Swat vs Penn State Behrend

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 Behrend is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Swat has more expensive tuition & fees ($62,412) than Penn State Behrend ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to Swat than Penn State Behrend.
Swat has a higher submitted SAT score (1,530) than Penn State Behrend (1,210).
Swat has higher submitted ACT score (34) than Penn State Behrend (26).
Penn State Behrend has more students with 3,295 students while Swat has 1,625 students.
Swat has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while Penn State Behrend's ratio is 12 to 1.
Penn State Behrend has more full-time faculties with 286 faculties while Swat has 226 full-time faculties.

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

Swat	vs.	Penn State Behrend
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	Location	Erie, Pennsylvania
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master'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	74%
$51,095	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$10,004

6.94 %	Acceptance Rates	95.71 %
41.83 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	18.74 %
1,530	SAT Score	1,210
34	ACT Score	26
93 %	Graduation Rate	42 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
96 %	Retention Rate	82 %
1,625	Student Population	3,295
226	Number of Faculties	286
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	12 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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