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Pennsylvania State University

public university in Pennsylvania, United States
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Pennsylvania State University employed 23,000 people in 2020[1].

Key Facts

  • Member of: Oak Ridge Associated Universities[3], ORCID, Inc.[4], Consortium of Social Science Associations[5], ArXiv[6], Northeast University Semiconductor Network[7], NextGen Service Corp[8], DataCite[9], Association of American Universities[10], Association of American Colleges and Universities[11], Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship[12], Coalition for Networked Information[13], Association of Public and Land-grant Universities[14], Center for Research Libraries[15], Open Education Global[16]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: State College[17], Pennsylvania[18], Centre County[19], College Township[20], Ferguson Township[21]
  • Country: United States[22]
  • Instance of: open-access publisher[23], production company[24]
  • Headquarters location: Penn State University Park[25]
  • Postal code: 16802[26]
  • Child organization or unit: Social Science Research Institute, Penn State University[27], Penn State York[28], Penn State Wilkes-Barre[29], Penn State Berks[30], Penn State Abington[31], Penn State Altoona[32], Penn State Brandywine[33], Penn State DuBois[34], Penn State Erie[35], Penn State Harrisburg[36], Penn State Hazleton[37], Penn State Mont Alto[38], Penn State New Kensington[39], Penn State Schuylkill[40]
  • Commons category: Pennsylvania State University[41]
  • Chairperson: Neeli Bendapudi[42]
  • Has part(s): McCourtney Institute for Democracy[43], Old Botany[44]
  • Inception: February 22, 1855[45]

Why It Matters

Pennsylvania State University has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [22] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . www2.census.gov:443. www2.census.gov:443. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [4] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [5] ↑ . cossa.org. Retrieved . cossa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [8] ↑ . volckeralliance.org. volckeralliance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [10] ↑ . aau.edu. Retrieved . aau.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . psu.edu. Retrieved . psu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Charmoniumq · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Street address → {'lang': 'en', 'text': '201 Old MainUniversity Park, PA 1680
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  2. 8d ago · Peter James · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → pennsylvania-state-college
    Gnis feature id → 1183543
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  3. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap relation id → 14073946
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  4. 18w ago · Nashona · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    George eastman museum people id → 137474
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  5. 21w ago · Danielserranoh · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets → —
    Significant event → mixed-sex education
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