Outstanding Schools for all levels of learning

Lehigh Valley schools prepare students for success.

Lehigh Valley has been a center for education since the mid-1700s. e region boasts outstanding pre-K, primary, secondary, technical, and post-secondary schools that prepare their students for future success.

Lehigh Valley has 17 public school districts under Pennsylvania’s community-based public education system, as well as private, parochial, and charter schools that o er parents multiple educational choices for their children.

e region’s three career and technical schools are aligned with Lehigh Valley school districts and provide quality, skillsbased education that prepares students for a wide range of in-demand jobs in manufacturing, industrial trades, and technical elds.

Two community colleges in Lehigh Valley award 15% of the associate degrees granted in Pennsylvania. ey also provide a variety of certi cate and specialized programs, and dual enrollment opportunities for qualifying high school students.

Lehigh Valley is home to 11 colleges and universities that award more than 10,000 degrees in a wide range of subjects from science and engineering, to business, to education and the liberal arts each year.

Higher education options in addition to our community colleges include six private colleges and universities and three public, state-a liated universities. We’re also home to the nation’s oldest, continuously operated nursing school and a medical school option o ered by St. Luke’s University Health Net-

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Colleges

& universities in lehigh valley

Cedar Crest College

DeSales University

East Stroudsburg University

Kutztown University

Lafayette College

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Lehigh University

Moravian university

Muhlenberg College

Northampton Community College

Penn State Lehigh Valley work and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.

In addition to the outstanding local colleges and universities, Lehigh Valley is within easy driving distance of several top-rated U.S. research universities.

Extracurriculars

e arts thrive in Lehigh Valley. Performing arts at our colleges and universities include the renowned Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival hosted each summer by DeSales University. High school performers have the opportunity to shine in Lehigh Valley’s unique FREDDY® Awards program, which recognizes outstanding achievement in musical theater. e program was created by Lehigh Valley’s State eatre Center for the Arts in Easton. Each year it involves nearly 3,000 students in theater performance and production.

Younger performers have a range of opportunities to develop their talents with organizations such as the Pennsylvania Youth eatre, Civic eatre School, and the Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley.

Allentown’s Baum School of Art and Bethlehem’s Banana Factory Arts Center o er classes, workshops, and programs in art and design for children and adults. You can try your hand at glassblowing, pottery, gure drawing, painting, photography, digital design, fashion, cartooning, and other creative outlets. For the sports fans, Lehigh Valley colleges and universities participate in various levels of NCAA competition. College sports traditions run deep in Lehigh Valley: the annual football game between Lehigh University and Lafayette College is the longest uninterrupted rivalry game in the country, and has been played each year since 1884.