Parking

Most parking areas at Penn State Altoona are reserved for students, faculty, and staff. Parking permits are required to park in these parking areas. We welcome guests to Penn State Altoona and ask for your cooperation. Visitor parking areas are provided at convenient locations in the Ivy Lot and Misciagna Lot.

Student Parking

Student Parking

Registration for student parking during the fall and spring semesters is an online application process. Students can either pay online, with a credit card, at the time of registration or pay in-person at the time of pick-up. In-person payments can be made with cash, check, or money order.

NOTE: Students are not required to have permits during the summer sessions.

Faculty and Staff Parking

Faculty and Staff Parking

On the Ivyside campus, faculty and staff parking is available in the Cypress, ERL, Eve, Facilities and Operations, Maple, Misciagna, Oak. Poplar, Slep, Smith, and Spruce Lots. Downtown parking for faculty and staff is available in the Penn, Rossman, and Yellow Lots. Parking assignments are made based on office location and the availability of spots.

Register for a Parking Permit Online
Visitor Parking

Visitor Parking

Visitor parking areas are provided on the Ivyside campus in the Ivy and Misciagna Lots. Visitor and public parking is available in downtown Altoona curbside or in designated public parking lots by permit only.

Ticket Payment and Dispute

Parking Ticket Payment and Dispute

Administrative, regulatory, or state citation violations may not be dismissed by the parking office. Violation dismissals may only be granted by the Appeals Board or, in the case of a state citation, the disposition can only be made at a hearing before a District Magistrate.

Online Parking Ticket Payment and Dispute