Each year, thousands of out-of-state college students move to Pa. for school

The survey shows that students from every state, as well as Washington, D.C., attend one of Pennsylvania’s 85 AICUP schools, which are independent nonprofit colleges. Most out-of-state students come from New Jersey, New York, Maryland, California and Massachusetts, respectively.

Philadelphia City Councilmember Anthony Phillips (D-District 9) previously served as the head of a nonprofit group that helped prepare high school students for college.

“It says a lot about the attractiveness of our universities and our colleges,” Phillips said. “We have incredible urban, rural and suburban spaces, where people want to learn, and also really find ways to develop opportunities for themselves after college. It says a lot about what we are doing to continue to improve our universities and colleges.

“We spent a lot of time trying to find ways to support our colleges, so they can be among the best in the nation,” Phillips added.

This week, Bryn Mawr College and Community College of Philadelphia announced a “pathway partnership” that will offer eligible students the opportunity to earn a Bryn Mawr undergraduate degree in certain majors in two years.

CCP students will be required to earn an associate degree with a grade point average of at least 3.6 and meet other requirements to meet the standard for Bryn Mawr admission. The eligible majors include biology, English literature and mathematics.

Meanwhile, in August, Philadelphia’s Peirce College and Lackawanna College in Scranton, institutions that specialize in serving the needs of busy adults, said they planned to merge.