PAFA 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.

PAFA is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
PAFA has more expensive tuition & fees ($44,600) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to PAFA than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has more students with 363 students while PAFA has 172 students.
PAFA has a lower number of students per faculty with 5 to 1 while Penn State Greater Allegheny's ratio is 8 to 1.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has more full-time faculties with 36 faculties while PAFA has 19 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny.

PAFA	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Location	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Master's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
School of art, music, and design	Carnegie Classification
$44,600	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
98%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$25,119	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

88.02 %	Acceptance Rates	95.01 %
11.24 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	23.01 %
-	SAT Score	1,125
-	ACT Score	-
50 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
36 %	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
80 %	Retention Rate	66 %
172	Student Population	363
19	Number of Faculties	36
5 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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