Penn State Greater Allegheny vs Cairn

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 Greater Allegheny is a public and Cairn is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
Cairn has more expensive tuition & fees ($32,275) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to Cairn than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Cairn has a higher submitted SAT score (1,125) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
Cairn has more students with 1,031 students while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 363 students.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while Cairn's ratio is 11 to 1.
Cairn has more full-time faculties with 44 faculties while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 36 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny and Cairn University-Langhorne.

Penn State Greater Allegheny	vs.	Cairn
McKeesport, Pennsylvania	Location	Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
	Carnegie Classification	Master's College and University (medium programs)
In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872	2024 Tuition & Fees	$32,275
82%	% Receiving Financial Aid	92%
$11,376	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$19,629

94.66 %	Acceptance Rates	83.56 %
22.55 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	61.61 %
1,125	SAT Score	1,140
-	ACT Score	26
21 %	Graduation Rate	55 %
34 %	Transfer-out Rate	24 %
66 %	Retention Rate	79 %
363	Student Population	1,031
36	Number of Faculties	44
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service

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