The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public, land-grant, research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Penn State is one university, geographically distributed throughout the Pennsylvania.There are 19 commonwealth campuses and 5 special mission campuses located across the state. Penn State has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.
