Penn State Berks vs CMU

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

Penn State Berks is a public and CMU is a private (not-for-profit) 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 (1,210) than Penn State Berks (1,210).
CMU has higher submitted ACT score (27) 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 - Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks and Carnegie Mellon University.

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

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

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