What sets PennWest Edinboro apart?

PennWest Edinboro’s campus is located 18 miles from Erie, Pa, sitting on 585 acres that include a 5-acre lake, open fields, and woods. We have 11 on-campus residence halls that include Living and Learning Communities. Situated on 585 acres, our campus boasts 18 buildings, a five-acre lake, open fields, and woods, as well as state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories.

History and Traditions

Founded in 1857 as a private training school for teachers, The Boro has grown into the northwestern Pennsylvania region's largest and most comprehensive institution of higher education. With a vibrant campus community, more than 100 areas of academic study, the area's premiere student housing complex, numerous clubs and organizations, nationally renowned services for students with physical disabilities, NCAA athletics, performing arts, a thriving Greek life scene, and a 65,000-person alumni network, PennWest Edinboro is committed to providing the highest quality, most affordable undergraduate, graduate and co-curricular education possible.