Cairn vs Penn State Brandywine

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 Brandywine is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Cairn has more expensive tuition & fees ($32,275) than Penn State Brandywine ($25,118).
It is harder to admit to Cairn than Penn State Brandywine.
Penn State Brandywine has a higher submitted SAT score (1,140) than Cairn (1,140).
Cairn has higher submitted ACT score (26) than Penn State Brandywine (25).
Penn State Brandywine has more students with 1,196 students while Cairn has 1,031 students.
Cairn has a lower number of students per faculty with 11 to 1 while Penn State Brandywine's ratio is 13 to 1.
Penn State Brandywine has more full-time faculties with 69 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 Brandywine.

Cairn	vs.	Penn State Brandywine
Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Location	Media, 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$15,180 Out-Of-State$25,118
92%	% Receiving Financial Aid	68%
$19,629	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$9,937

83.56 %	Acceptance Rates	95.33 %
61.61 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	18.84 %
1,140	SAT Score	1,210
26	ACT Score	25
55 %	Graduation Rate	25 %
24 %	Transfer-out Rate	29 %
79 %	Retention Rate	74 %
1,031	Student Population	1,196
44	Number of Faculties	69
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
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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