Ohio State University Main Campus vs Pennsylvania State University Main Campus

Ohio State University-Main Campus (OSU) is a Public, 4-years school located in Columbus, OH and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a Public, 4-years school located in University Park, PA. Following list and table compares two rivalry schools in various academic factors.

Ohio State University-Main Campus has higher submitted SAT score (1,400) than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (1,300).
Ohio State University-Main Campus (52.72% acceptance rate) is tighter than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (55.21% acceptance rate) to get in.
Ohio State University-Main Campus (60,540 students) is larger than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (50,028 students).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has more expensive tuition & fees of $40,188 than Ohio State University-Main Campus($38,365).
Ohio State University-Main Campus has more full-time faculties of 4,451 faculties than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus(2,994 facluties).

	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Location	Columbus, OH	University Park, PA
School Type	Public, 4-years	Public, 4-years
Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree	Doctor's degree
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$38,365 $12,859 for Ohio residents	$40,188 $20,234 for Pennsylvania residents
Graduate Tuition	$41,227 $13,497 for Ohio residents	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents
Test Scores	1,400	1,300
Acceptance Rate	53%	55%
Admission Yield	23%	19%
Student Population	60,540 46,123 undergraduate	50,028 41,745 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	4,451 Full-time 2,310 part-time	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time
Number of Staffs	31,708 Full-time 3,322 part-time	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1	15 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$11,125	$11,574
Graduation Rate	88%	83%
Transfer-out Rate	7%	1%
Retention Rate	93%	91%