Pennsylvania State University Main Campus vs University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign

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

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has higher submitted SAT score (1,440) than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (1,300).
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (44.82% acceptance rate) is tighter than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (55.21% acceptance rate) to get in.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (56,916 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign($34,501).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has more full-time faculties of 2,994 faculties than University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(2,434 facluties).

	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Location	University Park, PA	Champaign, IL
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	$34,501 $16,004 for Illinois residents
Graduate Tuition	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents	$33,640 $18,837 for Illinois residents
Test Scores	1,300	1,440
Acceptance Rate	55%	45%
Admission Yield	19%	28%
Student Population	50,028 41,745 undergraduate	56,916 35,120 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time	2,434 Full-time 279 part-time
Number of Staffs	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time	11,312 Full-time 1,119 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1	21 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$11,574	$16,449
Graduation Rate	83%	84%
Transfer-out Rate	1%	0%
Retention Rate	91%	93%