• Montgomery County in Pennsylvania has options for college students.happy graduate image by Gina Smith from Fotolia.com
  
  Montgomery County is Pennsylvania's third-largest county with 778,000 people, according to the U.S. Census. The county, about 15 minutes from Philadelphia, has a diverse selection of colleges. Students can choose from a women's college, a branch of the Penn State system and a private school with religious ties. Students can easily get to Philadelphia for relaxation or for research.
  
  

Bryn Mawr College

• Bryn Mawr College is one of six women's colleges in Pennsylvania, and is part of the 53-member Women's College Coalition. The college, which opened in 1885, has approximately 1,300 students who have a choice of 36 majors and 38 minors, including nine graduate programs. The school has an eight-to-one student to faculty ratio. Bryn Mawr has 49 women faculty members in a full-time faculty of 158.
  
  Bryn Mawr College
  101 North Merion Ave
  Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
  (610) 526-5000
  brynmawr.edu
  
  

Penn State Abington

• Penn State Abington is one of the 19 campuses that comprise The Pennsylvania State University system. Students can major in one of 15 programs that award baccalaureate degrees, or they can take the first two years of over 160 majors, and then transfer to another Penn State campus to complete their degree. About half of Penn State Abington's 3,450 students stay on campus for four years, according to the school. The school has a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1.
  
  Penn State Abington
  1600 Woodland Rd
  Abington, PA 19001
  (215) 881-7300
  abington.psu.edu
  
  

Ursinus College

• Followers of the German Reformed Church, which favored a simple and plain worship style, formed Ursinus College in 1869. The school was named for Zacharias Ursinus, a 16th-century German academic and theologian. Today, the 1,681 students can major in 27 subjects and minor in 52. The three most popular majors are biology, English, and business and economics, according to the school. The student to faculty ratio is 12 to 1.
  
  Ursinus College
  601 East Main St
  Collegeville, PA 19426-1000
  (610) 409-3000
  ursinus.edu