Wartburg College vs Smith College

Wartburg College and Smith 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 Smith, a private women's liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts, has a more selective admissions process with a 34% acceptance rate. Wartburg's student body is predominantly White (89%) and female (58%), while Smith's student body is more diverse, with 53% White, 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 10% Black students. 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 Smith including Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, and English Language and Literature. With graduation rates of 68% at Wartburg and 88% at Smith, both colleges provide students with the support and

	Smith College	Wartburg College
Overview
Location	Northampton, Massachusetts	Waverly, Iowa
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	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 and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	95.0%	74.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation		Evangelical

Admission
Acceptance rate	29.9%	82.8%
Application fees	$60
SAT range	1370 - 1530	973 - 1198
ACT range	31 - 34	20 - 26
Students submitting SAT score	34.0%	8.0%
Students submitting ACT score	20.0%	49.0%
Total number of applicants	6,064	4,024
Total number of admissions given out	1,814	3,330
Admitted students who chose to enroll	676	413
Yield rate	37.3%	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	$68,128	$59,890
Average net price	$29,569	$23,022
Tuition	$55,830	$45,200
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $9,700 Meal plan: $9,720	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)	70.0% Average amount $44,108	95.0% Average amount $34,498
Students receiving federal student loan	35.0% Average amount $3,560	72.0% Average amount $5,442
Students taking out private loans	5.0% Average amount $8,280	13.0% Average amount $14,049

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	2,566 Men 0.1% Women 99.9%	1,516 Men 47.9% Women 52.1%
Graduate students	358 Men 16.2% Women 83.8%	25 Men 28.0% Women 72.0%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Very Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	27.7%
International students	13.4%	6.1%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	Town: Distant
Dormitory capacity	2,519	1,409
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Mississippi New York California Connecticut Maryland	Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado

Academics
Popular study areas	Public Administration and Social Service Engineering Social Sciences Foreign Languages and Literatures 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	91.0%	69.9%
Dropout rate	3.6%	29.8%
Transferred out	5.1%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Engineering, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,496 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $70,990 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $47,650 Year 3: $56,651 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $48,011 Year 2: $45,554 Year 3: $53,962 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $46,620 Year 3: $53,886 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $42,098 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $48,619 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,776 Year 2: $39,153 Year 3: $43,120 Education, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $31,839 Year 3: $41,147 Research and Experimental Psychology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,006 Year 2: $18,566 Year 3: $41,145 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,954 Year 2: $28,019 Year 3: $40,411 Neurobiology and Neurosciences (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $34,603 Year 3: $38,497	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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