The Pennsylvania State University (PSU)

At Penn State, success is fueled by curiosity, collaboration, and a drive to make a difference. Join our community—more than 775,000 strong—dedicated to shaping a better world through education, research, and service. "Pennsylvania State" re esearch, and service. "Pennsylvania State" redirects here. For the U.S. state, see Pennsylvania. This article is about the state public research university of Pennsylvania. For the list of universities in Pennsylvania, see List of colleges and universities in Pennsylvania. For state owned public universities in Pennsylvania, see Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. For the main campus, see Penn State University Park. Not to be confused with University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania State University Former name Farmer's High School of Pennsylvania (1855–1862) Agricultural College of Pennsylvania (1862–1874) The Pennsylvania State College (1874–1953) Dickinson School of Law (1834–2000) The Chestnut Street Female Seminary (1850–1883) The Ogontz School for Girls (1883–1950) Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute (1930–1958) Pennsylvania State Forest Academy (1903–1929) Motto "Making Life Better" On seal: "Virtue, Liberty, and Independence" Type Public state-related land-grant research university Established February 22, 1855; 169 years ago Accreditation MSCHE Academic affiliations AAUORAUUARCURASea-grantSpace-grantSun-grant Endowment $4.5 billion (2022)[1] Budget $8.6 billion (2022-23)[2] Chairperson Matthew W. Schuyler[3] President Neeli Bendapudi[4] Provost Justin Schwartz[5] Academic staff 8,002[6] Administrative staff 17,218[6] Students 89,816[7][8] • 46,723 (University Park) Undergraduates 74,446[7] • 39,809 (University Park) Postgraduates 14,039[7] • 6,092 (University Park) Doctoral students 1,331[7] Location University Park, Pennsylvania, United States 40°47′54″N 77°51′36″W Campus Small city, 7,343 acres (2,972 ha) Total (statewide), 22,484 acres (9,099 ha)[9] Other campuses AbingtonGreater AlleghenyAltoonaBeaverBerksBrandywineCarlisleDuBoisErieFayetteGreat ValleyHarrisburgHazletonHersheyLehigh ValleyMont AltoNew KensingtonScrantonSchuylkillShenangoWilkes-BarreYork Newspaper The Daily CollegianOnward StateThe Altoona Collegiate ReviewThe RoarThe Lion's EyeThe Behrend Beacon Colors Blue and white Nickname Nittany LionsLady LionsBehrend LionsRoaring LionsLions Sporting affiliations NCAA Division I FBS – Big TenEIVAAHAAMCCMPSFCWPAUECPSUACMAISA Mascot Nittany Lion Website www.psu.edu Edit this at Wikidata ASN 3999 Edit this at Wikidata U.S. National Register of Historic Places Official name Ag Hill Complex Type Building Criteria Event, Architecture/Engineering Designated January 12, 1979[10] Reference no. 79002191 U.S. National Register of Historic Places Official name Farmers' High School Type District Criteria Event, Architecture/Engineering Designated September 11, 1981[11] Reference no. 81000538 Pennsylvania Historical Marker Official name Pennsylvania State University, The Type Roadside Designated April 30, 1947[12] The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania,[13] Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863. Its primary campus, known as Penn State University Park, is located in State College and College Township. In addition to its land-grant designation, the university is a sea-grant, space-grant, and one of only six sun-grant universities. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU).[14][15] The university has two law schools: Penn State Law on the school's University Park campus and Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle. The College of Medicine is in Hershey. The university maintains 19 commonwealth campuses and five special mission campuses located across Pennsylvania.[16] The university competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the NCAA for most of its athletic teams, known collectively as the Penn State Nittany Lions. Since its founding, Penn State has won 82 national collegiate team championships, including 54 NCAA titles across all sports, and Penn State students, alumni, faculty, and coaches have won a total of 60 Olympic medals, including 17 gold medals.