in Clarks Summit was found with the help of Gov. William Scranton.
The school received its accreditation from the Association for Biblical Higher Education in 1968 and received approval to grant degrees from the Pennsylvania Department of Education in 1969. These developments, along with the offering of associates of arts degrees, led the school to change its name again in 1971, becoming the Baptist Bible College of Pennsylvania. Baptist Bible Seminary became a division of the college in 1972, taking on the original name of the college from its foundation in 1934.
Graduate studies began in 1989.
The name was changed to Summit University in 2015 and Clarks Summit University in 2016.
=== Closure ===
On June 5, 2024, the university's president sent an email to alumni and boosters announcing that he had temporarily furloughed all staff. President Jim Lytle wrote in the email that "The full administration - president and cabinet members - [had] already committed to volunteer at CSU without pay during this temporary …
