Side-by-Side Comparison of Minnesota State University Moorhead

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	Albany State University	Northern Michigan University	Minnesota State University Moorhead	Northwest Missouri State University	University of Nebraska at Kearney	SUNY Oneonta
Overview
Location	Albany, Georgia	Marquette, Michigan	Moorhead, Minnesota	Maryville, Missouri	Kearney, Nebraska	Oneonta, New York
Campus setting	City: Small	Town: Remote	Suburb: Midsize	Town: Remote	Town: Distant	Town: Remote
College type	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public	Public	Public	Public	Public
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	65.0%	72.0%	69.0%	76.0%	76.0%	76.0%
Common app member	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Religious affiliation
Admission
Acceptance rate	73.0%	71.3%	71.7%	85.6%	90.3%	69.6%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $25	Undergraduate: $35 Graduate: $50	Undergraduate: $20 Graduate: $35		Undergraduate: $45 Graduate: $45	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $50
SAT range	740 - 900	N/A	1040 - 1180	953 - 1133	938 - 1133	N/A
ACT range	15 - 18	N/A	19 - 25	19 - 24	18 - 25	N/A
Students submitting SAT score	46.0%		2.0%	1.0%	4.0%
Students submitting ACT score	26.0%		69.0%	95.0%	86.0%
Total number of applicants	7,655	6,553	3,143	7,039	6,076	9,940
Total number of admissions given out	5,590	4,670	2,254	6,024	5,488	6,919
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,443	1,496	613	964	958	943
Yield rate	25.8%	32.0%	27.2%	16.0%	17.5%	13.6%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	N/A	Required	Required	Required	Not required	Required
Recommendation letters	N/A	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Required
High school transcript	N/A	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	N/A	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $24,718 Out of state: $36,098	In state: $26,076 Out of state: $31,572	In state: $23,884 Out of state: $31,980	In state: $22,523 Out of state: $28,590	In state: $24,300 Out of state: $30,552	In state: $26,508 Out of state: $36,418
Average net price	$14,359	$17,686	$17,254	$13,754	$16,433	$17,594
Tuition	In state: $4,146 Out of state: $15,526	In state: $12,098 Out of state: $17,594	In state: $8,096 Out of state: $16,192	In state: $5,461 Out of state: $11,528	In state: $6,292 Out of state: $12,498	In state: $7,070 Out of state: $16,980
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $5,670 Meal plan: $3,950	Room/dormitory: $6,212 Meal plan: $5,700	Room/dormitory: $6,440 Meal plan: $3,390	Room/dormitory: $5,582 Meal plan: $3,966	Room/dormitory: $5,436 Meal plan: $5,192	Room/dormitory: $9,580 Meal plan: $5,000
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	93.0% Average amount $6,872	100.0% Average amount $8,291	85.0% Average amount $5,127	96.0% Average amount $8,153	85.0% Average amount $7,441	67.0% Average amount $9,134
Students receiving federal student loan	70.0% Average amount $5,453	60.0% Average amount $4,882	62.0% Average amount $5,197	59.0% Average amount $5,260	45.0% Average amount $4,821	50.0% Average amount $4,948
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $7,233	13.0% Average amount $12,023	24.0% Average amount $9,822	6.0% Average amount $9,915	5.0% Average amount $9,368	7.0% Average amount $12,478
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	5,824 Men 26.1% Women 73.9%	6,611 Men 41.4% Women 58.6%	4,026 Men 37.7% Women 62.3%	5,306 Men 40.1% Women 59.9%	4,427 Men 37.7% Women 62.3%	5,380 Men 38.8% Women 61.2%
Graduate students	473 Men 18.2% Women 81.8%	603 Men 31.8% Women 68.2%	1,062 Men 28.0% Women 72.0%	2,564 Men 41.1% Women 58.9%	1,848 Men 30.2% Women 69.8%	538 Men 18.4% Women 81.6%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low	Low
Out-of-state students	15.7%	27.5%	N/A	29.4%	9.9%	3.3%
International students	0.6%	1.2%	3.0%	8.9%	4.2%	0.2%
Campus local/setting	City: Small	Town: Remote	Suburb: Midsize	Town: Remote	Town: Distant	Town: Remote
Dormitory capacity	2,425	2,956	1,641	2,414	2,072	3,134
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	Georgia Florida Alabama South Carolina Texas	Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota California	N/A	Missouri Iowa Nebraska Kansas Illinois	Nebraska Colorado Kansas Iowa Wyoming	New York Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Mississippi
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Liberal Arts Education Business Law Enforcement and Firefighting	Health Professions Business Education Visual & Performing Arts Liberal Arts	Education Health Professions Business Visual & Performing Arts Communication and Journalism	Education Business Computer and Information Science Agriculture Health Professions	Education Biological and Biomedical Sciences Business Health Professions Liberal Arts	Education Visual & Performing Arts Health Professions Social Sciences Communication and Journalism
Students to faculty ratio	20:1	19:1	18:1	19:1	13:1	16:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Outcome
Graduation rate	23.9%	49.4%	56.9%	52.4%	58.0%	74.0%
Dropout rate	29.8%	48.5%	17.9%	17.9%	11.4%	3.5%
