Penn State Greater Allegheny vs F&M

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 F&M is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
F&M has more expensive tuition & fees ($68,380) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to F&M than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
F&M has a higher submitted SAT score (1,125) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
F&M has more students with 1,990 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 F&M's ratio is 9 to 1.
F&M has more full-time faculties with 251 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 Franklin and Marshall College.

Penn State Greater Allegheny	vs.	F&M
McKeesport, Pennsylvania	Location	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
	Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences
In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872	2024 Tuition & Fees	$68,380
82%	% Receiving Financial Aid	62%
$11,376	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$50,919

95.01 %	Acceptance Rates	32.00 %
23.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	18.99 %
1,125	SAT Score	1,390
-	ACT Score	31
21 %	Graduation Rate	85 %
34 %	Transfer-out Rate	10 %
66 %	Retention Rate	88 %
363	Student Population	1,990
36	Number of Faculties	251
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Study Abroad
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services

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