Confused..what's the difference between Penn State & University of Pennsylvania?

Question

i have no clue!

i tried to search on collegeboard.com, but it's not allowing me.

Answer 1

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Pennsyl...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Un...

Usually a state college is a smaller, less well-known college, but that's not the case here. Penn State is very well known. I don't know much about UPenn.

Answer 2

Penn State is an abbreviation for Pennsylvania State. They are one in the same. I know because I go there. On the other hand, if you're referring to the University of Penn, then you're thinking of the Ivy League school in Philadelphia.

Answer 3

What's the difference between

The University of Cincinnati,

Cincinnati State,

Ohio State University

and University of Ohio

?

Answer 4

The main campus of Penn State is located at the center of the state far from any major city. There are branch campuses around the state.

U of Penn is in Philadelphia.

Answer 5

Haha, University of Penn is Ivy level and it's private.

Penn State is a state university so it's public and not nearly as good as UPenn.

Answer 6

Two different schools. What's the difference between University of Kansas and Kansas State University? A lot of steers and.... well. You get it.

Answer 7

they are two totally different schools with no relation whatsoever. they just happen to be named inconveniently.

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Answer 8

They are two separate institutions.