Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania (since 1812), a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, it has a population of 48,950. It is the county seat of Dauphin County and lies on the banks of the Susquehanna River, 105 miles (169 km) west by north of Philadelphia.

Education

Public Schools

The City of Harrisburg is served by the Harrisburg School District. The school district provides education for the city?s youth beginning with all-day kindergarten through twelfth grade. A multi-year restructuring and reform plan is aimed at making the district a model urban educational system.

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City Charter Public Schools

• Ronald H. Brown Charter School
• Sylvan Heights Science Charter School

City Private Schools

• Bishop McDevitt High School is affiliated with the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Secondary School System
• The Circle School is a Sudbury Model school
• The Londonderry School

Colleges and Universities in Harrisburg

• Dixon University Center
• Harrisburg Area Community College
• Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
• Penn State Harrisburg Eastgate center
• Temple University Harrisburg Campus located at Strawberry Square in downtown Harrisburg

Colleges and universities near Harrisburg include:

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• Central Pennsylvania College located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania
• Dickinson College located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
• Elizabethtown College located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
• Lebanon Valley College located in Annville, Pennsylvania
• Messiah College located in Grantham, Pennsylvania
• Penn State Dickinson School of Law located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
• Penn State Hershey Medical Center located in Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Penn State University Harrisburg Campus Main campus located in Middletown, Pennsylvania
• Shippensburg University located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
• United States Army War College located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Libraries

• Dauphin County Law Library
• Dauphin County Library System
• McCormick Library of Harrisburg Area Community College
• State Library of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Law Library