Side-by-Side Comparison of Chicago State University

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	Albany State University	Clayton State University	Chicago State University	Northeastern Illinois University	Calumet College of Saint Joseph	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Overview
Location	Albany, Georgia	Morrow, Georgia	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago, Illinois	Whiting, Indiana	Whitewater, Wisconsin
Campus setting	City: Small	Suburb: Large	City: Large	City: Large	Suburb: Large	Town: Distant
College type	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public	Public	Public	Private (Non Profit)	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	65.0%	65.0%	41.0%	61.0%	46.0%	75.0%
Common app member	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation					Catholic
Admission
Acceptance rate	73.0%	62.6%	47.5%	62.1%	Open Admission	83.0%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $25	Undergraduate: $40 Graduate: $50	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $30	Undergraduate: $30 Graduate: $30	$25	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $56
SAT range	740 - 900	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT range	15 - 18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	18 - 24
Students submitting SAT score	46.0%
Students submitting ACT score	26.0%					76.0%
Total number of applicants	7,655	1,843	4,805	3,399		8,930
Total number of admissions given out	5,590	1,153	2,281	2,111		7,409
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,443	673	168	330		2,127
Yield rate	25.8%	58.4%	7.4%	15.6%		28.7%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)		N/A	N/A	N/A		N/A
High school GPA	N/A	Required	Required	Not required	N/A	Required
Recommendation letters	N/A	Not required	Required	Not required	N/A	Not required
High school transcript	N/A	Not required	Not required	Not required	N/A	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	Required	Required	Required	N/A	Not required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $24,718 Out of state: $36,098	In state: $20,827 Out of state: $31,549	$26,179	In state: $24,985 Out of state: $35,076	$29,920	In state: $19,220 Out of state: $28,092
Average net price	$14,359	$10,088	$4,846	$14,133	$13,353	$12,754
Tuition	In state: $4,146 Out of state: $15,526	In state: $4,064 Out of state: $14,786	$7,488	In state: $10,091 Out of state: $20,182	$19,900	In state: $6,519 Out of state: $15,391
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $5,670 Meal plan: $3,950	Room/dormitory: $6,724 Meal plan: $3,988	Room/dormitory: $5,000 Meal plan: $4,400			Room/dormitory: $5,435 Meal plan: $2,724
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan		Prepaid tuition plan Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Guaranteed tuition plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	93.0% Average amount $6,872	86.0% Average amount $7,579	95.0% Average amount $17,067	78.0% Average amount $10,529	100.0% Average amount $13,925	60.0% Average amount $4,159
Students receiving federal student loan	70.0% Average amount $5,453	53.0% Average amount $5,246	92.0% Average amount $3,945	15.0% Average amount $6,215	57.0% Average amount $4,682	53.0% Average amount $5,006
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $7,233	2.0% Average amount $5,049	0.0% Average amount $0	1.0% Average amount $5,866	1.0% Average amount $10,000	9.0% Average amount $9,886
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	5,824 Men 26.1% Women 73.9%	6,145 Men 29.4% Women 70.6%	1,502 Men 30.7% Women 69.3%	4,608 Men 41.6% Women 58.4%	523 Men 54.9% Women 45.1%	9,751 Men 51.3% Women 48.7%
Graduate students	473 Men 18.2% Women 81.8%	672 Men 26.9% Women 73.1%	864 Men 30.0% Women 70.0%	1,832 Men 32.0% Women 68.0%	115 Men 47.0% Women 53.0%	1,695 Men 44.1% Women 55.9%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very Low
Out-of-state students	15.7%	3.5%	N/A	2.4%	N/A	15.8%
International students	0.6%	1.4%	6.0%	2.1%	0.2%	0.7%
Campus local/setting	City: Small	Suburb: Large	City: Large	City: Large	Suburb: Large	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	2,425	1,246	300	426	46	4,346
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No	No	No	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Georgia Florida Alabama South Carolina Texas	Georgia Florida New York South Carolina Ohio	N/A	Illinois Missouri Wisconsin California Georgia	N/A	Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Indiana Washington
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Liberal Arts Education Business Law Enforcement and Firefighting	Health Professions Business Liberal Arts Psychology Legal Profession	Health Professions Psychology Business Education Liberal Arts	Education Business Public Administration and Social Service Computer and Information Science Liberal Arts	Law Enforcement and Firefighting Public Administration and Social Service Business Psychology Multidisciplinary Studies	Education Business Liberal Arts Social Sciences Communication and Journalism
Students to faculty ratio	20:1	19:1	10:1	11:1	12:1	20:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission
Outcome
Graduation rate	23.9%	35.5%	21.0%	21.4%	24.4%	63.5%
Dropout rate	29.8%	30.9%	31.5%	75.4%	64.7%	35.3%
