Ursinus College 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.

Ursinus College is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Berks is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Ursinus College has more expensive tuition & fees ($59,196) than Penn State Berks ($26,668).
It is harder to admit to Ursinus College than Penn State Berks.
Ursinus College has a higher submitted SAT score (1,280) than Penn State Berks (1,210).
Ursinus College has higher submitted ACT score (31) than Penn State Berks (27).
Penn State Berks has more students with 2,077 students while Ursinus College has 1,527 students.
Ursinus College has a lower number of students per faculty with 10 to 1 while Penn State Berks's ratio is 13 to 1.
Penn State Berks has more full-time faculties with 140 faculties while Ursinus College has 127 full-time faculties.

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

Ursinus College	vs.	Penn State Berks
Collegeville, 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
$59,196	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$15,944 Out-Of-State$26,668
97%	% Receiving Financial Aid	72%
$39,064	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$9,229

86.99 %	Acceptance Rates	97.01 %
12.99 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	10.00 %
1,280	SAT Score	1,210
31	ACT Score	27
73 %	Graduation Rate	33 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	25 %
82 %	Retention Rate	76 %
1,527	Student Population	2,077
127	Number of Faculties	140
10 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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