Wartburg College vs Middlebury College

Wartburg College and Middlebury 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 Middlebury, a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont, has a highly selective 15% acceptance rate. Wartburg's student body is predominantly White (89%) and female (58%), while Middlebury'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 Middlebury including Economics, English, and Political Science. Wartburg's four-year graduation rate is 68%, while Middlebury's is 8

	Middlebury College	Wartburg College
Overview
Location	Middlebury, Vermont	Waverly, Iowa
Campus setting	Town: Distant	Town: Distant
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	4-1-4	4-1-4
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	94.0%	74.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation		Evangelical

Admission
Acceptance rate	13.4%	82.8%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $65 Graduate: $75
SAT range	1380 - 1530	973 - 1198
ACT range	32 - 34	20 - 26
Students submitting SAT score	31.0%	8.0%
Students submitting ACT score	23.0%	49.0%
Total number of applicants	11,906	4,024
Total number of admissions given out	1,601	3,330
Admitted students who chose to enroll	680	413
Yield rate	42.5%	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)	Not required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$78,820	$59,890
Average net price	$26,958	$23,022
Tuition	$59,330	$45,200
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $9,600 Meal plan: $7,450	Room/dormitory: $5,730 Meal plan: $4,260
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	52.0% Average amount $49,988	95.0% Average amount $34,498
Students receiving federal student loan	25.0% Average amount $4,384	72.0% Average amount $5,442
Students taking out private loans	10.0% Average amount $7,858	13.0% Average amount $14,049

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	2,858 Men 46.4% Women 53.6%	1,516 Men 47.9% Women 52.1%
Graduate students	79 Men 8.9% Women 91.1%	25 Men 28.0% Women 72.0%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	94.7%	27.7%
International students	12.3%	6.1%
Campus local/setting	Town: Distant	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	2,891	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 Mississippi California Connecticut Vermont	Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado

Academics
Popular study areas	Foreign Languages and Literatures Social Sciences Ethnic Studies English Language and Literature Biological and Biomedical Sciences	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	91.2%	69.9%
Dropout rate	1.7%	29.8%
Transferred out	7.1%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $69,712 Year 2: $75,518 Year 3: $98,106 International Relations and National Security Studies (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $58,169 Year 2: $60,523 Year 3: $68,272 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,074 Year 2: $41,025 Year 3: $62,953 International Business (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $65,380 Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $62,186 Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,883 Year 2: $56,544 Year 3: $61,255 Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,031 Year 2: $40,485 Year 3: $60,732 Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,928 Year 2: $52,941 Year 3: $57,550 Education, Other (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $42,155 Year 2: $46,869 Year 3: $50,725 Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $38,056 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $44,126 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,769 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $41,771	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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