F&M 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.

F&M is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
F&M has more expensive tuition & fees ($68,380) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to F&M than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
F&M has a higher submitted SAT score (1,390) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
F&M has more students with 1,990 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 F&M's ratio is 9 to 1.
F&M has more full-time faculties with 251 faculties while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 36 full-time faculties.

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

F&M	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Location	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification
$68,380	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
62%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$50,919	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

32.00 %	Acceptance Rates	95.01 %
18.99 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	23.01 %
1,390	SAT Score	1,125
31	ACT Score	-
85 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
10 %	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
88 %	Retention Rate	66 %
1,990	Student Population	363
251	Number of Faculties	36
9 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
Study Abroad	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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