98%
2023-24 Graduation Placement Rate
16
Average Class Size
71K
Penn College Alumni Worldwide
Pennsylvania College of Technology ranks among the best colleges in the U.S.:
| #1 | in Most Innovative Schools |
| #1 | in Best Colleges for Veterans |
| #3 | in Top Public Schools |
| #4 | in Regional Colleges North |
When you invest in a college education, you want to know that your hard work will pay off. At Penn College, it will.
What began as an effort to fight joblessness during the Great Depression has now made us a national leader in applied technology education. Learn more about our story over the last century.
Read stories about how our Wildcats have paved their own way.
Student
Emergency Management & Homeland Security
After his teammate went into cardiac arrest on the lacrosse field, Colten knew he wanted to pursue a career that would allow him to care for those in need.
Faculty
Biomedical & Prehospital
He believes that new discoveries are born from unbridled curiosity and lifelong learning is the mindset of success
Student
Aviation
Lauren thought she wanted to go to college far away from home. After touring the aviation hangar and hearing about the hands-on approach, she realized her best opportunity was closer than she imagined.
"The talent, passion and expertise on this campus is truly inspiring. Collectively, we will seek untapped opportunities, embrace change, and solve complex challenges in order to continually improve."
147 employers connect with 500 students during Spring Recruitment Days
April 29, 2026
Nearly 150 employers attended Career Services’ Recruitment Days this spring to interact with Penn College’s tomorrow makers and fill vital roles in their…
Penn College softball team ‘all-in’
April 29, 2026
Regular and postseason playoff success have been a way of life for Penn College softball teams throughout this century. This season, under Amber Savage, in her…
Concrete classes continue campus, community impact
April 28, 2026
Students in Concrete Construction classes have spent the semester practicing their craft through real-world challenges – meanwhile helping the college and the…
And they're off!
April 28, 2026
A contingent of Penn College business and hospitality students – along with faculty and Le Jeune Chef staff – left campus Monday morning and traveled by bus to…
Capstone achievement
April 28, 2026
From the Spring 2026 Penn College Magazine: 2024 engineering design technology graduate Zachary C. Moore’s inspired senior project to help those wearing…
Penn College lacrosse team reaching new heights
April 27, 2026
At 13-4 overall – and tying its most successful regular season in program history, a record set a year ago – the Penn College men’s lacrosse team finds itself…
Arts Center receives Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield grant
April 27, 2026
The Journey Bank Community Arts Center was awarded a $2,500 grant from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. These funds will be used to support the 2026-27…
Student exhibition opens at The Gallery at Penn College
April 27, 2026
“Graphic Design 2026” opens Thursday, April 30, at The Gallery at Penn College and runs through May 8. The exhibition showcases the work of graduating seniors…
Children’s Learning Center celebrates Earth Day
April 27, 2026
To help the Children’s Learning Center celebrate Earth Day, Penn College horticulturalist Ben Myers led toddlers in an outdoor scavenger hunt and helped the…
Spotlight on Sports: Golf gets fourth straight conference title
April 27, 2026
The golf team made it four in a row United East Conference Championship titles, men’s and women’s tennis advanced to the conference semifinals, and the lacrosse…
Our cutting-edge facilities are where learning, creating, and innovating happen. We believe providing top-of-the-line equipment gives you the best pathway for success.
There’s lots to love about our home in Williamsport like an awesome downtown plus the College-owned performing arts venue, art gallery, and casual fine-dining restaurant.
We acknowledge that the land on which we live, work, and learn is the ancestral home of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee, Iroquoian-speaking Susquehannocks, and the Lenni Lenape (Delaware). We too recognize their Woodland period ancestors. We are grateful for their stewardship and management of this land over thousands of years and promote this recognition in honor and respect of that caretaking.
As a special mission affiliate of Penn State, our role is clear—to deliver transformative hands-on education that will spark meaningful opportunities for our graduates and the industries within our commonwealth.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is an accredited institution and a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE or the Commission). Pennsylvania College of Technology's accreditation status is Accreditation Reaffirmed. The Commission’s most recent action on the institution’s accreditation status on June 23, 2022 was to reaffirm accreditation.
MSCHE is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to conduct accreditation and pre-accreditation (candidate status) activities for institutions of higher education including distance, correspondence education, and direct assessment programs offered at those institutions. The Commission’s geographic area of accrediting activities is throughout the United States.
