College Facilities Iowa and its Climate International Programs Student Life Enrollment Requirements International Candidates ESL Candidates Tuition and Financial Planning How to Apply Who to Contact William Penn is a four-year university. The Society of Friends founded William Penn in 1873. This Christian denomination is dedicated to the sanctity of the individual and the value of community. 1999-2000 enrollment exceeds 1,300 students. South Central Iowa offers beautiful rolling hills and few of the urban distractions that draw attention away from academic life.
Farms cover the hillsides while clean lakes and rivers cut through the land.
Des Moines, Iowa's largest city and our state capital, is a 70 minute drive though the Iowa countryside from our main campus. College Facilities William Penn University is located on a beautiful, growing campus in Oskaloosa, Iowa. To provide students with unlimited access to research materials, periodicals and personal reading selections, Penn's Wilcox Library has 137,000 proprietary volumes and more than 36 million titles available through affiliated libraries. Computing facilities are extensive. Staffed computer laboratories are open days, evenings and weekends.