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Pennsylvania Liberal Arts Colleges

There are 35 liberalarts colleges located throughout Pennsylvania (4 public colleges and 31 private colleges), serving 71,382 students.

Pennsylvania Liberal Arts College by County:

Town
College
# Students
  Allentown
Muhlenberg College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,422
  Allentown
Cedar Crest College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,567
  Aston
Neumann University
(Private not-for-profit)
3,100
  Bethlehem
1,875
  Bradford
1,518
  Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,774
  Carlisle
Dickinson College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,397
  Chambersburg
Wilson College
(Private, non-profit)
923
  Collegeville
Ursinus College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,680
  Doylestown
Delaware Valley College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,188
  Easton
Lafayette College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,488
  Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,911
  Erie
Mercyhurst University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,775
  Gettysburg
Gettysburg College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,585
  Greensburg
1,723
  Greensburg
Seton Hill University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,084
  Greenville
Thiel College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,081
  Grove City
Grove City College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,506
  Haverford
Haverford College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,205
  Huntingdon
Juniata College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,565
  Johnstown
2,932
  Lancaster
Franklin And Marshall College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,378
  Latrobe
Saint Vincent College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,766
  Lewisburg
Bucknell University
(Private, non-profit)
3,608
  Meadville
Allegheny College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,140
  Mechanicsburg
Messiah College
(Private not-for-profit)
3,017
  New Wilmington
Westminster College (new Wilmington)
(Private not-for-profit)
1,419
  Pittsburgh
Chatham University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,178
  Reading
Albright College
(Private not-for-profit)
2,232
  Reading
Alvernia University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,891
  Rosemont
Rosemont College
(Private not-for-profit)
893
  Selinsgrove
Susquehanna University
(Private not-for-profit)
2,215
  Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,552
  Washington
1,429
  Williamsport
Lycoming College
(Private not-for-profit)
1,365

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