Penn State's president Neeli Bendapudi said the closures come as the university faces financial pressure and declining enrollment.

It has become clear that we cannot sustain a viable Commonwealth Campus ecosystem without closing some campuses,” Neeli Bendapudi said in a statement to the campus community Tuesday.

The Great Valley campus focused on graduate education will also remain open, along with Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, the College of Medicine in Hershey, and the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. No campus will close before the end of the 2026-27 academic year, Bendapudi said in her announcement.