Pennsylvania State University Main Campus vs University Of Wisconsin Madison

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

University of Wisconsin-Madison has higher submitted SAT score (1,430) than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (1,300).
University of Wisconsin-Madison (49.06% 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 Wisconsin-Madison (48,956 students).
University of Wisconsin-Madison has more expensive tuition & fees of $40,603 than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus($40,188).
University of Wisconsin-Madison has more full-time faculties of 3,724 faculties than Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus(2,994 facluties).

	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Location	University Park, PA	Madison, WI
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	$40,603 $11,205 for Wisconsin residents
Graduate Tuition	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents	$25,615 $12,289 for Wisconsin residents
Test Scores	1,300	1,430
Acceptance Rate	55%	49%
Admission Yield	19%	29%
Student Population	50,028 41,745 undergraduate	48,956 36,306 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time	3,724 Full-time 1,092 part-time
Number of Staffs	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time	15,984 Full-time 3,030 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1	18 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$11,574	$12,757
Graduation Rate	83%	89%
Transfer-out Rate	1%	0%
Retention Rate	91%	94%