Side-by-Side Comparison of La Salle University

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	Dominican University	Butler University	Mount St. Mary's University	Merrimack College	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	La Salle University
Overview
Location	River Forest, Illinois	Indianapolis, Indiana	Emmitsburg, Maryland	North Andover, Massachusetts	Teaneck, New Jersey	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	City: Large	Town: Fringe	Suburb: Large	Suburb: Large	City: Large
College type	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	77.0%	87.0%	77.0%	84.0%	69.0%	67.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Religious affiliation	Catholic		Catholic	Catholic		Catholic
Admission
Acceptance rate	80.9%	80.5%	81.8%	80.3%	84.7%	81.4%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $25				Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $50
SAT range	910 - 1160	1150 - 1340	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT range	22 - 27	25 - 31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score	19.0%	39.0%
Students submitting ACT score	3.0%	35.0%
Total number of applicants	3,845	15,340	4,620	10,429	3,982	5,818
Total number of admissions given out	3,112	12,356	3,777	8,375	3,374	4,733
Admitted students who chose to enroll	462	1,132	532	967	463	482
Yield rate	14.8%	9.2%	14.1%	11.5%	13.7%	10.2%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required	Required	Required	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$49,007	$62,710	$55,850	$64,774	$54,970	$42,650
Average net price	$18,476	$38,643	$24,471	$35,500	$12,305	$24,130
Tuition	$34,950	$42,410	$43,250	$43,842	$32,000	$32,000
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $6,065 Meal plan: $4,800	Room/dormitory: $6,950 Meal plan: $7,430	Room/dormitory: $7,110 Meal plan: $6,850	Room/dormitory: $9,493 Meal plan: $7,323	Room/dormitory: $9,635 Meal plan: $5,418	Room/dormitory: $7,990 Meal plan: $7,360
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	100.0% Average amount $24,717	98.0% Average amount $24,418	100.0% Average amount $34,403	99.0% Average amount $25,528	100.0% Average amount $37,049	100.0% Average amount $22,122
Students receiving federal student loan	63.0% Average amount $5,153	51.0% Average amount $5,444	65.0% Average amount $5,216	64.0% Average amount $5,356	51.0% Average amount $5,228	52.0% Average amount $5,100
Students taking out private loans	3.0% Average amount $13,262	11.0% Average amount $21,756	12.0% Average amount $15,802	16.0% Average amount $22,739	2.0% Average amount $18,217	14.0% Average amount $16,740
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	2,063 Men 31.1% Women 68.9%	4,537 Men 40.0% Women 60.0%	2,055 Men 48.6% Women 51.4%	4,120 Men 46.6% Women 53.4%	5,540 Men 42.7% Women 57.3%	2,746 Men 34.8% Women 65.2%
Graduate students	1,003 Men 19.6% Women 80.4%	1,022 Men 33.6% Women 66.4%	515 Men 61.6% Women 38.4%	1,332 Men 27.3% Women 72.7%	1,927 Men 29.9% Women 70.1%	1,297 Men 28.7% Women 71.3%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Very Low	Moderate	Very Low	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	10.2%	56.6%	N/A	N/A	17.7%	30.2%
International students	1.0%	1.5%	3.5%	1.9%	4.1%	3.2%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	City: Large	Town: Fringe	Suburb: Large	Suburb: Large	City: Large
Dormitory capacity	425	2,718	1,483	2,713	991	1,962
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No	No	No	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Illinois Texas California Indiana Nevada	Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan Missouri	N/A	N/A	New Jersey New York California Pennsylvania Florida	Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Maryland Delaware
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Education Multidisciplinary Studies Public Administration and Social Service Business	Health Professions Education Business Visual & Performing Arts Foreign Languages and Literatures	Business Education Theology Health Professions Social Sciences	Education Business Health Professions Engineering Computer and Information Science	Liberal Arts Business Health Professions Psychology Public Administration and Social Service	Health Professions Education Business Psychology Communication and Journalism
Students to faculty ratio	10:1	11:1	14:1	15:1	15:1	12:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	New England Commission on Higher Education	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Outcome
Graduation rate	52.2%	83.8%	61.5%	69.0%	53.9%	57.6%
Dropout rate	13.0%	3.9%	4.0%	0.1%	14.5%	16.3%
Transferred out	34.2%	11.9%	34.2%	30.5%	29.8%	25.3%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,883 Year 2: $67,995 Year 3: $73,410 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $67,559 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,538 Year 2: $55,840 Year 3: $57,657 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,236 Year 2: $49,918 Year 3: $53,425 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $51,106 Year 3: $52,299 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,788 Year 2: $41,007 Year 3: $48,965 Library Science and Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $42,386 Year 2: $42,458 Year 3: $47,260 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $42,146 Year 2: $43,054 Year 3: $46,699 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,433 Year 2: $26,739 Year 3: $42,521 Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $40,929	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $119,557 Year 3: $112,557 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $101,964 Year 3: $108,228 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $67,067 Insurance (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $59,885 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $49,019 Year 3: $58,602 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $43,426 Year 3: $58,451 International Business (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $49,058 Year 3: $55,058 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,331 Year 2: $42,123 Year 3: $50,819 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $36,183 Year 3: $49,676 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $40,052	Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $90,412 Year 3: $89,704 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $67,674 Year 2: $68,331 Year 3: $76,523 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $53,097 Year 2: $56,157 Year 3: $56,969 Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $43,827 Year 2: $53,697 Year 3: $55,407 Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,539 Year 2: $45,249 Year 3: $54,696 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $46,757 Year 2: $48,432 Year 3: $53,009 Criminology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,014 Year 2: $37,363 Year 3: $52,851 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,932 Year 2: $40,896 Year 3: $44,778 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,777 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $44,137 Research and Experimental Psychology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,282 Year 2: $37,748 Year 3: $39,690	Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,692 Year 2: $44,327 Year 3: $57,831 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,877 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $48,983 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $45,240 Year 2: $43,160 Year 3: $48,263 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,959 Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: $47,824 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,026 Year 2: $28,816 Year 3: $44,114 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $70,044 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: N/A Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,117 Year 2: $62,508 Year 3: N/A Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $38,444 Year 2: $36,312 Year 3: N/A Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $30,991 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $117,472 Year 2: $114,382 Year 3: $121,163 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $89,171 Year 2: $99,832 Year 3: $111,462 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $76,711 Year 2: $76,146 Year 3: $83,410 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $72,066 Year 2: $74,953 Year 3: $82,294 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $56,365 Year 2: $59,690 Year 3: $72,371 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,227 Year 2: $56,641 Year 3: $65,479 Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $65,927 Year 2: $61,681 Year 3: $63,724 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,369 Year 2: $53,775 Year 3: $59,199 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,205 Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $58,388 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $52,296 Year 2: $51,019 Year 3: $53,528	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $105,894 Year 2: $111,992 Year 3: $112,782 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $86,139 Year 2: $84,100 Year 3: $91,743 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $64,762 Year 2: $72,510 Year 3: $79,742 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $74,181 Year 2: $70,642 Year 3: $79,475 Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $82,610 Year 2: $64,990 Year 3: $77,322 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $67,148 Year 2: $66,821 Year 3: $76,502 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,448 Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $67,797 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,850 Year 2: $56,415 Year 3: $64,559 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,344 Year 2: $59,011 Year 3: $62,399 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,298 Year 2: $53,608 Year 3: $57,694

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