Penn State College of Education

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The College of Education is one of 15 colleges at The Pennsylvania State University, located in University Park, Pennsylvania. It houses the departments of Curriculum and Instruction, Education Policy Studies, Learning and Performance Systems, and Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education. Almost 2,300 undergraduate students, and nearly 1,000 graduate students^[1] are enrolled in its 7 undergraduate and 16 graduate degree programs. The college is housed in four buildings: Chambers, Rackley, Keller, and CEDAR Buildings.

The workforce Education and Development program originated in 1920 in the School of Engineering and was called the Department of Industrial Education.^[2]

The College of Education is home to many academic journals, research centers and institutes, student organizations, and other academic programs.

The college has an endowment worth more than $41.2 million.^[1] Undergraduate students receive more than $1.89 million in College and University scholarships each year.^[1] The college received $8 million in research grants and contracts in 2012-13.^[1]

The mission of the College of Education is "to deepen and extend knowledge about the formation and utilization of human capabilities."^[3]