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Tra­di­tion­al Schools in Penn­syl­va­nia

alphabetical / by state

100 Traditional Schools in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is popularly known as the Keystone State, an acknowledgement of the commonwealth’s central role in the American Revolution and the formation of the United States. Founded on a royal grant to William Penn, Pennsylvania was a haven for religious nonconformists, including Quakers and Mennonites, due to a religious tolerance law established in its constitution that became a model for American freedom of religion. That history of independence and conscience was in play when Philadelphia was selected for the meeting of the Continental Congress, which drafted the Declaration of Independence, and for the writing of the Constitution. Based on its influence in this era, Pennsylvania has been named the cradle of American independence. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Pennsylvania solidified its heritage as a leader in American life, politics, and industry, trading on its vast natural resources from forestry and textiles to coal mining and petroleum (Pennsylvania was actually the first state to drill an oil well, long before Texas). With the 6th largest gross state product, fueled by numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the biggest banking centers outside of New York City, Pennsylvania is known as one of the most significant economies - and job markets - in the US. Pennsylvania is also a political keystone, as a well-known swing state that often determines the course of US presidential elections. There can be little doubt that one of the nation’s most impressive higher education systems is at the heart of Pennsylvania’s success. The University of Pennsylvania is a member of the Ivy League and one of the most prominent universities in the world - not to mention the second-largest employer in the commonwealth. As a national, private research university, UPenn has been at the center of some of the most important innovations in research and learning in American history. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania is dominated by world-class small liberal arts colleges, like Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and Haverford, institutions that have shaped undergraduate education and defined academic excellence for generations. Elite polytechnics like Carnegie Mellon University, and world-shaping public research universities like Penn State, all form Pennsylvania’s rich history of educational excellence. Pennsylvania’s leadership is America’s leadership, and it’s Pennsylvania’s colleges and universities that prepare that leadership, in government, education, business, and medicine.
Reading, Pennsylvania

Albright College

Meadville, Pennsylvania
63.8
College Consensus
70.2
Student Consensus
57.5
Publisher Consensus

Allegheny College

Reading, Pennsylvania

Alvernia University

Glenside, Pennsylvania

Arcadia University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The University of the Arts

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Bryn Mawr College

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
72.2
College Consensus
78.9
Student Consensus
65.5
Publisher Consensus

Bucknell University

Radnor, Pennsylvania

Cabrini University

Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Cairn University-Langhorne

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
82
College Consensus
79.6
Student Consensus
84.4
Publisher Consensus

Carnegie Mellon University

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Cedar Crest College

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chatham University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chestnut Hill College

Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania

Clarks Summit University

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Com­mon­wealth University of Penn­syl­va­nia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Curtis Institute of Music

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Delaware Valley University

Center Valley, Pennsylvania

DeSales University

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
76.2
College Consensus
78.7
Student Consensus
73.7
Publisher Consensus

Dickinson College