Penn State Behrend 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 Behrend 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 Behrend ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to CMU than Penn State Behrend.
CMU has a higher submitted SAT score (1,210) than Penn State Behrend (1,210).
CMU has higher submitted ACT score (26) than Penn State Behrend (26).
CMU has more students with 16,002 students while Penn State Behrend has 3,295 students.
CMU has a lower number of students per faculty with 5 to 1 while Penn State Behrend's ratio is 12 to 1.
CMU has more full-time faculties with 1,286 faculties while Penn State Behrend has 286 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College and Carnegie Mellon University.

Penn State Behrend	vs.	CMU
Erie, Pennsylvania	Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Master'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
74%	% Receiving Financial Aid	48%
$10,004	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$40,660

96.00 %	Acceptance Rates	11.00 %
18.99 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	44.01 %
1,210	SAT Score	1,540
26	ACT Score	35
42 %	Graduation Rate	91 %
25 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
82 %	Retention Rate	97 %
3,295	Student Population	16,002
286	Number of Faculties	1,286
12 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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