30 E. Swedesford Road
Malvern, PA 19355

Penn State University Great Valley, is one of several colleges of the prominent Penn State University. Penn State University Great Valley offers a variety of Graduate degrees and Professional Development programs. Penn State Great Valley caters to professional working adults offering convenient and flexible course offerings. Students can complete graduate degrees in several areas including software engineering, training design and development, information science, education and more.

Penn State Great Valley was founded in 1963 and is located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, not far from the major city of Philadelphia. The Great Valley campus offers numerous state-of-the-art facilities for students to take advantage of. Among them are the Great Valley campus library featuring numerous business related resources, electronic databases and more accessible to students. Not only does the Penn State Great Valley student have access to campus library resources, but access to university library resources as well. Penn State University boasts more than four million volumes, numerous database collections and many other resources accessible to students. Other Penn State Great Valley campus facilities include the conference center featuring the Warren V. Musser Auditorium equipped with wireless internet and down ink satellite capabilities.

Students of Great Valley can take advantage of numerous off campus activities in the scenic town of Malvern located in Chester County. The area offers a small historic downtown featuring restaurants and shops. Students can also enjoy the major cultural and historical attractions in the major metropolis of Philadelphia, which is less than an hour away.

Penn State Great Valley courses are offered in seven and 14 week sessions featuring classes meeting evenings and Saturdays, which offers added convenience and flexibility for students. Penn State Great Valley students can also take advantage of small class sizes and expert faculty with a faculty to student ratio of 18 to one.

Quick Facts:

Penn State Great Valley is accredited by the by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Penn State Great Valley offers numerous forms of financial aid to student including scholarships, grants, assistantships and more.

Penn State Great Valley has an enrollment upwards of 1,800 students with an average of students in their mid-30's.

Penn State University is nationally recognized among the "Top 50 Public National Universities," by U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges of 2008."

Kiplinger's personal finance magazine rates Penn State University among the "Top 100 Best Value Public Colleges, Value for in State."

Newsweek includes Penn State University among the "Top 50 Global Universities."

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