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

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a Public, 4-years school located in Champaign, IL and Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (Penn State) is a Public, 4-years school located in University Park, PA. 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).

	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Location	Champaign, IL	University Park, PA
School Type	Public, 4-years	Public, 4-years
Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree	Doctor's degree
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	$34,501 $16,004 for Illinois residents	$40,188 $20,234 for Pennsylvania residents
Graduate Tuition	$33,640 $18,837 for Illinois residents	$43,828 $25,518 for Pennsylvania residents
Test Scores	1,440	1,300
Acceptance Rate	45%	55%
Admission Yield	28%	19%
Student Population	56,916 35,120 undergraduate	50,028 41,745 undergraduate
Number of Faculty	2,434 Full-time 279 part-time	2,994 Full-time 621 part-time
Number of Staffs	11,312 Full-time 1,119 part-time	14,044 Full-time 1,418 part-time
Student to Faculty Ratio	21 to 1	15 to 1
Financial Aid Amount	$16,449	$11,574
Graduation Rate	84%	83%
Transfer-out Rate	0%	1%
Retention Rate	93%	91%