Public Colleges in Pennsylvania That Offer Biology or Chemistry

PA Public Four-Year Colleges (Over 10,000 Undergraduates)

• The largest Pennsylvania public colleges that offer biology and chemistry are Penn State University Park, Temple University in Philadelphia, and the University of Pittsburgh. Penn State University Park and Pittsburgh both ranked in the top 20 of US News & World Report's 2010 list of the nation's top public colleges, and were also in the top 50 of the 2007 US News rankings of the nation's top biology and chemistry graduate programs. Temple was 105th in the biology graduate program rankings. University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University of Pennsylvania also have more than 10,000 undergraduates enrolled.

PA Public Four-Year Colleges (5,000-10,000 Undergraduates)

• The next largest Pennsylvania public colleges with biology and chemistry programs are Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, California University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, and Clarion University of Pennsylvania.

PA Public Four-Year Colleges (1,000-5,000 Undergraduates)

• Small to medium-sized Pennsylvania public schools for biology and chemistry include University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Penn State Brandywine, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Penn State Worthington Scranton in Dunmore, Penn State Hazleton, Penn State York and Penn State Mont Alto.

PA Public Four-Year Colleges (Under 1,000 Undergraduates)

• The smallest Pennsylvania public colleges offering biology and chemistry are all Penn State satellite campuses. They are Penn State Schuylkill, Penn State Fayette's Eberly Campus in Uniontown, Penn State DuBois, Penn State New Kensington, Penn State Beaver in Monaca, Penn State Shenango in Sharon, Penn State Lehigh Valley in Center Valley, Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, and Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Lehman.

PA Public Two-Year Colleges That Offer Biology And/Or Chemistry

• Two-year public community colleges in Pennsylvania that offer both Biology and Chemistry are Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, and Reading Area Community College. Pennsylvania also has three public community colleges that offer biology but not chemistry: Butler County Community College, Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville and Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell.