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    State Board of Higher Education

    Data Dashboards

    Pennsylvania’s State Board of Higher Education presents a series of interactive charts and tables, based on available data, that allow users to easily explore a range of information relating to Pennsylvania’s colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions.

    Interactive Dashboards on Higher Education

    Data are presented for the following broad categories. Within each, users can further explore by utilizing a series of filters.

    These dashboards draw on large federal and national data systems that are well-known and well-respected. However, all data have limitations, and those limitations are clearly noted in each dashboard.

    A Technical Appendix provides detailed information about all data sources, data elements, and analyses utilized in the creation of these dashboards. A set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are also provided to address common questions about the dashboards. 

    A set of orientation videos have been created to demonstrate how to navigate through each of the dashboards. Please reach out to RA-ED-SBHE-Dashboard@pa.gov with questions about the dashboards that are not addressed in the FAQs.

    Postsecondary Institutions in Pennsylvania

    This map includes the location of all postsecondary institutions and regional/branch campuses in Pennsylvania.  The filters can be used to show the locations of different institution types and institutions in regions. To learn more about a specific postsecondary institution, click on a dot on the map. For better viewing, toggle full screen mode by selecting the arrow icon in the bottom right corner of the dashboard. 

    In most of the dashboards, data can be disaggregated using a region filter. This filter is based on the ten Partnership for Regional Economic Performance (PREP) regions. The counties that comprise each region are as follows:

    • Central (Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Juniata, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, and Union)
    • Lehigh Valley (Lehigh and Northampton)
    • North Central (Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, and Potter)
    • Northeast (Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Wayne)
    • Northern Tier (Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, and Wyoming)
    • Northwest (Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, and Warren)
    • South Alleghenies (Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset)
    • South Central (Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York)
    • Southeast (Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia)
    • Southwest (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington, and Westmoreland)

    Learn more about PREP regions.