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COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, HIGH SCHOOL, etc.

 

PLATE TYPE (first year of issue)

PLATE FORMATTING

REFERENCE INFORMATION

 

PLATE PHOTOS & NEEDED IMAGES

UPDATES

SAMPLES AND PROTOTYPES

Albright College

"A/L"20000 to current high

Type added 8/19/05

 

 

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

 

Allegheny College (1997)

"A/C"00000 to current high

 

 

 

Arcadia University

"A/U"00000 to current high

 

 

from Richard Dragon

Bloomsburg University (1992)

"B/U"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Redesigned plate is on the street as of 4/26/05.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Paul Bagnarol

Bucknell University (1998)

"B/U"20000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Format added 12/18/2011.

 

 

Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

California University

00000"C/U" to current high

Type added 1/29/07

from Brendan Sherry

from Nick Tsilakis

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

Carnegie Mellon University

"C/M"00000 to current high

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

 

 

Cathedral Preparatory School

10000"C/P" to current high

Type added 12/6/07

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

Cedar Crest College (2009)

10000"C/C" to current high

Type added 8/23/09

 

 

 

 

Chatham College

"C/H"00000 to current high

Type posted 8/18/05, moved to active status on 9/24/2005, first image 5/15/07.

from Ned Flynn

 

 

Christian Homeschool Association of PA

00000"H/S" to current high

Type added 7/3/08

 

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

Clarion University

FORMAT 1:"C/U"40000 to current high

Active type 3/8/05

 

 

FORMAT 2: "C/U"43045 to "C/U"43103 or to current high

This appears to be a run outside the expected series.  Posted 3/27/11.

 

from Tom Perri

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Academy of Philadelphia

00000"C/A"

Type added 4/27/07

No plates of this type in use yet.

 Plates not yet in use

 

 

DeSales University

FORMAT: 10000

D
U

 

Type added 10/30/11

 

Image added

1/22

 

Dickinson College (1998)

"D/C"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Updated prototype added 2/20/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drexel University Alumni (1992)

"D/U"40000 to current high

 

 

Duquesne University (1991)

"D/U"20000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Added 4/28/07.

 

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

East Stroudsburg University (1996)

"E/S"00000 to current high

 

 

This sample shows a different tag legend font.  This plate uses Title Case while production plates used ALL CAPS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edinboro University (1992)

"E/U"00000 to current high

 

 

 

Elizabeth City State Univ Alumni

00000"E/C" to current high

Type added 1/25/09

from Tom Perri

 

 

Elizabethtown College (1999)

"E/C"00000 to current high

from Tom Perri

from Eric Conner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franklin and Marshall College

00000"F/M" to current high

Type added 4/22

from Eric Conner

 

 

 

Gannon University (1997)

"G/U"00000 to current high

 

 

 

 

Geneva College (1984)

"G/C"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Added 8/15/10.

 

Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gettysburg College (1999)

"G/C"2000 to current high

 

 

Grove City College

"G/C"40000 to current high

 

 

Gwynedd-Mercy College

"G/M"00000 to current high

Moved to active plate status 8/23/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest sample image posted 5/24/06.

 

 

 

 

 

Harcum College

FORMAT: 10000

H
C

 

Type added 12/11/11

No plates of this type in use yet.

 

Plates not yet in use

 

 

 

 

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

00000"H/U" to current high

Type added 5/7/07

 

from Jay Embee

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

Holy Family University

20000H/F to current high

Moved from pending section 3/26/08.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IUP (Indiana University of PA) Alumni Association (1985)

"I/N"00000 to current high

 

 

 

 

Juniata College (2001)

"J/C"00000 to current high

 

 

Kings College Alumni (1997)

"K/C"20000 to current high

 

 

 

Kutztown University (1995)

"K/U"00000 to current high *

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and new tag line. www.kutztown.edu

Spotted 5/16/05

 

* On 8/1/09 spotted plate K/U10479.  Number appeared to be too high for this series.  Upon check the series, there appears to be a run from K/U10477 to KU10494.

 

 

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lafayette College (1988)

"L/C"00000 to current high

 

 

 

LaSalle College High School

"L/S"00000 to current high

Type added 2/5/05

 

 

LaSalle University (1988)

"L/U"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Unknown if new plates will replace older plates or pick up the series where the older plates were discontinued.  Format added 7/31/11.

 

 

Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebanon Valley College (1996)

"L/V"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Unknown if new plates will replace older plates or pick up the series where the older plates were discontinued.  Added 7/15/10.

