1. Established in 1855, Pennsylvania State University, commonly known as Penn State, is the Largest public university in Pennsylvania.
  2. Penn State offers a high quality of undergraduate, graduate, continuing and professional education that it provides through online and resident instruction across its 24 campuses in the state puts Penn State in the Public Ivies category.
  3. Most of these campuses offer the first two years of undergraduate education in addition to few four-year degree courses.
  4. Over half of the undergraduate students who finish their programs at the University Park continue with their baccalaureate at another campus owing to its inter-campus transfer system.
  5. College or faculties facilitate learning of all the courses offered across the 24 campuses at the university, and these faculties include Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania Col1ege of Technology, Penn State World Campus, Penn State Law, and the School of Graduate Studies.
  6. Academic programs offered across the campuses mentioned above and faculties include 160 baccalaureate degree courses and 90 associate degrees.
  7. Public University Penn State collaborates with other institutions, for instance, the Sidney Kimmel Medical College to facilitate the Premedical-Medical program transfer.
  8. With regards to research, the university gets about $836million in grants of which $524million comes from the federal government.
  9. Moreover, Penn State records annual expenditure in engineering and scientific research that continually ranks among the top across the United States.
  10. From these researches, the university generates about $2billion annually into the State’s economy through taxes, job opportunities, and new technologies.
  11. Not only does the institution takes pride in its vibrant academic and research activities but also boasts of a vast sports fraternity consisting of 15 women’s and 16 men’s intercollegiate athletics teams.
  12. Amongst the students admitted between 2004 and 2007, 89% of the graduated, which ranks better compared to the 82% success rate recorded by NCAA Division I.
  13. Since 1924 Penn State has won 74 national championships and from 1991 it has won 92 Big Ten tournaments.
  14. In a nutshell, Penn State is among the premier universities in the US offering quality education and research activities in technology and engineering and recognized for providing excellent opportunities in co-curricular activities through its strong athletic team.
  15. On the other hand, the University of Pennsylvania, or Penn has offered a different quality of education since it, was established in 1740, thus becoming the oldest learning institution in Pennsylvania.
  16. Unlike Penn State offering associate degree program, Penn does not offer the first two-year degree programs but mainly prioritize on a four-year undergraduate and graduate degrees.
  17. Only three campuses constitute this university, a fewer number compared to the 24 campuses at Penn State.
  18. To diversify its array of courses, Penn implements the coordinated dual degree programs in contrast to the inter-campus transfer system at Penn State, whereby, students are conferred with a degree from several schools after meeting the graduation requirements for these schools.
  19. Whereas Penn State operates from all its campuses, those at Penn mainly operate at the main campus, among these is the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the College of Nursing offer undergraduate, dual degree, and graduate degree programs.
  20. These programs include Nursing and Healthcare Management, Computer and Cognitive Science, and the Accelerated 7-Year Bio-Dental courses.
  21. Students can choose to enroll in any of its 115 undergraduate and 130 graduate programs provided they meet each program’s entry requirement, and instead of collaborating with other institutions, Penn relegates duties to multidisciplinary schools such as the Institute of Medicine and Engineering to offer double degree programs.
  22. Although Penn State invests heavily in design and execution of innovative researches across several disciplines, Penn focuses its research mainly in the technological and medical fields.
  23. University of Pennsylvania generated $14.3 billion compared to the $2billion earned by Penn State; furthermore, this university spent $850million in research during the 2015 fiscal year.
  24. Conducting researches in technology and medicine, for example, the design of the first electronic computer, the dialysis machine and the hepatitis B vaccine earns Penn great recognition both in the US and abroad.
  25. Besides academics and research, the institution provides recreation and athletic opportunities to its students through intercollegiate championships in 17 and 16 sports for men and women respectively.
  26. The university recorded 10,287 students competing in 10 special events and nine intramural leagues in the 2015-16 academic year.
  27. As of 1947, Penn boasts of 67 championship wins although lower than the 74 championships under Penn State’s name since 1924.
  28. Finally, the University of Pennsylvania ranks as Private Ivy League institution offering dual degree and a four-year degree programs across its faculties, and it also takes pride in its vibrant research, and athletics and recreation facilities.