Wartburg College vs Bowdoin College

Wartburg College and Bowdoin College, two esteemed institutions of higher learning, offer distinct educational experiences. Wartburg, a private liberal arts college in Waverly, Iowa, boasts a 98% acceptance rate, while Bowdoin, a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine, has a highly selective 11% acceptance rate. Wartburg's student body is predominantly White (89%) and female (58%), while Bowdoin's student body is more diverse, with 53% White, 13% Asian, and 10% Hispanic students, and a gender distribution of 49% male and 51% female. Both colleges offer a wide range of undergraduate programs, with popular majors at Wartburg including Business Administration, Elementary Education, and Nursing, and popular majors at Bowdoin including Economics, Government and Legal Studies, and Biology. With graduation rates of 68% and 93% respectively, Wartburg and Bowdoin provide

	Bowdoin College	Wartburg College
Overview
Location	Brunswick, Maine	Waverly, Iowa
Campus setting	Town: Fringe	Town: Distant
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	4-1-4
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	97.0%	74.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation		Evangelical

Admission
Acceptance rate	8.8%	82.8%
Application fees	$65
SAT range	N/A	973 - 1198
ACT range	N/A	20 - 26
Students submitting SAT score		8.0%
Students submitting ACT score		49.0%
Total number of applicants	9,325	4,024
Total number of admissions given out	822	3,330
Admitted students who chose to enroll	517	413
Yield rate	62.9%	12.4%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Not required	Required
Recommendation letters	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$76,310	$59,890
Average net price	$26,727	$23,022
Tuition	$57,776	$45,200
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $7,630 Meal plan: $8,268	Room/dormitory: $5,730 Meal plan: $4,260
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	54.0% Average amount $45,153	95.0% Average amount $34,498
Students receiving federal student loan	11.0% Average amount $4,767	72.0% Average amount $5,442
Students taking out private loans	1.0% Average amount $20,700	13.0% Average amount $14,049

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	1,951 Men 49.4% Women 50.6%	1,516 Men 47.9% Women 52.1%
Graduate students	N/A	25 Men 28.0% Women 72.0%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	91.5%	27.7%
International students	7.1%	6.1%
Campus local/setting	Town: Fringe	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	1,913	1,409
First year students are required to live on campus?	Yes	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	New York California Maine Connecticut New Jersey	Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado

Academics
Popular study areas	Social Sciences Ethnic Studies Biological and Biomedical Sciences Natural Resources and Conservation Mathematics and Statistics	Education Communication and Journalism Business Public Administration and Social Service Engineering
Students to faculty ratio	9:1	14:1
Institutional accreditation	New England Commission on Higher Education	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	93.8%	69.9%
Dropout rate	2.2%	29.8%
Transferred out	4.0%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $104,192 Year 3: $122,292 Mathematics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $67,101 Year 3: $83,803 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,127 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $77,719 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,934 Year 2: $50,231 Year 3: $60,473 Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A Area Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,244 Year 2: $42,123 Year 3: N/A Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,925 Year 3: N/A English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $22,771 Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,658 Year 2: $39,009 Year 3: N/A Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,454 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,999 Year 2: $55,286 Year 3: $63,021 Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,367 Year 2: $47,595 Year 3: $53,215 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,779 Year 2: $38,829 Year 3: $44,236 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,368 Year 2: $41,193 Year 3: $42,652 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,087 Year 2: $35,546 Year 3: $39,411 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,075 Year 2: $30,771 Year 3: $37,759 Social Work (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $26,121 Year 3: $33,732 Engineering Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,225 Year 2: $58,221 Year 3: N/A Mathematics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: N/A Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,030 Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A

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