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Penn Foster College

Private, online college offering associate and bachelor's degrees.
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Penn Foster College

Summary

Penn Foster College is a private for-profit educational institution[1]. It draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (private_for_profit_educational_institution category, ranking #7 of 35).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penn Foster College is located in Chandler[3].
  • Penn Foster College is in the country of United States[4].
  • Penn Foster College's instance of is recorded as private for-profit educational institution[5].
  • Penn Foster College's founder is recorded as Thomas J. Foster[6].
  • 1974 marks the founding of Penn Foster College[7].
  • Penn Foster College's parent organization or unit is recorded as Penn Foster Group[8].
  • Penn Foster College's official website is recorded as https://www.pennfoster.edu/about/consumer-information/college[9].
  • Penn Foster College's official website is recorded as https://www.pennfoster.edu[10].

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Founding

Penn Foster College's founder is recorded as Thomas J. Foster[6]. 1974 marks the founding of it[7].

Operations

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

Why It Matters

Penn Foster College draws 21 Wikipedia views per month (private_for_profit_educational_institution category, ranking #7 of 35).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . pennfoster.edu. pennfoster.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 6d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Thomas J. Foster
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Chandler
    Parent organization or unit → Penn Foster Group
    Wikidata description → Private, online college offering associate and bachelor's degrees.
    + 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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