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Penn Foster Career School

Online vocational school offering career-focused programs.
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Penn Foster Career School

Summary

Penn Foster Career School is a private for-profit educational institution[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (private_for_profit_educational_institution category, ranking #14 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penn Foster Career School is located in Scranton[3].
  • Penn Foster Career School is in the country of United States[4].
  • Penn Foster Career School's instance of is recorded as private for-profit educational institution[5].
  • Penn Foster Career School's founder is recorded as Thomas J. Foster[6].
  • 1890 marks the founding of Penn Foster Career School[7].
  • Penn Foster Career School's parent organization or unit is recorded as Penn Foster Group[8].
  • Penn Foster Career School's official website is recorded as https://www.pennfoster.edu/about/consumer-information/career-school[9].
  • Penn Foster Career School's official website is recorded as https://www.pennfoster.edu[10].

Body

Founding

Penn Foster Career School's founder is recorded as Thomas J. Foster[6]. 1890 marks the founding of it[7].

Operations

Penn Foster Career School's parent organization or unit is recorded as Penn Foster Group[8].

Why It Matters

Penn Foster Career School draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (private_for_profit_educational_institution category, ranking #14 of 35).[2]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 10d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Thomas J. Foster
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Scranton
    Parent organization or unit → Penn Foster Group
    Wikidata description → Online vocational school offering career-focused programs.
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge [[Q70893996]] to enwiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
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