Categories: Universities and colleges in Philadelphia | 1974 establishments A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellow and still are in some places. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... Arcadia University is a private liberal arts university located in Glenside, Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia. ... The Art Institute of Philadelphia is primarily located at 1622 Chestnut Avenue, however, they use several more buildings throughout the Center City District of Philadelphia, PA. They offer a wide variety of degrees in many different art programs taught by instructors who are experienced in specific art fields. ... Bryn Mawr is also the name of an official neighborhood of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Cabrini College is a Catholic college founded in 1957 in the Pennsylvania Main Line community of Radnor, Pennsylvania, part of Radnor Township. ... Chestnut Hill College is a four-year liberal arts college in Philadelphia. ... The Curtis Institute of Music is a music school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. ... Delaware Valley College was founded in 1896 by Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf as The National Farm School to educate Jewish youth in farming. ... Drexel University is an institution of higher learning located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Eastern University is a private, co-educational, and Christian university in Pennsylvania. ... Founded in 1895, Gratz College is a general college of Jewish studies offering a broad array of credentials and programs in virtually every area of higher Judaic learning to aspiring Jewish educators, communal professionals, lay people and others seeking to become more knowledgeable Judaically. ... Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... Holy Family University is a fully accredited Catholic, private, co-educational, four year commuter University. ... Immaculata University is a Catholic university on King Road in Malvern, Pennsylvania. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:La Salle University La Salle University is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Lincoln University in Pennsylvania is a four-year university on 350 acres in southern Chester County and a Center for Graduate Studies in Philadelphia. ... Manor College was founded by the Ukrainian Sisters of Saint Basil the Great in 1947. ... Moore College of Art & Design is over 155 years old. ... Neumann College is a private Catholic college located in Aston, PA. It was founded as Our Lady of Angels College with 115 students in 1965 by the Sisters of St. ... Peirce College is an educational institution of higher learning located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which caters primarily to working adults. ... The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art school in the United States, founded in Philadelphia in 1805. ... The Pennsylvania College of Optometry [ PCO] is one of the oldest optometry schools training Doctors and throughout most of the 20th century has been a leader in both training and research. ... PCOM ... Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private university with 3,500 part- and full-time students from 38 states and 30 countries. ... The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), located in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, is the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Saint Josephs University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, with an enrollment of about 1450 students. ... Temple University is a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Thomas Jefferson University offers courses in medicine and related fields, including research. ... Tyler School of Art is prestigous visual art university located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and is affiliated with Temple University. ... The University of the Arts, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is comprised of the College of Art and Design, the College of Performing Arts, and the College of Media and Communication. ... The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, an umbrella designation used to refer to one of eight New Jersey state institutions of higher education in medicine. ... The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in a variety of health-related disciplines, including pharmacy, pharmacology, biology, chemistry, toxicology, cell biology, and biochemistry. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [2]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Ursinus College is a small, coeducational, liberal arts college in Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ... Villanova University is a private, Catholic university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Main Line. ... West Chester University of Pennsylvania, is a public university located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, 36 miles (54 km) west by north of Philadelphia. ... Widener University is a private, co-educational, university located in Chester, Pennsylvania. ...