 Since ARG purchased the refinery in the mid-1990s, employment has almost doubled, to just under 300 in February 2009.Bradford has a four-year college, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (Pitt-Bradford), which in the fall term 2009 had 1,455 full-time students and 202 part-time students for a total enrollment of 1,657, with 217 full-time employees and 106 part-time employees.Almost 900 students live on campus.