Education
Currently the municipality has pre-school institutions, elementary, middle and high school, and the following 6 colleges:
- Colegio de Michoacán
- Instituto Tecnológico de La Piedad
- Universidad de León campus La Piedad
- Centro de estudios universitarios Veracruz (Univer) campus La Piedad
- Universidad del Valle de Atemajac campus La Piedad
- Instituto Michoacano de Ciencias de la Educación (IMCED)
Additionally there is a House of Culture, the cultural center piedadense and the Higher School of Music.
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