Cairn vs Penn State Beaver

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Cairn is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Beaver is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Cairn has more expensive tuition & fees ($32,275) than Penn State Beaver ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to Cairn than Penn State Beaver.
Penn State Beaver has a higher submitted SAT score (1,140) than Cairn (1,140).
Cairn has higher submitted ACT score (26) than Penn State Beaver (23).
Cairn has more students with 1,031 students while Penn State Beaver has 522 students.
Cairn has more full-time faculties with 44 faculties while Penn State Beaver has 35 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Cairn University-Langhorne and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver.

Cairn	vs.	Penn State Beaver
Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Location	Monaca, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
Master's College and University (medium programs)	Carnegie Classification
$32,275	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
92%	% Receiving Financial Aid	85%
$19,629	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$9,341

83.96 %	Acceptance Rates	92.01 %
62.03 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	10.98 %
1,140	SAT Score	1,200
26	ACT Score	23
55 %	Graduation Rate	20 %
24 %	Transfer-out Rate	37 %
79 %	Retention Rate	72 %
1,031	Student Population	522
44	Number of Faculties	35
11 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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