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Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) is located in University Park, Pennsylvania. The school, a public, land-grant university, was founded in 1855. It is one of the largest schools in the country, with an enrollment of nearly 44,000 students. Penn State offers more than 160 majors to its students.
Campus Life
Of the 36 political groups on campus, 25 are liberal and 11 are conservative.
The liberal groups are the Coalition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Ally Graduate Students; LGBTA Student Alliance; Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, ACLU of Penn State; Young Democratic Socialists; Amnesty International; Beyond Coal; Democracy Matters; Environmental Society; Humane Society of Penn State; Knitivism; NAACP; Progressive Student Alliance; Rainbow Roundtable; Student Labor Action Project; Students for the Responsible Use of Animals; Sustainability Coalition; Vegetarian Club; College Democrats; Leftist Symposium; Coalition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Graduate Students; Discussion on Women in Need of Encouragement; Undertones; and Students for Justice in Palestine.