 

from Tom Perri

 

 

Lehigh University Alumni (1988)

FORMAT 1: 00000"L/U" to ~ 01999"L/U"

On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

 

FORMAT 2: ~ 02000"L/U" to current high

On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and new tag line.  Added 12/8/06.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lincoln University

Early rendition added as proposed type 11/20/11, on PA Special Organization list 1/23/12

FORMAT: 10000

L
U

 

No plates of this type in use yet.

 Plates not yet in use

 

 

Type

 

added

 

1/29

 

 

Lock Haven University (1999)

"L/H"00000 to current high *

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2:On 2/14/06 I spotted a Lock Haven University plate with a very high number, L/H10036.  This would suggest that over 10,000 plates have been issued.  This seems very unlikely judging by the size of this school.  It was not on the visitPA base, and there was nothing else remarkable about the plate. Upon checking the series, there appears to be a run from L/H10010 to L/H10080.  Since that time additional plates have been spotted and photographed.

 

 

 

 

FORMAT 3: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.

 

from Nick Tsilakis

from Tom Perri

from Tom Perri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lycoming College

10000L/C to current high

Type added 7/9/10

 

from Tom Perri

from Tom Perri

 

 

M Club Foundation, Univ of Maryland

00000"L/W"

Type added 8/21/11

 

 Image needed

 

 

Mansfield University

"M/U"40000 to current high

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

 

 

Marshall University Alumni

00000"M/U" to current high

Type added 2/22/09

from Tom Perri

 

 

Marywood University

"M/U"20000 to current high

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

 

 

from Marywood University

Mercyhurst College

FORMAT 1:

M
C

60000 to current high

On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

 

FORMAT 2:

M
C

60000 to current high

On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and new tag line. Format added 5/1/11.

 

 Image needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millersville University (1994)

"M/U"00000 to current high

 

 

 

Misericordia University

10000"M/U" to current high

Type added 1/15/2010

 

 

 

 

 

Moravian College (Est. 1742) (1990)

"M/O"00000 to current high

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount St. Mary's University

00000"M/T" to current high

Type added 1/11/2010

from Brendan Sherry

from Tom Perri

 

 

Muhlenberg Alumni (1996)

"M/C"10000 to current high

 

 

 

Neumann University

FORMAT: 00000

N
U

 

Type added 8/21/2011

No plates of this type in use yet.

 Plates not yet in use

 

from Tom Perri

 

Notre Dame Alumni Association (1988)  00000"N/D" to current high.

FORMAT 1: On www base with embossed logo and tag line.

 

This is a Format 1 error plate.  The N/D prefix should be in the suffix position.

 

 

 

FORMAT 2: On visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and new tag line, University of Notre Dame.  New format added 11/5/2008.

 

 

 

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio State Alumni (1997)

FORMAT 1: "O/S"00000 to current high

On www base.

 

 

 

FORMAT 2: "O/S"00000 to current high

On visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line.  Prototype image of updated plate added 3/4/06.

 

 

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

Penn Alumni (University of Pennsylvania)

Type added 12/4/05

00000"U/P" to current high

from Jordan Irazabal

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penn State Alumni Association (1985)

FORMAT 1: "P/S"00000 to "P/S"24999

On www base.  There are some 15,000 PSU plates on the road.  From around October 2004 until late January 2005 PSU Alumni plate was not available due to the pending plate changeover. Plate P/S24938 is the high number for the old series on 4/30/05.

FORMAT 2: "P/S"25000 to current high

On visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line.

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penn State University

10000

P
S

 to current high

On visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line. Type added 8/7/09

from Tom Perri

 

from Clayton Moore

 

Pennsylvania College of Technology

10000

P
C

 to current high

On visitPA base with color logo, flat screened prefix and tag line. Type added 2/13/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pennsylvanians for Nebraska Alumni Chapter

FORMAT: 10000

N
U

 

Type added 8/21/2011

from Tom Perri

 

 

Philadelphia University

20000"P/H" to current high

Type added 12/4/08

from Tom Perri

 

 

Pittsburgh Central Catholic (Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School)

00000"C/C" to current high

Type added 4/23/06

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

 

Point Park University

10000"P/P" to current high

Type added 3/20/08

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

Purdue University

00000"P/C" to current high

Type added 8/23/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Paul Bagnarol

Robert Morris University

"R/M"00000 to current high

from Brendan Sherry

from Tom Perri

 

Image needed

Rutgers University

00000"R/U"

Type added 2/20/11

Image needed

 

 

Seton Hill University

"S/H"00000 to current high

Type added 4/22/06

from Bruce Bufalini

 

 

Shady Side Academy

10000"S/A" to current high

Type added 11/4

from Tom Perri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shippensburg University Alumni (1989)

"S/U"00000 to current high

 

 

Slippery Rock University

"S/R"00000 to current high

Type added 2/18/04

 

 

St. Francis Univ. (1999)

"S/F"00000 to current high

 

from Jordan Irazabal

from Tom Perri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. James Alumni (1996)

"S/J"10000 to current high

 

 

St. Joseph's University (1985)

"S/J"00000 to current high

 

 

from Jordan Irazabal

 

St. Thomas More (High School) Alumni Association (1997)

"G/B"00000 to current high

 

 

St. Vincent Alumni (1992)

"S/V"00000 to current high

 

from Bruce Bufalini

 

Susquehanna University (1999)

"S/U"20000 to current high

 

 

 

Syracuse University Alumni Assn (2009)

00000"S/U" to current high

Type added 8/20/09

 

Information Link

 

 

from Andrew Laver

from Andrew Laver

 

 

 

 

Temple University Alumni (1987)

"T/U"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: on www base with embossed graphic

 

 

FORMAT 2: on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic.  Added 4/29/07.

 

Information Link

 

 

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Jefferson University (2009)

00000"T/J" to current high

Type added 8/28/09

from Bill Ceravola

 

 

University of Delaware (2001)

"U/D"00000 to current high

Information Link

 

from Jordan Irazabal

 

 

University of Michigan

"U/M"00000 to current high

Type added 6/21/03

 

 

University of Notre Dame

See Notre Dame Alumni Association

 

 

 

 

University of Pittsburgh (1988)

"U/P"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: on www base with embossed graphic

 

FORMAT 2: on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic

Format added 9/21/08

 

Information Link

 

This early sample shows the carryover legend, PITT BICENTENNIAL,  from the yellow on blue plates.  No plates were issued with this legend on the www base.

 

from Nick Tsilakis

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

University of Scranton (1995)

"U/S"10000 to current high

FORMAT 1: on www base with embossed graphic

 

FORMAT 2: on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line 

 

Information Link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Jeff S. Romanecz

Ursinus College  (2001)

"U/C"00000 to current high

 

 

U.S. Naval Academy

"N/A"00000 to current high

Type added 2/18/04

 

Villanova University Alumni Assoc (1987)  "V/U"00000  to current high

FORMAT 1: on www base with embossed graphic

 

FORMAT 2: 00000"V/U" on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Note shifting of the VU from prefix to suffix and dropping of the words Alumni Assoc. 

 

 

from Tom Perri

 

 

 

 

Virginia Tech

00000"V/T" to current high

Type added 1/24/06

 

 

Official prototype added 4/6/06

 

Information Link

 

from Brendan Sherry

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from Brendan Sherry

from Brendan Sherry

W & J (Washington and Jefferson) College (1993)

"W/J"00000 to current high

FORMAT 1: on www base with embossed graphic and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.  Note spelling out the full name. 

 

 

from Bruce Bufalini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Catholic High School (1997)

"W/C"00000 to current high

 

 

 

This sample shows a different tag legend font.  This plate uses SMALL CAPS while production plates used Title Case.

 

 

 

 

West Chester University (2005)

"W/C"20000 to current high

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

Information Link

 

 

 

West Point Alumni (1999)

"W/P"0000 to current high

Note that West Point is one of a handful of plates that have a 4-digit number (normally 5-digit) after a two letter prefix.

 

from Eric Conner

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Westminster College

"W/C"40000  to current high

Listed as active plate on 2/5/05.

Information Link

from Nick Tsilakis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Virginia University

See WVU

 

 

 

 

Widener University (1995)

FORMAT:

W
U

00000 to current high

 

from Jordan Irazabal

from Nick Tsilakis

 

Wilkes University Alumni (1997)

"W/U"20000  to current high

 

 

William Penn Charter School

20000"P/C" to current high

There appears to be some unusual number sequencing with this plate type.  After the first couple of plates, the serial numbers appear to advance by increments of 10 such as 20190 then 20200 instead of 20019 and 20020. Type added 8/23/06

from Tom Perri

from Tom Perri

 

 

Wisconsin Alumni Association

00000"U/W" to current high

Type added 3/13/2009

from Tom Perri

 

 

WVU (West Virginia University)  Alumni Association (1996)

"W/V"00000  to current high

FORMAT 1: on www base with embossed graphic and tag line.

 

FORMAT 2: on visitPA base with flat screened color graphic and tag line.

Update 5/14/08

 

 

 

from Tom Perri

 

from Brendan Sherry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image added 1/29

 

 

York College (1995)

00000"Y/C" to current high

 

 

 

incorrect format

 

 

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