Ursinus College 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.

Ursinus College is a private (not-for-profit) and Penn State Greater Allegheny is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Ursinus College has more expensive tuition & fees ($59,196) than Penn State Greater Allegheny ($23,872).
It is harder to admit to Ursinus College than Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Ursinus College has a higher submitted SAT score (1,280) than Penn State Greater Allegheny (1,125).
Ursinus College has more students with 1,527 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 Ursinus College's ratio is 10 to 1.
Ursinus College has more full-time faculties with 127 faculties while Penn State Greater Allegheny has 36 full-time faculties.

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

Ursinus College	vs.	Penn State Greater Allegheny
Collegeville, 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
$59,196	2024 Tuition & Fees	In-State$14,380 Out-Of-State$23,872
97%	% Receiving Financial Aid	82%
$39,064	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$11,376

86.99 %	Acceptance Rates	95.01 %
12.99 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	23.01 %
1,280	SAT Score	1,125
31	ACT Score	-
73 %	Graduation Rate	21 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	34 %
82 %	Retention Rate	66 %
1,527	Student Population	363
127	Number of Faculties	36
10 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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