University of Puget Sound vs California Lutheran University

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	California Lutheran University	University of Puget Sound
Overview
Location	Thousand Oaks, California	Tacoma, Washington
Campus setting	City: Midsize	City: Midsize
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 and Graduate
Students retention rate	83.0%	88.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation	Evangelical

Admission
Acceptance rate	81.9%	88.3%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $50	Undergraduate: $60 Graduate: $60
SAT range	1090 - 1290	1150 - 1370
ACT range	23 - 28	26 - 32
Students submitting SAT score	17.0%	31.0%
Students submitting ACT score	5.0%	20.0%
Total number of applicants	4,041	5,025
Total number of admissions given out	3,311	4,437
Admitted students who chose to enroll	492	409
Yield rate	14.9%	9.2%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	Not required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$69,251	$73,134
Average net price	$24,065	$28,221
Tuition	$45,500	$55,390
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $8,130 Meal plan: $6,840	Room/dormitory: $7,450 Meal plan: $6,500
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	98.0% Average amount $30,924	99.0% Average amount $31,818
Students receiving federal student loan	53.0% Average amount $5,462	40.0% Average amount $5,021
Students taking out private loans	5.0% Average amount $23,023	4.0% Average amount $19,731

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	2,592 Men 46.8% Women 53.2%	1,866 Men 42.6% Women 57.4%
Graduate students	1,174 Men 38.3% Women 61.7%	307 Men 21.5% Women 78.5%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	17.2%	74.7%
International students	6.1%	0.2%
Campus local/setting	City: Midsize	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	1,517	1,726
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	California Washington Hawaii Colorado Texas	California Washington Oregon Colorado Minnesota

Academics
Popular study areas	Business Education Communication and Journalism Computer and Information Science Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Health Professions Education Social Sciences Biological and Biomedical Sciences Foreign Languages and Literatures
Students to faculty ratio	14:1	9:1
Institutional accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission	Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Outcome
Graduation rate	73.8%	74.2%
Dropout rate	4.9%	3.7%
Transferred out	20.8%	22.1%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $95,459 Year 2: $108,092 Year 3: $110,763 Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $71,377 Year 2: $76,460 Year 3: $88,791 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $76,491 Year 2: $75,011 Year 3: $76,443 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,247 Year 2: $57,995 Year 3: $73,469 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,706 Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $62,953 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,621 Year 2: $56,641 Year 3: $59,516 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,707 Year 2: $48,823 Year 3: $56,640 Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $58,014 Year 2: $46,087 Year 3: $55,305 Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,687 Year 2: $46,478 Year 3: $52,964 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,541 Year 2: $36,275 Year 3: $52,663	Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,730 Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $84,211 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $73,526 Year 2: $73,769 Year 3: $75,695 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $68,518 Year 2: $64,493 Year 3: $66,616 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $60,899 Year 2: $54,331 Year 3: $62,873 Mathematics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,324 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $58,198 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,383 Year 2: $41,789 Year 3: $52,400 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,980 Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $49,196 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $19,816 Year 2: $31,848 Year 3: $43,453 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,720 Year 2: $30,047 Year 3: $42,288 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,004 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $41,574

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