Central Penn vs Penn State Greater Allegheny

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

Central Penn is a private (for-profit) and Penn State Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has more expensive tuition & fees ($23,872) than Central Penn ($19,404).
It is harder to admit to Central Penn than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Central Penn has more students with 943 students while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 363 students.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while Central Penn's ratio is 9 to 1.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has more full-time faculties with 36 faculties while Central Penn has 33 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Central Penn College and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny.

Central Penn	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Summerdale, Pennsylvania	Location	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields	Carnegie Classification
$19,404	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
92%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$6,378	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

25.93 %	Acceptance Rates	94.66 %
61.04 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	22.55 %
-	SAT Score	1,125
-	ACT Score	-
35 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
2 %	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
75 %	Retention Rate	66 %
943	Student Population	363
33	Number of Faculties	36
9 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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