Swat vs Penn State Berks

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

Swat is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Berks is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Swat has more expensive tuition & fees ($62,412) than Penn State Berks ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to Swat than Penn State Berks.
Swat has a higher submitted SAT score (1,530) than Penn State Berks (1,210).
Swat has higher submitted ACT score (34) than Penn State Berks (27).
Penn State Berks has more students with 2,077 students while Swat has 1,625 students.
Swat has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while Penn State Berks's ratio is 13 to 1.
Swat has more full-time faculties with 226 faculties while Penn State Berks has 140 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Swarthmore College and Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks.

Swat	vs.	Penn State Berks
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	Location	Reading, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Bachelor's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification
$62,412	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$15,944 Out-Of-State$26,668
59%	% Receiving Financial Aid	72%
$51,095	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$9,229

6.94 %	Acceptance Rates	97.13 %
41.83 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	10.41 %
1,530	SAT Score	1,210
34	ACT Score	27
93 %	Graduation Rate	33 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
96 %	Retention Rate	76 %
1,625	Student Population	2,077
226	Number of Faculties	140
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1
Study Abroad, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Weekend/Evening College, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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