Pennsylvania State University Main Campus vs Illinois Institute Of Technology

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a Public, 4-years school located in University Park, PA and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) is a Private, 4-years school located in Chicago, IL. Following list and table compares two rivalry schools in various academic factors.

Illinois Institute of Technology has higher submitted SAT score (1,310) than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (1,300).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (55.21% acceptance rate) is tighter than Illinois Institute of Technology (61.44% acceptance rate) to get in.
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (50,028 students) is larger than Illinois Institute of Technology (6,943 students).
Illinois Institute of Technology has more expensive tuition & fees of $51,763 than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus($40,188).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has more full-time faculties of 2,994 faculties than Illinois Institute of Technology(387 facluties).

	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Illinois Institute of Technology
Location	University Park, PA	Chicago, IL
School Type	Public, 4-years	Private, 4-years
Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree	Doctor's degree
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$40,188 $20,234 for Pennsylvania residents	$51,763
Graduate Tuition	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents	$33,810
Test Scores	1,300	1,310
Acceptance Rate	55%	61%
Admission Yield	19%	14%
Student Population	50,028 41,745 undergraduate	6,943 3,125 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time	387 Full-time
Number of Staffs	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time	1,019 Full-time 285 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1	13 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$11,574	$36,536
Graduation Rate	83%	75%
Transfer-out Rate	1%	13%
Retention Rate	91%	85%