Education in Philadelphia - Higher Education

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.

Colleges and Universities within the city:

  • The Art Institute of Philadelphia
  • Chestnut Hill College
  • Community College of Philadelphia
  • Curtis Institute of Music
  • Drexel University
  • Holy Family University
  • La Salle University
  • Moore College of Art and Design
  • Peirce College
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Philadelphia University
  • The Restaurant School
  • Saint Joseph's University
  • Temple University
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • University of the Arts
  • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
  • University of Pennsylvania

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
  • 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
  • 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 College, in Aston, Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania State University, in Abington and Media, Pennsylvania, with a graduate campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania
  • Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in Wyncote, Pennsylvania
  • Rosemont College, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
  • Rowan University, in Glassboro and Camden, New Jersey
  • Rutgers University, in Camden, New Jersey
  • Swarthmore College, in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
  • Temple University, in Ambler, Pennsylvania
  • Temple University's Tyler School of Art, in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (School of Osteopathic Medicine), in Stratford, New Jersey
  • Ursinus College, in Collegeville, 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

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