Penn State Greater Allegheny vs PA College

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 PA College is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
PA College has more expensive tuition & fees ($31,866) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to PA College than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
PA College has more students with 1,775 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 PA College's ratio is 13 to 1.
PA College has more full-time faculties with 71 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 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences.

Penn State Greater Allegheny	vs.	PA College
McKeesport, Pennsylvania	Location	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree
	Carnegie Classification	Other health professions school
In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872	2024 Tuition & Fees	$31,866
82%	% Receiving Financial Aid	75%
$11,376	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$7,739

95.01 %	Acceptance Rates	43.90 %
23.01 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	46.97 %
1,125	SAT Score	-
-	ACT Score	-
21 %	Graduation Rate	58 %
34 %	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
66 %	Retention Rate	72 %
363	Student Population	1,775
36	Number of Faculties	71
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1
Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), Weekend/Evening College
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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