When you study at Penn College, your instructors will do more than know your name. They'll get to know you. Experienced, passionate, and dedicated to your success, Penn College faculty are here to support your academic journey.
When it comes time to select your career path, it’s important to focus on something that you truly love.
Whether you focus on landscaping or plant production, our associate degree program will satisfy your passion for nature. Working at our Earth Science Center, you’ll learn how to design, install, and maintain landscapes or produce high-yield commercial crops.
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Landscape/Plant Production Technology (A.A.S.)
Working hands-on in our expansive arboretum and greenhouse spaces, you’ll cultivate a host of in-demand skills. Through electives you can focus on general landscape operations, landscape construction & arboriculture, or plant production & tools, and techniques of production for ornamental, edible, and medicinal crops.
Bachelor Degree Pathway
Rise to administrative and management positions in your field with an Applied Management (B.S.) Online degree
Minors & Immersions
Pair a minor with any bachelor's degree, or an immersion with any bachelor's or associate's degree.
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Oct 7
Undergraduate Open House
Saturday, October 7 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Nov 5
Undergraduate Open House
Sunday, November 5 8:30 AM - 3 PM
Pre-College Programs
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There are lots of ways to explore your future across all types of majors from nursing to culinary.
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- Stay and learn on campus over your summer break
- Explore a variety of career options
- Experience our hands-on approach to education
- Earn up to $2,000 in Penn College scholarships
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Penn College News
08.31.2023
Where there's a 'Will,' there's a pathway to success
William X. DeMarco never envisioned himself working a "desk job." Pursuing his passion in the great outdoors was his goal. Meet Will, a Penn College graduate (2019, landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis) who is living his dream as a conscientious business owner and high-end residential designer at Xavier Landscaping.
07.12.2023
Penn College to host international Baja SAE competition
During the past decade, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Baja SAE team members have journeyed more than 20,000 miles to test their talent. Next year, they will travel less than 10 from main campus to do that. Penn College will host a Baja SAE competition May 16-19 at its Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Montgomery and Allenwood. Dubbed Baja SAE Williamsport, the international event is expected to attract 80-plus teams and about 800 competitors.
04.28.2023
Tree plantings mark Arbor Day at ESC
Students in Carl J. Bower Jr.'s Emerging Trends in Horticulture class planted a serviceberry tree and a weeping willow in observance of Arbor Day on Friday, further beautifying the Schneebeli Earth Science Center campus and celebrating Penn College's renewed Tree Campus Higher Education designation.