Lafayette College 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.

Lafayette College is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Lafayette College has more expensive tuition & fees ($61,824) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to Lafayette College than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Lafayette College has a higher submitted SAT score (1,410) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
Lafayette College has more students with 2,729 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 Lafayette College's ratio is 10 to 1.
Lafayette College 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 - Lafayette College and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny.

Lafayette College	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Easton, 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
$61,824	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
98%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$25,351	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

31.00 %	Acceptance Rates	95.01 %
21.99 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	23.01 %
1,410	SAT Score	1,125
32	ACT Score	-
89 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
8 %	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
90 %	Retention Rate	66 %
2,729	Student Population	363
251	Number of Faculties	36
10 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, 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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