Penn State Berks vs PA College

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 PA College is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
PA College has more expensive tuition & fees ($31,866) than Penn State Berks ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to PA College than Penn State Berks.
Penn State Berks has more students with 2,077 students while PA College has 1,775 students.
Penn State Berks has more full-time faculties with 140 faculties while PA College has 71 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks and Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences.

Penn State Berks	vs.	PA College
Reading, Pennsylvania	Location	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
	Carnegie Classification	Other health professions school
In-State$15,944 Out-Of-State$26,668	2024 Tuition & Fees	$31,866
72%	% Receiving Financial Aid	75%
$9,229	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,739

97.01 %	Acceptance Rates	43.90 %
10.00 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	46.97 %
1,210	SAT Score	-
27	ACT Score	-
33 %	Graduation Rate	58 %
25 %	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
76 %	Retention Rate	72 %
2,077	Student Population	1,775
140	Number of Faculties	71
13 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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