Pitt, CMU and IUP land spots on Pennsylvania college ranking list
In yet another in the long list of college rankings — this one naming the top 10 colleges in Pennsylvania — Pitt, Carnegie Mellon and Indiana University of Pennsylvania all earned places of honor.
But the top spot on College Magazine’s Top 10 Colleges in Pennsylvania goes not to Pitt, CMU or the state’s sole entry in the Ivy League, the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn State cinched first place in the rankings. The state’s flagship land grant university has 18 branch campuses, an enrollment of 96,000 graduate and undergraduate students, and 127 alumni chapters around the world.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, one of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities, which boasts an enrollment of about 10,000 students, came in 10th, right after Carnegie Mellon, with about 14,800 students. The University of Pittsburgh, with three branch campuses and about 32,000 students, was ranked 4th.
President Donald Trump’s alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, ranked 2nd after Penn State.
Others rounding out the list included Lehigh University, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Villanova University and Susquehanna University.
Higher education is big business in Pennsylvania, which is home to about 110 public and private four-year universities.
Deb Erdley is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Deb at derdley@triblive.com.
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