Villanova University, founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842, is a premier institution of higher education that offers a variety of degree programs. Villanova is the oldest and largest Catholic university in the Commonwealth of Pennslvania.
College is a coeducational Roman Catholic residential college in the Philadelphia metropolitan area of Radnor Township. Cabrini was on of the first colleges in the United States to make community service a graduation requirement for all undergraduates.
Bryn Mawr College is a women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "big hill" in Welsh. The has an enrollment of about 1300 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students.