Penn State Berks vs PAFA

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 PAFA is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
PAFA has more expensive tuition & fees ($44,600) than Penn State Berks ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to PAFA than Penn State Berks.
Penn State Berks has more students with 2,077 students while PAFA has 172 students.
PAFA has a lower number of students per faculty with 5 to 1 while Penn State Berks's ratio is 13 to 1.
Penn State Berks has more full-time faculties with 140 faculties while PAFA has 19 full-time faculties.

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

Penn State Berks	vs.	PAFA
Reading, Pennsylvania	Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
	Carnegie Classification	School of art, music, and design
In-State$15,944 Out-Of-State$26,668	2024 Tuition & Fees	$44,600
72%	% Receiving Financial Aid	98%
$9,229	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$25,119

97.01 %	Acceptance Rates	88.02 %
10.00 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	11.24 %
1,210	SAT Score	-
27	ACT Score	-
33 %	Graduation Rate	50 %
25 %	Transfer-out Rate	36 %
76 %	Retention Rate	80 %
2,077	Student Population	172
140	Number of Faculties	19
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)
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service

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