CMU 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.

CMU is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Berks is a public school and both are four-years schools.
CMU has more expensive tuition & fees ($63,274) than Penn State Berks ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to CMU than Penn State Berks.
CMU has a higher submitted SAT score (1,540) than Penn State Berks (1,210).
CMU has higher submitted ACT score (35) than Penn State Berks (27).
CMU has more students with 16,002 students while Penn State Berks has 2,077 students.
CMU has a lower number of students per faculty with 5 to 1 while Penn State Berks's ratio is 13 to 1.
CMU has more full-time faculties with 1,286 faculties while Penn State Berks has 140 full-time faculties.

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

CMU	vs.	Penn State Berks
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Location	Reading, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Doctor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
Research University (very high research activity)	Carnegie Classification
$63,274	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$15,944 Out-Of-State$26,668
48%	% Receiving Financial Aid	72%
$40,660	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$9,229

11.00 %	Acceptance Rates	97.01 %
44.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	10.00 %
1,540	SAT Score	1,210
35	ACT Score	27
91 %	Graduation Rate	33 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
97 %	Retention Rate	76 %
16,002	Student Population	2,077
1,286	Number of Faculties	140
5 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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