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	Governors State University	Calumet College of Saint Joseph	Metropolitan State University	University of Houston-Clear Lake	Florida Gulf Coast University
Overview
Location	University Park, Illinois	Whiting, Indiana	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Houston, Texas	Fort Myers, Florida
Campus setting	Rural: Fringe	Suburb: Large	City: Large	Suburb: Large	Suburb: Large
College type	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Private (Non Profit)	Public	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	48.0%	46.0%	65.0%	74.0%	82.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Religious affiliation		Catholic
Admission
Acceptance rate	52.1%	Open Admission	66.6%	91.2%	89.2%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $50	$25	$20	Undergraduate: $45 Graduate: $45	Undergraduate: $30 Graduate: $30
SAT range	830 - 1060	N/A	N/A	978 - 1170	1010 - 1180
ACT range	16 - 22	N/A	N/A	17 - 23	19 - 25
Students submitting SAT score	21.0%			62.0%	79.0%
Students submitting ACT score	2.0%			7.0%	45.0%
Total number of applicants	1,168		650	1,793	14,462
Total number of admissions given out	608		433	1,635	12,901
Admitted students who chose to enroll	194		133	334	3,125
Yield rate	31.9%		30.7%	20.4%	24.2%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	N/A	Required	Not required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	N/A	Not required	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	N/A	Required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	N/A	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $25,746 Out of state: $33,258	$29,920	$33,727	In state: $32,030 Out of state: $45,326	In state: $20,390 Out of state: $39,434
Average net price	$9,943	$13,353	$16,830	$16,737	$9,840
Tuition	In state: $7,512 Out of state: $15,024	$19,900	$8,282	In state: $6,024 Out of state: $19,320	In state: $4,191 Out of state: $22,328
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $7,729 Meal plan: $3,000			$12,909	Room/dormitory: $4,820 Meal plan: $4,346
Available payment plans	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Prepaid tuition plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	88.0% Average amount $10,791	100.0% Average amount $13,925	97.0% Average amount $6,790	73.0% Average amount $12,458	78.0% Average amount $6,754
Students receiving federal student loan	41.0% Average amount $5,514	57.0% Average amount $4,682	29.0% Average amount $4,675	19.0% Average amount $4,905	30.0% Average amount $7,251
Students taking out private loans	1.0% Average amount $5,587	1.0% Average amount $10,000	0.0% Average amount $0	1.0% Average amount $9,181	4.0% Average amount $16,201
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	2,709 Men 36.5% Women 63.5%	523 Men 54.9% Women 45.1%	6,000 Men 42.0% Women 58.0%	6,764 Men 35.8% Women 64.2%	14,228 Men 42.9% Women 57.1%
Graduate students	1,686 Men 31.7% Women 68.3%	115 Men 47.0% Women 53.0%	914 Men 40.5% Women 59.5%	2,515 Men 35.7% Women 64.3%	1,681 Men 29.2% Women 70.8%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	5.2%	N/A	N/A	0.3%	17.6%
International students	7.3%	0.2%	3.1%	6.3%	2.1%
Campus local/setting	Rural: Fringe	Suburb: Large	City: Large	Suburb: Large	Suburb: Large
Dormitory capacity	272	46	N/A	559	4,732
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No	N/A	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Illinois Indiana Florida Michigan Ohio	N/A	N/A	Texas Illinois	Florida Illinois New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Business Computer and Information Science Psychology Liberal Arts	Law Enforcement and Firefighting Public Administration and Social Service Business Psychology Multidisciplinary Studies	Health Professions Business Computer and Information Science Multidisciplinary Studies Psychology	Business Multidisciplinary Studies Health Professions Psychology Computer and Information Science	Health Professions Multidisciplinary Studies Liberal Arts Education Engineering
Students to faculty ratio	10:1	12:1	13:1	17:1	22:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Outcome
Graduation rate	15.8%	24.4%	38.4%	53.1%	56.2%
Dropout rate	37.4%	64.7%	28.8%	10.5%	26.2%
Transferred out	43.8%	10.9%	30.1%	30.3%	13.4%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $87,815 Year 2: $93,224 Year 3: $95,009 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $67,988 Year 2: $81,491 Year 3: $87,571 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,354 Year 2: $73,635 Year 3: $81,519 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $72,424 Year 2: $75,270 Year 3: $77,385 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $67,463 Year 2: $65,695 Year 3: $72,555 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $64,493 Year 3: $66,333 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $52,558 Year 2: $55,151 Year 3: $52,548 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $48,935 Year 3: $51,608 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,325 Year 2: $46,087 Year 3: $51,565 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $46,762 Year 2: $44,595 Year 3: $51,524	Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $102,040 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,531 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $45,454 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,917 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $65,050 Year 2: $76,998 Year 3: $82,901 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,701 Year 2: $68,821 Year 3: $77,450 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,045 Year 2: $62,012 Year 3: $73,235 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $64,528 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $69,642 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $64,630 Year 2: $65,131 Year 3: $69,109 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,220 Year 2: $53,775 Year 3: $64,626 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $52,103 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $63,483 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,095 Year 2: $49,784 Year 3: $53,451 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,903 Year 2: $51,077 Year 3: $53,162 Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,058 Year 2: $45,816 Year 3: $50,804	Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $84,431 Year 2: $78,343 Year 3: $82,653 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $86,173 Year 2: $78,343 Year 3: $77,443 Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $46,972 Year 2: $64,493 Year 3: $70,684 Computer Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $61,814 Year 3: $70,167 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $66,428 Year 2: $60,128 Year 3: $64,014 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $54,816 Year 2: $59,666 Year 3: $61,322 Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $68,334 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $61,262 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,787 Year 2: $49,631 Year 3: $61,250 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $58,015 Year 2: $51,356 Year 3: $58,484 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,087 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $56,129	Computer Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,910 Year 2: $59,722 Year 3: $85,341 Computer Software and Media Applications (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $74,972 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $70,296 Year 3: $73,324 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $66,429 Year 2: $66,821 Year 3: $68,880 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,840 Year 2: $59,124 Year 3: $68,095 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,707 Year 2: $47,520 Year 3: $65,837 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,279 Year 2: $62,409 Year 3: $64,731 Civil Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,799 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $63,963 Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,944 Year 2: $46,769 Year 3: $59,253 Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,874 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $58,083

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