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."
Penn College welcomes new employees
May 29, 2026
Penn College News continues its regular feature, welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the…
Penn College hosts successful Take Your Child to Work Day
May 28, 2026
Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted 36 children for Take Your Child to Work Day.
Dental hygiene student org hosts continuing ed event
May 28, 2026
Eighty-four Penn College dental hygiene alumni and 20 students were among those attending a recent continuing education event hosted by Penn College’s Student…
‘100 Miles’ showcases diversity and quality of regional art
May 28, 2026
The Gallery at Penn College will host "100 Miles," showcasing the diversity and quality of art created by emerging, early-career and established artists living…
College hosts fourth Rotorfest
May 27, 2026
Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomed nearly 400 K-12 students to 14 schools for its fourth Rotorfest. The event, organized by students from the college’s…
College donates laptops in support of dual enrollment class
May 27, 2026
Funding from a state Dual Credit Innovation Grant Program has allowed Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Secondary Partnerships office to donate five laptops…
Former college board member dies
May 27, 2026
David N. Wormley, a former member of the Penn College Board of Directors, died May 19 in Lancaster. He was 86.
Remco Inc. endows scholarship at Penn College
May 22, 2026
One of the mid-Atlantic’s largest providers of construction and maintenance services recently honored its retiring president by endowing a scholarship in his…
Keeping rail travel safe
May 22, 2026
From the Spring 2026 Penn College Magazine: As the director of safety & security technology for Amtrak, Patrick Butler ’07 leads the team that keeps thousands…
Students take their service-learning project on the road
May 21, 2026
For the second year, Pennsylvania College of Technology physical therapist assistant students completed a successful service-learning project that gave them an…
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.
