Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Clarion, Pennsylvania. It is one of fourteen universities who are part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The school was founded in 1867 and offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees, post master's certificates and a Doctorate degree.Clarion University was founded Sept. 10, 1867, as the Carrier Seminary of Western Pennsylvania. Carrier Seminary began operation and offered a normal program in 1871.

Clarion State Normal School, the successor to Carrier Seminary, opened its doors on the old Seminary grounds April 12, 1887. The commonwealth’s purchase of Clarion was official in December 1915 with the state assuming full control the following year. Clarion became a college-level institution in 1920. The school became a university in the 1980s