CommunityEdinboro is a community of about 7,000, situated in a picturesque rural setting that becomes a lake resort during the summer months, offers nearby downhill skiing in winter and myriad year-around recreational and cultural opportunities.
Located 15 miles south of the City of Erie and almost equal distance between (and with easy Interstate highway access to) the major cultural and metropolitan areas of Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, the Borough of Edinboro was founded in the late 1790s by Scottish pioneers who traveled across the mountains from Lycoming County by wagon and horseback to settle in the heavily forested and lush farmlands of northwestern Pennsylvania. They named their new town after their beloved Edinburgh, Scotland.
Some 60 years later, the descendants of those original Scottish settlers founded the Edinboro Academy, which would ultimately flourish and become what is now the region’s largest and most comprehensive institution of higher education – Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.  ProfileEdinboro University President Julie E. Wollman leads a vibrant campus community of more than 7,450undergraduate and graduate students served by a highly motivated full- and part-time faculty of 405, and a staff of more than 400, all working together as a single, cohesive team to ensure student success.
The university’s 43 buildings, strategically spaced on an aesthetically pleasing 585-acre campus with open fields, wooded areas and even its own five-acre lake, feature a seven-story library with more than 500,000 bound volumes and 1.4 million microform units, brand new suite-style student housing, a 260,000 square-foot student center complete with movie theater and cyber café, and a new music center and human services building. The university’s iconic 16-foot high “Fighting Scot” statue, a gift from Edinboro’s 60,000 alumni, links generations of past and present students over the institution’s century and a half with all those yet to come.
With the Porreco Center a solid presence in nearby Erie, and Edinboro's continuing presence in Meadville, all university locations are connected by free Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority express bus service. Edinboro University's main campus, combined with the university's presence in Erie and Meadville, offers myriad associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as numerous certification programs in an educational environment highlighted by a low student/faculty ratio.
A designated "Military Friendly" school for three consecutive years by G.I. Jobs, Edinboro also is nationally known for exceptional services provided by its Office for Students with Disabilities. Most Popular ProgramsAccounting, art, business, communications, computer science, criminal justice, elementary education, secondary education, financial services, management information systems, special education, 3/2 engineering, environmental science, marketing, nursing, pre-professional studies, psychology, political science, social work and speech and hearing disorders.  |
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Highlighted ProgramsWith more than 100 academic majors, Edinboro University is particularly proud of its recent launch of the School of Business. Under Dean Michael Hannan, Edinboro's School of Business expands educational opportunities for business majors, while also enhancing the array of employment opportunities after graduation.
Edinboro also is proud of its nationally recognized Art Department, where more than 1,000 students have embarked on various courses of study, including Edinboro’s highly acclaimed computer animation program. Edinboro animation graduates and/or faculty members have been listed in the credits of virtually every feature-length animated film produced the past decade.
In addition to Edinboro University’s popular criminal justice and nursing major offerings, the university’s roots as a “teacher of teachers” remains intact with some 1,000 students matriculating through all levels of teacher education, including one of the nation’s largest and most successful online graduate education programs. |
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 Intercollegiate AthleticsMen’s – Basketball, cross country, football, outdoor track and field, swimming, tennis and wrestling (Division I). Women's – Basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball.
In addition, Edinboro University’s wheelchair basketball team is competitive at the national intercollegiate level against major universities and colleges, including those that routinely compete at the Division I level. |
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