“the story of The Pennsylvania State University is one of an expanding mission of teaching, research, and public service. But that mission was not so grandly conceived in 1855, when the Commonwealth chartered the school at the request of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. The goal was to apply scientific principles to farming, a radical departure from the traditional curriculum grounded in mathematics, rhetoric, and classical languages”

If you want to know more about Penn State University history, visithttp://www.psu.edu/ur/about/history.html

population (graduate and undergraduate)
This student body represents 50 states and 123 countries.
ResidencyPennsylvania residents 83%GenderMen 55%Women 45%
International Student Population
Undergraduare 903Graduate 2457other 279Total 3639
Enrollment 83721 STUDENTS UNIVERSITY- WIDE.

You have yo know that in Penn State the Class Size, for example of University Park, 85 percent of first-year classes have just fifty or fewer students. And only eleven courses have more than 4000 students.
At other Penn State campuses, classes generally have twenty or fewer students.
About 2000 undergraduates study abroad every year in more than 46 countries in Latin America, Europe Afica, Asia.
There are more than 459,000 living Penn State alumni...

Facilities
The facilities at all Penn State campuses provide you with opportunities to gain hand-on experience.
For example; If your interests are in several academic areas, you will want to start in ourDivision of Undergraduate Studies, and advisers there can hel guide you through you exploration process and assist you in choosin classes that will help you make decisions.
AT PENN STATE YOU WILL FIND PLENTY OF OPTIONS AS WEL AS GUIDANCE TO HELP YOU ON YOUR WAY.
Also is important that Interships and cooperative education programs allos woy to gain work experience before graduation and learn more about the career you are preparing for.