Cairn vs Penn State World Campus

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 World Campus is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Cairn has more expensive tuition & fees ($32,275) than Penn State World Campus ($15,204).
It is harder to admit to Penn State World Campus than Cairn.
Penn State World Campus has a higher submitted SAT score (1,140) than Cairn (1,140).
Cairn has higher submitted ACT score (26) than Penn State World Campus (22).
Penn State World Campus has more students with 13,979 students while Cairn has 1,031 students.
Cairn has a lower number of students per faculty with 11 to 1 while Penn State World Campus's ratio is 16 to 1.
Cairn has more full-time faculties with 44 faculties while Penn State World Campus has 2 full-time faculties.

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

Cairn	vs.	Penn State World Campus
Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Location	University Park, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
Master's College and University (medium programs)	Carnegie Classification
$32,275	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$15,204 Out-Of-State$15,204
92%	% Receiving Financial Aid	59%
$19,629	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$6,801

83.96 %	Acceptance Rates	80.05 %
62.03 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	47.03 %
1,140	SAT Score	1,220
26	ACT Score	22
55 %	Graduation Rate	36 %
24 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
79 %	Retention Rate	75 %
1,031	Student Population	13,979
44	Number of Faculties	2
11 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes)
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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