Colleges Near Butler, Pennsylvania

Butler County Community College

• Butler County Community College (BC3) offers students more than 60 associate degree programs, in business, science and technology, humanities, social sciences and nursing, according to the college's website. All applicants with a GED or high school diploma are accepted through the BC3's open admission policy. The college employs 200 full-time and part-time faculty members, with an the average class size of 20 students.

  Butler County Community College

  107 College Drive

  Butler, PA 16002

  724-287-8711

  bc3.edu

Slippery Rock University

• Slippery Rock University is located less than 20 miles from Butler. It was founded in 1889 and offers students a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in four areas: humanities, fine and performing arts; health, environment and science; education; and business, information and social sciences. Slippery Rock employs 348 full-time and 61 part-time faculty members, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 20 to 1, according to the college's website.

  Slippery Rock University

  1 Morrow Way

  Slippery Rock, PA 16057

  800-SRU-9111

  sru.edu

Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Northpointe

• The Northpointe campus of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania is in Freeport, less than 20 miles from Butler. During their first year, students can start studying more than 140 undergraduate majors that can be completed at IUP's main campus in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The Northpointe campus offers seven degree programs that can be completed on location.

  IUP at Northpointe

  167 Northpointe Boulevard

  Freeport, PA 16229

  800-889-0872

  iup.edu/northpointe

Grove City College

• Grove City College is located 25 miles from Butler. More than half of the college's 2,500 students come from out of state. The school's most popular majors are education, biology/pre-med, engineering and business, according to the college's website. The average class size is 25 students, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 16 to 1.

  Grove City College

  100 Campus Dr.

  Grove City, PA 16127

  724-458-2000

  gcc.edu

Penn State New Kensington

• Penn State's New Kensington campus is located about 30 miles from Butler. Approximately 90 percent of the college's 900 students are commuters. Students can begin the first two years of study in more than 160 majors that can be completed at the main Penn State campus. New Kensington employs 43 full-time faculty members who teach an average class size of 25 students. The campus offers a "small campus with a big degree," according to the college's website.

  Penn State New Kensington

  3550 Seventh Street Road

  New Kensington, PA 15068-1765

  888-968-PAWS

  nk.psu.edu