Lawrence University vs Berea College

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	Berea College	Lawrence University
Overview
Location	Berea, Kentucky	Appleton, Wisconsin
Campus setting	Town: Distant	City: Small
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Trimester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	84.0%	89.0%
Common app member	No	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	33.0%	75.0%
Application fees
SAT range	1118 - 1268	1230 - 1460
ACT range	23 - 28	27 - 32
Students submitting SAT score	8.0%	24.0%
Students submitting ACT score	46.0%	37.0%
Total number of applicants	1,736	2,907
Total number of admissions given out	573	2,179
Admitted students who chose to enroll	338	402
Yield rate	59.0%	18.4%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Not required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Not required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$54,396	$65,445
Average net price	$3,354	$24,804
Tuition	$42,900	$52,101
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $3,886 Meal plan: $3,598	Room/dormitory: $5,814 Meal plan: $5,370
Available payment plans		Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	100.0% Average amount $52,253	100.0% Average amount $39,841
Students receiving federal student loan	4.0% Average amount $3,016	57.0% Average amount $5,053
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $758	6.0% Average amount $16,464

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	1,468 Men 40.7% Women 59.3%	1,483 Men 45.8% Women 54.2%
Graduate students	N/A	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	73.1%
International students	7.8%	12.3%
Campus local/setting	Town: Distant	City: Small
Dormitory capacity	1,653	1,460
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Tennessee Alabama Georgia Ohio	Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Texas California

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Social Sciences Visual & Performing Arts Biological and Biomedical Sciences Family and Consumer Sciences	Biological and Biomedical Sciences Visual & Performing Arts Social Sciences History Foreign Languages and Literatures
Students to faculty ratio	9:1	8:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	65.6%	80.5%
Dropout rate	13.7%	19.0%
Transferred out	19.8%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,226 Year 2: $50,856 Year 3: $57,402 Engineering Technology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $24,355 Year 2: $26,353 Year 3: $42,731 Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,950 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $42,254 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $19,670 Year 2: $27,590 Year 3: $36,495 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,658 Year 3: $31,668 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $21,939 Year 2: $19,455 Year 3: $28,681 Agriculture, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $21,131 Year 2: $18,315 Year 3: $26,792 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $18,315 Year 3: $24,639 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $17,023 Year 2: $20,687 Year 3: $24,324 History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $24,035 Year 3: N/A	Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $54,035 Year 3: $51,421 History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,019 Year 3: $35,410 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $22,329 Year 3: $32,588 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $22,667 Year 3: $31,648 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $29,685 Year 3: $27,840 Music (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $20,140 Year 3: $27,395 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: $24,417 Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $20,533 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,960 Year 3: N/A Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $23,113 Year 3: N/A

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