ABOUT EDUCATION IN HARRISBURG

The City of Harrisburg functions as the Capital City for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as the major residential, cultural, financial, tourism and legal hub for the region. In more recent years, the City has evolved into a major center for secondary and higher education. Significant and diverse learning opportunities abound within the City, as well as the metropolitan area. As such, Harrisburg’s historic renaissance and future are intertwined with education- primary, secondary and higher education.

In addition to the continually improving public education system within the City, which includes the innovative and dynamic Science and Technology High School, Harrisburg is home to numerous nationally prominent institutions of secondary and higher education, most notably the new Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, and the highly-acclaimed Harrisburg Area Community College, now branded as HACC: Central Pennsylvania’s Community College.

The City is also home to numerous other institutions of secondary and higher education also exist within the City limits, creating a synergistic mass of learning entities, including:

• The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Dixon University Center (a collaborative campus that includes all schools within the state system, as well as several other universities and colleges). The Center also offers corporate professional training through its Corporate University (CorpU) program. Affiliated colleges and universities include Bloomsburg, California, Cheney, Edinboro, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield and Slippery Rock Universities, as well as Elizabethtown College, Shippensburg University, Clarion University, Millersville University, West Chester University, Indiana University, East Stroudsburg University, Saint Francis University and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine;
  
• Penn State Harrisburg EastGate Center
  
• Temple University Harrisburg
  
• Messiah College’s Harrisburg Institute
  

Known for being a great place to live, work, play, invest and visit, Harrisburg remains dedicated to the "adult learner," by offering an abundance of excellent educational choices when it comes to secondary and/or higher education.

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