Harcum College

Harcum College is an independent, fully accredited two-year college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on Philadelphia's Main Line. Founded in 1915 as a music school by Edith Hatcher Harcum and Octavius Harcum, it became Pennsylvania's first independent two-year college authorised to grant associate degrees. It is a residential, coeducational institution enrolling approximately 1,000 students.

The college offers more than 20 associate degree and certificate programmes across healthcare, business, social science, music and general studies, delivered on campus, online and at regional educational sites. Healthcare career education is its strongest area of reputation, combining classroom instruction with laboratories and clinical training. Other fields of study include occupational skills training, laboratory instruction and research preparation.

Instruction is organised around classroom learning, laboratories, clinical placements, mentoring and career guidance, with an emphasis on preparing students for professional success and on meeting individual student needs. The music programme traces to the institution's origins; the college later reopened under a nonprofit charter associated with Philip Klein and the Junto.