Grand Valley State vs Wabash College

Grand Valley State University and Wabash College, two distinct institutions of higher learning, offer unique educational experiences for students seeking diverse academic pursuits. Grand Valley State University, a public university located in Allendale, Michigan, boasts an acceptance rate of 84%, welcoming a diverse student body of over 25,000 undergraduates. In contrast, Wabash College, a private liberal arts college in Crawfordsville, Indiana, maintains a highly selective admissions process with an acceptance rate of 29%, fostering a close-knit community of approximately 900 male students. While Grand Valley State University offers a wide range of undergraduate programs, including popular majors in business, nursing, and engineering, Wabash College focuses on a liberal arts curriculum, emphasizing majors in fields such as economics, history, and English. Explore the comprehensive comparison table below to delve into further details about these institutions, including graduation rates, student demographics, and additional factors that may influence your higher education journey.

	Grand Valley State University	Wabash College
Overview
Location	Allendale, Michigan	Crawfordsville, Indiana
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	Town: Distant
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	83.0%	85.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	91.7%	61.6%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $30 Graduate: $30
SAT range	N/A	1140 - 1340
ACT range	N/A	23 - 29
Students submitting SAT score		53.0%
Students submitting ACT score		27.0%
Total number of applicants	17,163	1,635
Total number of admissions given out	15,730	1,007
Admitted students who chose to enroll	3,807	210
Yield rate	24.2%	20.9%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $23,604 Out of state: $29,340	$53,550
Average net price	$16,947	$21,466
Tuition	In state: $13,560 Out of state: $19,296	$45,000
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $6,380 Meal plan: $3,500	Room/dormitory: $6,200 Meal plan: $5,400
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	80.0% Average amount $8,376	99.0% Average amount $37,862
Students receiving federal student loan	50.0% Average amount $5,161	60.0% Average amount $5,271
Students taking out private loans	6.0% Average amount $13,024	8.0% Average amount $13,391

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	19,379 Men 38.9% Women 61.1%	840 Men 100.0% Women 0.0%
Graduate students	3,027 Men 28.0% Women 72.0%	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Very Low	Low
Out-of-state students	10.6%	26.3%
International students	1.8%	4.0%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	6,012	933
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio Texas	Indiana Illinois Texas Ohio Florida

Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Education Business Public Administration and Social Service Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Social Sciences History Biological and Biomedical Sciences Psychology Foreign Languages and Literatures
Students to faculty ratio	15:1	9:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	67.1%	83.0%
Dropout rate	15.6%	3.8%
Transferred out	15.4%	12.3%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $103,525 Year 2: $105,839 Year 3: $111,967 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $91,846 Year 2: $96,539 Year 3: $93,695 Business/Commerce, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $79,623 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $83,454 Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $68,965 Year 2: $68,666 Year 3: $73,434 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,881 Year 2: $62,691 Year 3: $72,792 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,211 Year 2: $65,969 Year 3: $72,474 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $70,095 Year 2: $69,338 Year 3: $71,736 Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,039 Year 2: $58,479 Year 3: $69,240 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $58,382 Year 2: $59,124 Year 3: $68,410 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $69,161 Year 2: $67,939 Year 3: $68,289	Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $50,346 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $58,138 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,148 Year 2: $37,208 Year 3: $46,455 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $30,882 Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $43,702 History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,054 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $42,068 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $41,007 Year 3: $36,318 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $23,351 Year 3: N/A Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $49,058 Year 3: N/A Mathematics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $52,397 Year 2: $51,482 Year 3: N/A

Compare Similar Colleges

The list of suggested college comparisons provided below is generated automatically by our system, utilizing statistics gathered from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and various online sources. If you don't find the colleges you wish to compare, please visit our comparison page. There, you can search for the specific colleges and initiate your comparison.

Grand Valley State

California State University-Chico