Swat vs Penn State Greater Allegheny

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 Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Swat has more expensive tuition & fees ($62,412) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to Swat than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Swat has a higher submitted SAT score (1,530) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
Swat has more students with 1,625 students while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 363 students.
Swat has more full-time faculties with 226 faculties while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 36 full-time faculties.

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

Swat	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania	Location	McKeesport, 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$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
59%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$51,095	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

7.00 %	Acceptance Rates	95.01 %
42.00 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	23.01 %
1,530	SAT Score	1,125
34	ACT Score	-
93 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
96 %	Retention Rate	66 %
1,625	Student Population	363
226	Number of Faculties	36
8 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
Study Abroad, Teacher Certification	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services

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