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Welcome to Penn State Abington. We embrace the ideals of academic excellence, community, diversity, ethical learning, and the pursuit of opportunity for all at Penn State Abington. Our values prepare us to meet the world's demands through technology, multicultural and critical perspectives, interdisciplinary opportunities, and meaningful engagement with the world. Penn State Abington offers an affordable, accessible, and high-impact education, resulting in a diverse student body's success. It is committed to student success through innovative approaches to 21st-century public higher education within a world-class research university. With nearly 4,000 students, Penn State Abington is a residential campus that offers baccalaureate degrees in 19 majors, undergraduate research, the Schreyer honors program, NCAA Division III athletics, and more. Penn State Abington provides an affordable, accessible, and high-impact education resulting in a diverse student body's success. It is committed to student success through innovative approaches to 21st-century public higher education within a world-class research university. Penn State Abington aspires to be a campus where students, regardless of their starting point, discover pathways to graduation and achievement in a life-long quest for learning, service, and fulfillment of personal and collective potential. Penn State Abington's vision for the future is a world where students from all socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds have the opportunity not only to learn but to excel. It strives to close the earnings gap and improve social mobility for all students through access to high-quality, local four-year post-secondary, and master's education. You have the option of starting and completing nineteen undergraduate majors at Abington or starting 275 majors here and finishing at the University Park campus. From first-year, transfer, and international students to veterans from our Armed Forces and high school guidance counselors, we have the information you need. Nearly 80 percent of our students receive some financial assistance. This assistance, determined primarily by need, comprises federal and state grants, student loans, academic scholarships, and work-study. Abington is alive with student organizations, athletics, internship possibilities, and friends from places you've never heard of. We are a community that joins together to do great things, both inside and outside the classroom. Get connected to over 50 student organizations, leadership opportunities, and events to engage you in our diverse campus community. From University-owned living to private, off-campus housing - it's your choice! Plenty of options in Abington to fit your style. We connect you to what's out there through internships, major-specific forums, and our Career Expo. Counseling and Psychological Services is a place where you can get assistance tailored to your individual needs. We want to help you achieve the most excellent satisfaction and fulfillment possible as a Penn State Abington student. Abington is a No Place For Hate campus, where everyone is welcome. Here you are exposed to experiences where you will form bonds of understanding and leadership with other students. An NCAA DIII member, Penn State Abington, offers thirteen varsity sports, three club sports, and a thriving intramural program. The college competes in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC). We are a resource for prospective, new, and current international students. Our staff provides help and information on the admissions process, tutoring, advising, housing, and travel to enable a smooth transition to life at Penn State Abington. View full university

At Abington Friends School, we cultivate fearless, curious learning in a culture of intellectual and creative ambition. Engaged and purposeful in every moment, students leave AFS with clear, sharp, and thoughtful voices, prepared for lives of meaning and accomplishment. In this Friends school environment, children develop deep roots of inner strength and the ability to thrive in dynamic settings and make the most of their future college and professional communities. AFS is a school that joyfully embodies its mission. Our students are fully immersed in the classroom experience, in the arts, on playing fields, and in the precious times, they enjoy just being together on the playgrounds or in the Student Commons. In the vital intellectual world of the classroom, full engagement in the arts and athletics, in community decision-making and in the broader community that surrounds us, is a hallmark of AFS. It stems from our commitment to appreciate children for who they are thoroughly and with a vision for whom they may become. Community and classroom life is rooted in a profound respect for individuals. Quaker attunement to finding spiritual meaning in day-to-day life and an intellectually compelling capacity for the collaborative search for truth and deeper understanding. As a Quaker (or Friends) school, Abington Friends School incorporates the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship into our students' daily lives and education. In addition to these testimonies, AFS honors the value that Quakers place on social justice, social action, and reflective practices. In keeping with Friends' values, AFS places a high premium on learning through inquiry, experience, and reflective practices. Collaboration and opportunities for creativity are built into classroom activities. We seek to foster each student's strengths and to "hold students in the light" as we find ways to nurture their growth and development. All students in each division gather weekly for Meeting for Worship, which serves as a time for community members to be still, to listen, to reflect, and to share their thoughts with others. Whenever appropriate, we also practice Quaker decision-making. Through clerked meetings, use of silence and reflection queries based on community welfare and creation of spaces that allow everyone's voice to be heard, we try to make decisions that represent the whole community. It is work that touches all spheres of our community, from the personal to the professional, and engages us intellectually, emotionally, morally, and spiritually. At Abington Friends School, our work is deeply rooted in the Quaker tradition. Our focus on Friends faith and practice orients us toward inclusion and collaborative inquiry skills that make the best use of the multiple perspectives in our midst. Our excellence as a school is tied to the intellectual depth and sophistication that comes from engaging diversity in all of its human and intellectual complexity. Excellence for our students is rooted in their understanding of a diverse world and the dynamics of power and privilege. We intentionally cultivate the skills to engage and navigate multiple points of view within a culturally responsive curriculum and program. We are deeply committed to helping our students develop and celebrate their voices in our community and beyond. A sense of justice drives us in this work as we seek to understand and counter the historical and current-day patterns of oppression. View full school