Bucknell University vs Penn State Greater Allegheny

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Bucknell University is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Bucknell University has more expensive tuition & fees ($64,772) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to Bucknell University than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Bucknell University has a higher submitted SAT score (1,370) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
Bucknell University has more students with 3,787 students while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 363 students.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while Bucknell University's ratio is 9 to 1.
Bucknell University has more full-time faculties with 398 faculties while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 36 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Bucknell University and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny.

Bucknell University	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	Location	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification
$64,772	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
55%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$36,218	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

32.00 %	Acceptance Rates	95.01 %
29.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	23.01 %
1,370	SAT Score	1,125
32	ACT Score	-
86 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
9 %	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
91 %	Retention Rate	66 %
3,787	Student Population	363
398	Number of Faculties	36
9 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

See Full Comparison