The College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State is one of the premier institutions in the world to study and work in the liberal arts disciplines. We offer outstanding programs in fields ranging from anthropology (ranked number one nationally) to women's studies, with an impressive variety of other humanities, life, and social science fields to choose from. On campus, we offer forty-seven undergraduate majors and graduate work in twenty-one fields. Online, we offer fifteen bachelor's, master's, and associate degrees. Our strategic plan emphasizes national leadership in research and graduate education and our mission of providing the Liberal Arts Edge to our undergraduates: a fine traditional liberal arts education combined with digital fluency, global awareness, and assistance in making the transition from the classroom to a career.

Research Centers

• Africana Research Center
• African Feminist Initiative
• Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER)
• Center for American Literary Studies
• Center for American Political Responsiveness
• Center for Black Digital Research
• Center for Democratic Deliberation
• Center for Global Studies (Title VI National Resource Center)
• Center for Global Workers Rights
• Center for Human Evolution and Diversity (CHED)
• Center for Humanities and Information
• Center for International Financial and Energy Security
• Center for International Human Resource Studies
• Center for Language Acquisitions
• Center for Language Science
• Center for Research on English Language Learning and Teaching
• Center for Social Data Analytics
• Center for the Study of Auctions, Procurement, and Commpetition Policy
• Child Study Center
• Criminal Justice Research Center
• English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center
• George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center
• Humanities Institute
• McCourtney Institute for Democracy
• PACT: Parents and Children Together
• Rock Ethics Institute