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IUP is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, a safe, livable town in the Allegheny foothills about an hour northeast of Pittsburgh with a population of about 30,000. Indiana is a place where baseball games, friendly shops, and gracious, tree-lined streets seem totally appropriate.
 Indiana has a rich heritage, with plenty of early 19th-century buildings gracing the downtown area. The business of growing Christmas trees originated here early in the century, and tree farms dot the county’s rolling hills. But Indiana is also a forward-looking, contemporary center of commerce and tourism.
The area offers a wealth of outdoor activities, too. IUP, through its Student Cooperative Association, runs its own recreational park near campus – nearly 280 wooded acres that include nature trails, a Parcourse, a fishing pond, and picnic and camping shelters – or you can head for the hills on your own. The Student Cooperative Association also maintains a sailing base at nearby Yellow Creek State Park, where members of the IUP community may rent sailing equipment. Three ski resorts are within an hour’s drive from campus, as are numerous golf courses.
And if it’s pavement you crave, you can head west to Pittsburgh; the city limits are also just an hour away.
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