UW-La Crosse vs Idaho State

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	Idaho State University	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Overview
Location	Pocatello, Idaho	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Campus setting	City: Small	City: Small
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	65.0%	84.0%
Common app member	No	No
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	Open Admission	73.9%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $65	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $56
SAT range	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	21 - 26
Students submitting SAT score
Students submitting ACT score		73.0%
Total number of applicants		7,067
Total number of admissions given out		5,219
Admitted students who chose to enroll		2,217
Yield rate		42.5%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)		N/A
High school GPA	N/A	Required
Recommendation letters	N/A	Not required
High school transcript	N/A	Required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $23,172 Out of state: $40,626	In state: $18,113 Out of state: $26,932
Average net price	$13,012	$12,904
Tuition	In state: $5,928 Out of state: $23,382	In state: $7,585 Out of state: $16,404
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $2,950 Meal plan: $4,390	Room/dormitory: $4,130 Meal plan: $2,674
Available payment plans	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	86.0% Average amount $8,089	61.0% Average amount $3,135
Students receiving federal student loan	36.0% Average amount $4,829	46.0% Average amount $5,055
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $9,511	10.0% Average amount $9,271

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	9,818 Men 41.1% Women 58.9%	9,400 Men 42.3% Women 57.7%
Graduate students	2,317 Men 39.0% Women 61.0%	937 Men 34.6% Women 65.4%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	8.9%	18.8%
International students	1.8%	0.7%
Campus local/setting	City: Small	City: Small
Dormitory capacity	1,213	3,012
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Idaho California Utah Washington Wyoming	Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Iowa Michigan

Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Business Liberal Arts Education Engineering Technologies	Education Health Professions Liberal Arts Kinesiology & Leisure Studies Business
Students to faculty ratio	13:1	19:1
Institutional accreditation	Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	39.1%	73.0%
Dropout rate	36.1%	26.2%
Transferred out	19.7%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $107,409 Year 2: $124,909 Year 3: $126,262 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $109,657 Year 2: $103,424 Year 3: $112,338 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $77,213 Year 3: $77,745 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $62,905 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $77,011 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $71,957 Year 3: $74,473 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $69,546 Year 2: $71,202 Year 3: $74,340 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $58,126 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $69,853 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $63,021 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $64,966 Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $59,309 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $64,676 Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $62,273	Biology, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $171,020 Year 3: $177,771 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $101,693 Year 2: $101,308 Year 3: $106,348 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $65,658 Year 2: $68,592 Year 3: $77,665 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $71,462 Year 2: $69,725 Year 3: $74,215 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,559 Year 2: $56,776 Year 3: $64,691 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $67,330 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $64,439 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,576 Year 2: $58,479 Year 3: $62,797 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,028 Year 2: $57,159 Year 3: $60,668 Insurance (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $58,509 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,712 Year 2: $50,387 Year 3: $57,534

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