high schools within the city ranging from Archdiocesan high schools to private Catholic high schools. All of the Catholic schools are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
See also: Philadelphia Catholic League
Higher education
Philadelphia is one of the largest college towns in the U.S., with over 120,000 college and university students enrolled within the city limits and nearly 300,000 in the metropolitan area.
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Colleges and Universities within the city:
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Colleges and universities near Philadelphia include:
- Arcadia University (formerly Beaver College), in Glenside, Pennsylvania
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
- Bryn Mawr College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Bucks County Community College, with campuses in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Perkasie, Pennsylvania
- Cabrini College, in Radnor
- Cairn University (formerly Philadelphia Biblical University), in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
- College of New Jersey, Ewing Township, New Jersey
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, in Cheyney, Pennsylvania
- Delaware County Community College, located in Marple Township, Pennsylvania
- Delaware Valley College, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- Eastern University (formerly Eastern College), in St. David's, Pennsylvania
- Gratz College, in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania
- Gwynedd Mercy University, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
- Harcum College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Haverford College, in Haverford, Pennsylvania
- Immaculata University, in Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania
- Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Lincoln University, located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
- Manor College, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County Community College, in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
- Neumann University, in Aston, Pennsylvania
- Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey
- Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, in Media, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University - (Abington Campus) in Abington, the (Brandywine Campus) in Media, and the (Great Valley Graduate School) in Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, Pennsylvania
- Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
- Rosemont College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Rowan University, in Glassboro and Camden, New Jersey
- Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, in Stratford, New Jersey
- Rutgers University - (Camden Campus), in Camden, New Jersey
- St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
- Salus University, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
- Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- Temple University - Ambler Campus, in Ambler, Pennsylvania
- University of Delaware, in Newark, Delaware
- Ursinus College, in Collegeville, Pennsylvania
- Valley Forge Military Academy and College, in Wayne, Pennsylvania
- Villanova University, in Villanova, Pennsylvania
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania, in West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania
- Widener University, in Chester, Pennsylvania
- Widener University School of Law, in Wilmington, Delaware
- Wilmington University, in Wilmington, Delaware
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