Pennsylvania State University Main Campus vs Ohio State University Main Campus

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a Public, 4-years school located in University Park, PA and Ohio State University-Main Campus (OSU) is a Public, 4-years school located in Columbus, OH. 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).

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