Transferred out	43.2%	N/A	24.1%	28.8%	28.0%	22.0%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $105,294 Year 2: $105,306 Year 3: $104,099 Educational Administration and Supervision (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $55,812 Year 2: $59,873 Year 3: $67,756 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,478 Year 2: $63,749 Year 3: $67,072 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $60,649 Year 2: $56,867 Year 3: $57,079 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $44,832 Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $51,489 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $41,423 Year 2: $43,128 Year 3: $48,039 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $36,757 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $42,490 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $39,369 Year 3: $42,433 Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $36,994 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $39,828 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,620 Year 2: $34,526 Year 3: $38,510	Construction Engineering Technologies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,628 Year 2: $72,796 Year 3: $79,136 Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: $46,384 Year 2: $47,846 Year 3: $59,593 Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $56,415 Year 3: $58,726 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,371 Year 2: $56,776 Year 3: $57,709 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $47,668 Year 2: $53,358 Year 3: $55,574 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,975 Year 2: $46,087 Year 3: $51,392 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,045 Year 2: $34,793 Year 3: $47,951 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,424 Year 2: $44,635 Year 3: $46,290 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,823 Year 2: $38,649 Year 3: $45,786 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $43,293 Year 2: $38,529 Year 3: $44,324	Construction Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $67,373 Year 2: $64,865 Year 3: $73,641 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,801 Year 2: $64,865 Year 3: $70,289 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,890 Year 2: $66,325 Year 3: $66,636 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,508 Year 2: $46,999 Year 3: $53,464 Curriculum and Instruction (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,137 Year 2: $51,690 Year 3: $51,598 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $46,524 Year 2: $48,600 Year 3: $50,567 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $41,403 Year 2: $42,309 Year 3: $46,977 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,318 Year 2: $41,689 Year 3: $46,403 Sociology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,016 Year 2: $45,500 Year 3: $45,809 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,835 Year 2: $25,774 Year 3: $44,558	Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,353 Year 2: $65,387 Year 3: $74,049 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,868 Year 2: $48,198 Year 3: $55,549 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $52,788 Year 2: $51,197 Year 3: $54,473 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $50,439 Year 3: $52,420 Computer Software and Media Applications (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,075 Year 2: $45,715 Year 3: $52,373 Plant Sciences (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $49,837 Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,533 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $49,285 Agriculture, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,158 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $49,112 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,370 Year 2: $43,379 Year 3: $48,369 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,668 Year 2: $41,342 Year 3: $46,406	Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $56,208 Year 2: $58,479 Year 3: $63,133 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $48,641 Year 3: $54,125 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,040 Year 2: $52,607 Year 3: $53,723 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,490 Year 2: $48,302 Year 3: $53,277 Biology, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $54,246 Year 2: $48,432 Year 3: $52,603 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,894 Year 2: $45,618 Year 3: $52,491 Fine and Studio Arts (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,665 Year 2: $48,432 Year 3: $51,898 Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,654 Year 2: $38,829 Year 3: $51,703 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,159 Year 2: $49,464 Year 3: $51,277 Curriculum and Instruction (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $48,157 Year 2: $45,500 Year 3: $49,659	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,827 Year 2: $55,286 Year 3: $66,071 Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,456 Year 2: $43,426 Year 3: $56,981 Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,024 Year 2: $49,625 Year 3: $54,458 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,066 Year 2: $36,745 Year 3: $50,673 Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,203 Year 2: $50,995 Year 3: $50,343 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,694 Year 2: $49,918 Year 3: $49,681 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $48,877 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,773 Year 2: $44,542 Year 3: $48,443 Mathematics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,168 Year 2: $27,584 Year 3: $48,232 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,547 Year 2: $40,017 Year 3: $47,962

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