It is the oldest training institution west of the Allegheny Mountains and the second-oldest in Pennsylvania.Edinboro initially consisted of a modest two-story building, including six classrooms.By 1927, the advancement of academic programs to include liberal arts study required the school to rename itself Edinboro State Teachers College.[6] Edinboro University offers 17 varsity sports: women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, volleyball, swimming, soccer, softball, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field, and men's football, wrestling, cross country, basketball, swimming, tennis, wheelchair basketball, and outdoor track and field.All but the wrestling and wheelchair basketball are NCAA Division II programs and members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.