Pennsylvania State University Main Campus vs Texas A And M University College Station

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a Public, 4-years school located in University Park, PA and Texas A & M University-College Station (TAMU) is a Public, 4-years school located in College Station, TX. Following list and table compares two rivalry schools in various academic factors.

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has higher submitted SAT score (1,300) than Texas A & M University-College Station (1,270).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (55.21% acceptance rate) is tighter than Texas A & M University-College Station (62.65% acceptance rate) to get in.
Texas A & M University-College Station (74,014 students) is larger than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (50,028 students).
Texas A & M University-College Station has more expensive tuition & fees of $40,328 than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus($40,188).
Texas A & M University-College Station has more full-time faculties of 3,299 faculties than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus(2,994 facluties).

	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Texas A & M University-College Station
Location	University Park, PA	College Station, TX
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	$40,328 $13,099 for Texas residents
Graduate Tuition	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents	$24,090 $11,093 for Texas residents
Test Scores	1,300	1,270
Acceptance Rate	55%	63%
Admission Yield	19%	46%
Student Population	50,028 41,745 undergraduate	74,014 57,512 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time	3,299 Full-time 583 part-time
Number of Staffs	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time	10,467 Full-time 793 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1	18 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$11,574	$10,800
Graduation Rate	83%	83%
Transfer-out Rate	1%	9%
Retention Rate	91%	95%