Pennsylvania Higher Education Institutions with Geospatial and Sector Data

College campuses across Pennsylvania are listed by sector, county, and zip code. The dataset includes georeferenced latitude and longitude coordinates for each institution. It is provided by data.pa.gov and was last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Map institution locations using the Latitude and Longitude columns to analyze geographic clustering by Sector.
• Analyze the distribution of colleges across PA State Senate Districts 2016 Health or County boundaries for resource allocation studies.
• Filter institutions by Sector and Type (e.g., public, private) to compare counts and addresses per county.
• Join with demographic data using zip code or County fields to assess educational access in different regions.

Strengths

• Includes geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for precise mapping.
• Covers multiple administrative boundaries like US House Districts and PA State Senate Districts.
• Distinguishes between full-service locations and excludes limited instructional sites as noted in the description.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown.
• Contains duplicate column names (Sector, Type, Sector and Type) indicating potential data structure issues.
• Temporal coverage for the political district data (e.g., 2016, 2019) may be outdated.

Provenance

Source

data.pa.gov

Collection Method

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Time Range

Current institutions as of the last update; district data references years 2016 and 2019.

Freshness

Last updated on 2024-05-24.

Geography

State of Pennsylvania, USA.