Penn State Greater Allegheny vs PAFA

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 PAFA is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
PAFA has more expensive tuition & fees ($44,600) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to PAFA than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has more students with 363 students while PAFA has 172 students.
PAFA has a lower number of students per faculty with 5 to 1 while Penn State Greater Allegheny's ratio is 8 to 1.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has more full-time faculties with 36 faculties while PAFA has 19 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Penn State Greater Allegheny	vs.	PAFA
McKeesport, Pennsylvania	Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
	Carnegie Classification	School of art, music, and design
In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872	2024 Tuition & Fees	$44,600
82%	% Receiving Financial Aid	98%
$11,376	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$25,119

95.01 %	Acceptance Rates	88.02 %
23.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	11.24 %
1,125	SAT Score	-
-	ACT Score	-
21 %	Graduation Rate	50 %
34 %	Transfer-out Rate	36 %
66 %	Retention Rate	80 %
363	Student Population	172
36	Number of Faculties	19
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	5 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes)
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service

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