Pennsylvania State University Main Campus vs University Of Maryland College Park

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a Public, 4-years school located in University Park, PA and University of Maryland-College Park (UMD) is a Public, 4-years school located in College Park, MD. Following list and table compares two rivalry schools in various academic factors.

University of Maryland-College Park has higher submitted SAT score (1,460) than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (1,300).
University of Maryland-College Park (44.61% acceptance rate) is tighter than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (55.21% acceptance rate) to get in.
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (50,028 students) is larger than University of Maryland-College Park (40,792 students).
University of Maryland-College Park has more expensive tuition & fees of $40,306 than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus($40,188).
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has more full-time faculties of 2,994 faculties than University of Maryland-College Park(1,849 facluties).

	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University of Maryland-College Park
Location	University Park, PA	College Park, MD
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	$40,306 $11,505 for Maryland residents
Graduate Tuition	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents	$37,383 $17,843 for Maryland residents
Test Scores	1,300	1,460
Acceptance Rate	55%	45%
Admission Yield	19%	23%
Student Population	50,028 41,745 undergraduate	40,792 30,353 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time	1,849 Full-time 665 part-time
Number of Staffs	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time	8,916 Full-time 1,084 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1	18 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$11,574	$11,409
Graduation Rate	83%	89%
Transfer-out Rate	1%	6%
Retention Rate	91%	95%