Colleges in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
There are at least 10 colleges in Lancaster, listed and described below. These schools represent 10,658 or more students (full-time and part-time), a combined student body equivalent to 8,006 full-time students, and a reported 2,480 dorm rooms.
The largest schools here include Harrisburg Area Community College-Lancaster and Franklin and Marshall College.
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Central Pennsylvania College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Central Pennsylvania College (CPC) provides online and campus-based classes, with school sponsored housing and bachelors degree programs that only take 3 years to complete.

Empire Beauty Schools
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Offers cosmetology career training. Located at 37 campuses across the U.S.
Schools open to most or all qualified applicants (qualifications vary).
Based on 2008-2009 information.
Consolidated School of Business Lancaster
2124 Ambassador Cir
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603
Harrisburg Area Community College-Lancaster
1641 Old Philadelphia Pike
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
These schools do not admit all qualified applicants.
Based on 2008-2009 information.
Franklin and Marshall College
College Ave
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604-3003
Lancaster General College of Nursing & Health Sciences
410 N Lime Street
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
Lancaster School of Cosmetology
50 Ranck Ave
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602
Lancaster Theological Seminary
555 W James St
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-2897
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
204 N Prince St
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17608-0059
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
750 E King St
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602-3198
(Student count includes part-time and full-time; not all students live in the city or town. Data as of 2007.)
| City/Town | Colleges | Pop. (2000) | Students | Dorms |
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| Columbia Colleges | 1 | 10,311 | 25 | |
| Elizabethtown Colleges | 1 | 11,887 | 2,360 | 1,540 |
| Lebanon Colleges | 3 | 24,461 | 1,175 | |
| Millersville Colleges | 1 | 7,774 | 8,306 | 2,284 |
| Myerstown Colleges | 1 | 3,171 | 168 | |
| York Colleges | 8 | 40,862 | 7,744 | 2,014 |
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