Transferred out	43.2%	29.1%	43.8%	N/A	10.9%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $105,294 Year 2: $105,306 Year 3: $104,099 Educational Administration and Supervision (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $55,812 Year 2: $59,873 Year 3: $67,756 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,478 Year 2: $63,749 Year 3: $67,072 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $60,649 Year 2: $56,867 Year 3: $57,079 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $44,832 Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $51,489 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $41,423 Year 2: $43,128 Year 3: $48,039 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $36,757 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $42,490 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $39,369 Year 3: $42,433 Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $36,994 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $39,828 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,620 Year 2: $34,526 Year 3: $38,510	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $66,460 Year 2: $68,394 Year 3: $71,349 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,851 Year 2: $53,894 Year 3: $58,608 Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $39,337 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $55,755 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,822 Year 2: $52,607 Year 3: $54,250 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,042 Year 2: $45,696 Year 3: $50,957 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,264 Year 2: $40,492 Year 3: $45,334 History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,128 Year 2: $39,585 Year 3: $44,091 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $30,047 Year 2: $36,848 Year 3: $42,156 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,155 Year 2: $41,937 Year 3: $42,152 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,451 Year 2: $37,688 Year 3: $41,796	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $105,786 Year 2: $120,252 Year 3: $126,376 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $65,021 Year 2: $68,858 Year 3: $70,334 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,393 Year 2: $61,814 Year 3: $69,196 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $47,652 Year 2: $39,639 Year 3: $50,599 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $40,368 Year 3: $48,532 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,049 Year 2: $36,437 Year 3: $40,472 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,389 Year 2: $29,443 Year 3: $37,767 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,482 Year 2: $37,856 Year 3: $37,056 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,460 Year 2: $32,391 Year 3: $32,295 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,067 Year 2: $27,358 Year 3: $31,994	Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $72,937 Year 2: $77,401 Year 3: $85,599 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $52,326 Year 2: $56,544 Year 3: $67,702 Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,232 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $62,229 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,083 Year 2: $56,415 Year 3: $57,180 Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,637 Year 2: $45,383 Year 3: $55,124 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,581 Year 2: $46,407 Year 3: $51,995 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,263 Year 2: $43,240 Year 3: $49,244 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,577 Year 2: $45,500 Year 3: $47,512 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,527 Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $45,767 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,519 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $45,740	Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $102,040 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,531 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $45,454 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,917 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Business/Commerce, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $72,815 Year 2: $74,874 Year 3: $78,599 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,402 Year 2: $59,576 Year 3: $70,353 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,113 Year 2: $57,650 Year 3: $65,330 Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,418 Year 2: $59,485 Year 3: $63,878 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,237 Year 2: $53,308 Year 3: $60,902 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,038 Year 2: $49,324 Year 3: $57,300 Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,100 Year 2: $49,563 Year 3: $54,280 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,565 Year 2: $47,327 Year 3: $52,159 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,771 Year 2: $46,254 Year 3: $49,087 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $39,425 Year 2: $42,905 Year 3: $48,083

Side-by-Side Comparison of Chicago State University

Albany State University

Clayton State University

Chicago State University

Northeastern Illinois University

Calumet College of Saint Joseph

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

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