Cairn vs Penn State Berks

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

Cairn is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Berks is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Cairn has more expensive tuition & fees ($32,275) than Penn State Berks ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to Cairn than Penn State Berks.
Penn State Berks has a higher submitted SAT score (1,140) than Cairn (1,140).
Penn State Berks has higher submitted ACT score (26) than Cairn (26).
Penn State Berks has more students with 2,077 students while Cairn has 1,031 students.
Cairn has a lower number of students per faculty with 11 to 1 while Penn State Berks's ratio is 13 to 1.
Penn State Berks has more full-time faculties with 140 faculties while Cairn has 44 full-time faculties.

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

Cairn	vs.	Penn State Berks
Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Location	Reading, 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$15,944 Out-Of-State$26,668
92%	% Receiving Financial Aid	72%
$19,629	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$9,229

83.56 %	Acceptance Rates	97.13 %
61.61 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	10.41 %
1,140	SAT Score	1,210
26	ACT Score	27
55 %	Graduation Rate	33 %
24 %	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
79 %	Retention Rate	76 %
1,031	Student Population	2,077
44	Number of Faculties	140
11 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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