Penn State Harrisburg

Penn State Harrisburg

Type	Public
Established	1966
Parent institution	Pennsylvania State University
Chancellor	Mukund Kulkarni
President	Eric J. Barron
Undergraduates	4,519 (2016)
Postgraduates	812
Location	Lower Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus	Suburban, 218 acres (890,000 m²)
Mascot	Nittany Lion
Affiliations	CAC (NCAA Division III)
Website	www.hbg.psu.edu

Penn State Harrisburg, also called The Capital College, is an undergraduate college and graduate school of the Pennsylvania State University. The main campus of Penn State Harrisburg is located in Lower Swatara Township, 9 miles (15 km) south of Harrisburg. The campus enrolls over 4,000 students and offers two associate, 34 baccalaureate, 24 master's, and three doctoral degrees as well as certificate and certification programs.

The Penn State Eastgate Center opened in 1991 in downtown Harrisburg contains State agencies such as the Pennsylvania Securities Commission, Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System as well as hearing rooms for workers compensation also occupy space in the building. As of June 1, 2012 all classrooms and administrative personnel previously located in this building were relocated to the Middletown campus.

As a college and graduate school of the Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Harrisburg grants associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. In addition to the 33 full baccalaureate programs it offers, as one of the 24 campuses of the Penn State, the college also offers the first two years of study leading to more than 160 majors offered throughout the Penn State system. The college also houses 24 master's degree programs, as well as doctoral programs in Adult Education, American Studies, and Public Administration.

At the transfer level, the college serves students from all Commonwealth campuses of the Pennsylvania State University, as well as students from community colleges and other accredited colleges and universities.