In 2002, Penn State offered its first online liberal arts degree program. Over the past 20 years, the majors available in the liberal arts have expanded to more than a dozen, including history, law, psychology, economics, and political science.
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The fall graduates of the Penn State World Campus Class of 2022 consist of 1,376 students from 95 different programs.
For the past 15 years, the community and economic development master’s program has helped students confront the challenges faced by community economic development practitioners.
Penn State World Campus has been recognized as a Guard-Friendly School by an organization devoted to supporting the members of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The Pennsylvania National Guard Associations (PNGAS) designated Penn State World Campus as a Guard-Friendly School that creates a supportive learning environment for Guard members who are pursuing post-secondary education. This is…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s 11th annual Military Appreciation Week honors all active-duty and veteran service members, and this year highlights University faculty and staff members who serve or have served in the U.S. armed forces. Military Appreciation Week features a series of events starting November 4 and concludes at the Penn State military…
Greg Bowden and Matthew Allen each received the 2022 Penn State World Campus Outstanding Alumnus Award.
READING, Pa. — When sisters and Penn State Berks graduates Nicol Varona Cancelmo, class of 2013, and Cory Varona-Corniel, class of 2011, were growing up in the Dominican Republic, they hated their curly hair, and they spent years fighting it with chemical straightening. As adults, though, they came to embrace its natural texture, and they…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sean Collins wants his children to inherit a planet with a future, and that’s why he enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Energy and Sustainability Policy, a program offered exclusively online by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences through Penn State World Campus. He recently participated in a trip…
Penn State World Campus is offering a new online master’s degree program that focuses on public health. The Master of Public Health is a 42-credit program that aims to increase knowledge and skills in leadership, program management, public health systems, communication, and evidence-based public health. Students can learn how to employ critical thinking to create…
Penn State World Campus has been recognized as a top-5 school by Military Times, a media organization that serves the military community.