Penn State Greater Allegheny 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 Greater Allegheny 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 Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to CMU than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
CMU has a higher submitted SAT score (1,125) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
CMU has more students with 16,002 students while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 363 students.
CMU has a lower number of students per faculty with 5 to 1 while Penn State Greater Allegheny's ratio is 8 to 1.
CMU has more full-time faculties with 1,286 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 Carnegie Mellon University.

Penn State Greater Allegheny	vs.	CMU
McKeesport, 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$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872	2024 Tuition & Fees	$63,274
82%	% Receiving Financial Aid	48%
$11,376	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$40,660

95.01 %	Acceptance Rates	11.00 %
23.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	44.01 %
1,125	SAT Score	1,540
-	ACT Score	35
21 %	Graduation Rate	91 %
34 %	Transfer-out Rate	-
66 %	Retention Rate	97 %
363	Student Population	16,002
36	Number of Faculties	1,286
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	5 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad	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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