22 Pa. Code § 42.21 – Approval.

(a) A junior or community college may offer an upper-division program not culminating in a baccalaureate degree when approval of the Department is obtained based upon the following criteria:
1. (1) The need for the proposed program in the area and its relation to Commonwealth and regional manpower needs.
2. (2) The adequacy of existing institutions in the region to meet identified needs of the community.
3. (3) The adequacy of the proposed program to expand the educational opportunities needed by the community.
4. (4) The advice of the regional coordinating council of the region in which the junior or community college is located.
5. (5) For a junior college, evidence of financial support for the proposed upper-division program.
6. (6) For a community college, an estimate of the cost to the Commonwealth of funding the proposed upper-division program.
(b) If a junior college desires to grant a baccalaureate degree at the end of upper-division programs, it should make application to the Department to become a college in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40 (relating to institutional approval).

This section cited in 22 Pa. Code § 335.12 (relating to standards for reimbursable credit courses at community colleges).