Penn State Wilkes-Barre
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Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a commonwealth campus
of the Pennsylvania State University
. It is located in Back Mountain, Pennsylvania
.
The Wilkes-Barre Campus can trace its history to 1915 when two top engineers, who were affiliated with Penn State and worked in the coal industry, released a study on the growing need for additional engineers in the region. The next year, faculty from University Park began teaching night classes in the field at an area high school. Until the late 1940s, the school only offered evening courses in mechanical subjects. However, during this era, they began offering standard classes, and in 1953, they made available their first two full associate degrees.
In the mid-1960s, the school moved from its location in a hodgepodge of Downtown Wilkes-Barre buildings to its current suburban campus.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus offers Bachelor's Degrees in the following areas: Administration of Justice, Business, Electrical Engineering Technology, English, Information Science, Letters Arts and Sciences, Organizational Leadership (and adult education curriculum), and Surveying engineering. The school's four-year surveying program remains as the only one in the nation.
Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth Campus
The Pennsylvania State University is a geographically dispersed university system with campuses located throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...
of the Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
. It is located in Back Mountain, Pennsylvania
Back Mountain, Pennsylvania
Back Mountain is a census-designated place in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is near the cities of Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The population was 26,690 at the 2000 census...
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The Wilkes-Barre Campus can trace its history to 1915 when two top engineers, who were affiliated with Penn State and worked in the coal industry, released a study on the growing need for additional engineers in the region. The next year, faculty from University Park began teaching night classes in the field at an area high school. Until the late 1940s, the school only offered evening courses in mechanical subjects. However, during this era, they began offering standard classes, and in 1953, they made available their first two full associate degrees.
In the mid-1960s, the school moved from its location in a hodgepodge of Downtown Wilkes-Barre buildings to its current suburban campus.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus offers Bachelor's Degrees in the following areas: Administration of Justice, Business, Electrical Engineering Technology, English, Information Science, Letters Arts and Sciences, Organizational Leadership (and adult education curriculum), and Surveying engineering. The school's four-year surveying program remains as the only one in the nation.