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Abington Campus Not On Penn State Closure List
Some of Pennsylvania State University's 20 campuses across the state will close under a plan announced by school officials on Tuesday.
ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — While some of Pennsylvania State University's 20 campuses across the state will close under a plan unveiled on Tuesday, the Penn State Abington campus will remain open.
Penn State University President Neeli Bendapudi announced that the university's seven largest branch campuses – Abington, Altoona, Behrend, Berks, Brandywine, Harrisburg, and Lehigh Valley – along with the graduate-focused campus at Great Valley, will remain open.
Those campuses compose nearly 75 percent of total branch campus enrollments and 67 percent of campus faculty and staff, Bendapudi said.
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Bendapudi cited continued declining enrollment at many of the branch campuses as the reason for some closures, and said many counties where they are located are expected to suffer population decreases for the next 30 years.
No campus identified for closure will close before the end of the 2026-27 academic year. That will allow associate degree students enrolling in fall 2025 enough time to complete their degrees and 2+2 bachelor’s degree students enough time to reach the point at which they would move to another Penn State campus, officials said.
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Bendapudi said the university will explore opportunities for reassignment within Penn State for faculty and staff at the campuses to be closed and will provide them with career transition support. She also pledged that students will have a clear and well-supported academic pathway to complete their degrees at Penn State, either at another campus or online.
Penn State Abington is located off Old York Road with the campus set on 45 acres.
With more than 3,100 students, Penn State Abington is a residential campus that offers baccalaureate degrees in 26 majors, accelerated master's degrees, undergraduate research, the Schreyer Honors College, NCAA Division III athletics and more.
Students can start any of Penn State's 275 majors at Abington and complete them at another campus including University Park.
Patch Staff Writer Eric Heyl contributed to this report.
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