That same year a group of area businessmen formed the Advisory Board of the McKeesport Center of the Pennsylvania State University to begin a search for a permanent location for the McKeesport Center. The Center moved to McKeesport in 1952, established associate degree programs, and graduated the first students in 1955. In 1948, The McKeesport Center of the Pennsylvania State University opened in Dravosburg to provide occupational training and self-enrichment courses for returning veterans. Since its beginning at the current location in 1957, the campus continues to play a dynamic role in the Greater Pittsburgh area, bringing the resources of a nationally prominent university to students of all ages.Īs early as 1934, the Pennsylvania State College offered technical courses in various locations in Pittsburgh and McKeesport to train industry workers. Penn State Greater Allegheny celebrates a long and committed partnership with the Pittsburgh region. With more than fifty years of service to Western Pennsylvania at our current site between White Oak and McKeesport, Penn State Greater Allegheny is a leader in academic excellence, technology, and diversity. The campus is proud of its vast and ever-changing academic and cultural history. More than 22,000 Penn State alumni live in Allegheny County - the largest concentration of alumni residing in any one county in the nation - and approximately 4,000 Penn State students hail from the county. Penn State Greater Allegheny is the only Penn State campus in Allegheny County and the closest campus to the city of Pittsburgh. The name change reflected the evolving and expanding presence for the campus in the region. On January 19, 2007, the Penn State Board of Trustees formally changed the name of Penn State McKeesport to Penn State Greater Allegheny.
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