The term "State College" generally refers to a college that is owned by a US state and is ultimately an agency of that state. Other terms for a state college would be a "public college". This is...
Technically the name of the institution is "The Pennsylvania State University", although it often called "Penn State". Penn State is located in State College, PA which generates some confusion as...
"Adam's State College is a university located in Colorado. Specifically it is in Alamosa, Colorado, a medium sized city in the midst of the state of Colorado."