Choosing PSU campus for CS or Eng

Colleges & Universities Penn State
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Son wants to apply to Penn Sate for CS or Eng. I just realized that there are multiple campuses, and we need to specify our alternate campus choice in Common App. Any idea which campuses are good for CS & Eng?

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Obviously University Park - I’ll let others answer but those ABET accredited - so this is a good barometer - and this is just Penn State but not other publics - are:

Behrend and UP.

For engineering - it depends - there’s lots of types of engineering but in addition to UP, you have the following accredited:

School Name City Program Name
Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus Altoona Rail Transportation Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus Altoona Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Computer Science
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Computer Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Software Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Industrial Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Electrical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College Erie Plastics Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Reading Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus Reading Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Middletown Electrical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Middletown Civil Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Middletown Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Middletown Electrical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Middletown Mechanical Engineering Technology
Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Middletown Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Computer Science
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Aerospace Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Architectural Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Mining Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Nuclear Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Chemical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Civil Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Computer Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Electrical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Engineering Science(s)
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Environmental Systems Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Industrial Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Mechanical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Biomedical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Biological Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Energy Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Surveying Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Mechanical Engineering Technology
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Biomedical Engineering Technology
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Electrical Engineering Technology
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Electrical Engineering Technology
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology
The Pennsylvania State University University Park Surveying Engineering Technology

Good luck

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University Park is the main campus.

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Just edited my main post.

But the issue is we need to specify one alternate campus choice in Common App.

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I sent you the entire accredited list - if you know what type, you can choose from that.

It seems Behrend offers a lot as well as Harrisburg and Middletown a bit but check each offering.

These are all majors they are accredited in.

CS was Behrend and UP only.

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Beside UP, Behrend/Erie is more STEM-centric and offers a lot of Computing-related choices.
Altoona and Harrisburg (Middletown) are the other residential campuses and Abington is suitcase, lots of students on campus during the week who go home on weekends.
If he’s not admitted to UP Engineering/CS he can also ask for reconsideration for another major in EMS or IST.

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Any of them work under the 2+2.

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What is EMS & IST?

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Look up PSU UP EMS and PSU UP IST :grinning_face::+1: