[3][4] It is part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).

The name became Bloomsburg Literary Institute and State Normal School in 1869.

[7] In March 2022, the new institution was created to oversee the three campuses, and was named the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania.

[8][9] In 2022-23, Bloomsburg University showed enrollment of 6,804 undergraduate and 636 graduate students.

The student-to-faculty ratio was roughly 17:1 with 96% of its faculty holding terminal degrees in their field.