Which branch campus to choose?

jlhpsu
Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:59:44 +0000

Altoona is planning on adding enrollment to become the largest branch campus I believe. But even so, there are only about 4500 students at Altoona. It’s quite a large difference from Main Campus (40,000+). But any of the branch campuses will be that way. Some are much, much smaller. Altoona is a beautiful campus and it’s only about 40 minutes from Main Campus. I’ve known people who went to Altoona but lived in State College and commuted. It’s not ideal, but there are some that do that for one reason or another. I have never seen any of the other branch campuses except Altoona so I can’t speak to the others. You can do the first 2 years of any major at the branch campuses so you would be able to do the 2+2 plan - UNLESS the major you are looking at requires all 4 years at PSU main campus. Some do. I’d check that as well. Good luck!