Ripon College vs Augustana College

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	Augustana College	Ripon College
Overview
Location	Rock Island, Illinois	Ripon, Wisconsin
Campus setting	City: Small	Town: Distant
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	85.0%	72.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation	Evangelical

Admission
Acceptance rate	69.1%	79.8%
Application fees	$50	$30
SAT range	N/A	940 - 1160
ACT range	N/A	20 - 27
Students submitting SAT score		10.0%
Students submitting ACT score		62.0%
Total number of applicants	6,640	2,486
Total number of admissions given out	4,590	1,983
Admitted students who chose to enroll	649	247
Yield rate	14.1%	12.5%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Not 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	$60,219	$57,200
Average net price	$24,472	$21,734
Tuition	$46,039	$47,800
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $5,820 Meal plan: $6,010	Room/dormitory: $4,530 Meal plan: $4,560
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	100.0% Average amount $33,089	100.0% Average amount $36,789
Students receiving federal student loan	64.0% Average amount $5,318	79.0% Average amount $5,232
Students taking out private loans	15.0% Average amount $13,091	16.0% Average amount $13,915

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	2,338 Men 46.0% Women 54.0%	810 Men 50.2% Women 49.8%
Graduate students	29 Men 0.0% Women 100.0%	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	22.3%	N/A
International students	13.1%	1.6%
Campus local/setting	City: Small	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	1,670	952
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Illinois Iowa Colorado California Wisconsin	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Education Social Sciences Health Professions Visual & Performing Arts	Biological and Biomedical Sciences Physical Science Social Sciences Education Psychology
Students to faculty ratio	11:1	14:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	78.6%	62.0%
Dropout rate	21.4%	38.0%
Transferred out	N/A	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,498 Year 2: $54,252 Year 3: $63,549 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,580 Year 2: $36,941 Year 3: $61,771 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,729 Year 2: $54,748 Year 3: $61,083 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,529 Year 2: $47,148 Year 3: $57,488 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,691 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $49,531 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,952 Year 2: $33,281 Year 3: $45,114 Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $29,685 Year 3: $43,715 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,576 Year 2: $27,548 Year 3: $41,913 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,005 Year 2: $41,193 Year 3: $40,858 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,342 Year 2: $25,774 Year 3: $39,236	Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,869 Year 2: $34,704 Year 3: $44,323 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $31,133 Year 3: $42,581 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $22,399 Year 2: $28,598 Year 3: $32,733 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $30,523 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,277 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,328 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,366 Year 2: $43,426 Year 3: N/A History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,598 Year 3: N/A

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