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	University of North Alabama	Arkansas Tech University	University of Central Arkansas	Georgia College & State University	Fort Hays State University	Morehead State University
Overview
Location	Florence, Alabama	Russellville, Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	Milledgeville, Georgia	Hays, Kansas	Morehead, Kentucky
Campus setting	City: Small	Town: Remote	City: Small	Town: Distant	Town: Remote	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	75.0%	63.0%	71.0%	78.0%	73.0%	70.0%
Common app member	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Religious affiliation
Admission
Acceptance rate	90.0%	94.4%	92.4%	87.7%	90.3%	89.8%
Application fees		$40	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $45	Undergraduate: $40 Graduate: $40	Undergraduate: $30 Graduate: $40	Undergraduate: $30 Graduate: $30
SAT range	N/A	N/A	980 - 1160	1070 - 1260	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A	19 - 26	21 - 27	N/A	N/A
Students submitting SAT score			3.0%	23.0%
Students submitting ACT score			94.0%	19.0%
Total number of applicants	3,410	6,218	6,057	4,633	1,997	6,922
Total number of admissions given out	3,068	5,868	5,595	4,062	1,804	6,218
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,013	1,396	1,854	1,507	955	1,184
Yield rate	33.0%	23.8%	33.1%	37.1%	52.9%	19.0%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required	Required	Required	Not required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required	Not required	Required	Not required	Not 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	In state: $22,886 Out of state: $32,486	In state: $27,125 Out of state: $32,861	In state: $25,219 Out of state: $32,089	In state: $25,019 Out of state: $44,199	In state: $19,364 Out of state: $29,804	In state: $23,984 Out of state: $28,628
Average net price	$12,379	$11,097	$14,042	$20,443	$13,788	$10,471
Tuition	In state: $9,600 Out of state: $19,200	In state: $5,736 Out of state: $11,472	In state: $6,870 Out of state: $13,740	In state: $7,508 Out of state: $26,688	In state: $4,140 Out of state: $14,580	In state: $9,082 Out of state: $13,726
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $3,846 Meal plan: $4,120	Room/dormitory: $4,996 Meal plan: $4,000	Room/dormitory: $4,326 Meal plan: $3,570	Room/dormitory: $7,254 Meal plan: $4,070	Room/dormitory: $4,047 Meal plan: $4,326	$10,040
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)	95.0% Average amount $9,243	94.0% Average amount $8,425	92.0% Average amount $7,693	95.0% Average amount $7,955	91.0% Average amount $5,027	97.0% Average amount $10,376
Students receiving federal student loan	41.0% Average amount $5,070	43.0% Average amount $6,090	51.0% Average amount $5,106	38.0% Average amount $5,285	50.0% Average amount $5,059	55.0% Average amount $4,964
Students taking out private loans	5.0% Average amount $11,765	4.0% Average amount $8,627	5.0% Average amount $10,426	7.0% Average amount $8,022	3.0% Average amount $9,055	5.0% Average amount $9,199
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	6,084 Men 36.4% Women 63.6%	8,901 Men 43.8% Women 56.2%	8,244 Men 39.0% Women 61.0%	5,586 Men 36.0% Women 64.0%	11,402 Men 39.1% Women 60.9%	8,312 Men 38.7% Women 61.3%
Graduate students	2,442 Men 34.2% Women 65.8%	739 Men 36.3% Women 63.7%	1,861 Men 26.6% Women 73.4%	1,177 Men 28.5% Women 71.5%	2,700 Men 29.7% Women 70.3%	670 Men 37.6% Women 62.4%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low	Low	Very Low	Very Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	6.2%	7.9%	0.5%	N/A	N/A
International students	3.9%	2.2%	3.8%	0.8%	1.7%	0.7%
Campus local/setting	City: Small	Town: Remote	City: Small	Town: Distant	Town: Remote	Town: Remote
Dormitory capacity	2,052	2,100	3,675	2,237	1,731	3,315
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	N/A	Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Missouri Tennessee	Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Tennessee Alabama	Georgia New York Illinois Louisiana New Hampshire	N/A	Ohio Tennessee Virginia Illinois
Academics
Popular study areas	Business Education Health Professions Public Administration and Social Service Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Health Professions Liberal Arts Education Business Law Enforcement and Firefighting	Health Professions Education Business Kinesiology & Leisure Studies Visual & Performing Arts	Education Health Professions Business Kinesiology & Leisure Studies Biological and Biomedical Sciences	Business Education Health Professions Liberal Arts Social Sciences	Education Health Professions Business Liberal Arts Agriculture
Students to faculty ratio	17:1	18:1	15:1	16:1	15:1	15:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Outcome
Graduation rate	51.2%	45.8%	49.4%	62.1%	50.5%	44.8%
Dropout rate	17.6%	30.2%	19.1%	3.6%	31.2%	53.6%
Transferred out	28.8%	22.2%	29.7%	34.0%	15.0%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $66,733 Year 2: $66,461 Year 3: $71,360 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $73,551 Year 2: $70,680 Year 3: $70,167 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,845 Year 2: $53,064 Year 3: $54,199 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,641 Year 2: $39,369 Year 3: $48,682 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $46,633 Year 2: $45,500 Year 3: $47,547 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,312 Year 2: $35,701 Year 3: $45,540 Geography and Cartography (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,794 Year 2: $35,060 Year 3: $39,682 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,116 Year 2: $36,776 Year 3: $38,804 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,711 Year 2: $32,284 Year 3: $37,375 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,688 Year 2: $31,133 Year 3: $35,971	Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,093 Year 2: $54,974 Year 3: $63,833 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,586 Year 2: $57,955 Year 3: $59,678 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,980 Year 2: $45,808 Year 3: $58,934 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $59,665 Year 2: $52,607 Year 3: $58,602 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,486 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $54,362 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,609 Year 2: $49,136 Year 3: $53,009 Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $44,819 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $43,990 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $36,415 Year 2: $40,222 Year 3: $42,597 Homeland Security (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,633 Year 2: $36,668 Year 3: $41,833 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $39,931 Year 2: $38,649 Year 3: $41,419	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $92,284 Year 2: $92,358 Year 3: $96,070 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $72,491 Year 2: $70,736 Year 3: $76,640 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $61,696 Year 2: $67,548 Year 3: $65,753 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,174 Year 2: $58,842 Year 3: $59,396 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $52,787 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $57,030 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,827 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $55,240 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,080 Year 2: $45,305 Year 3: $52,677 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $48,462 Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $52,542 Library Science, Other (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $46,140 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $49,838 Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $40,755 Year 2: $48,432 Year 3: $49,837	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $88,879 Year 2: $91,744 Year 3: $103,252 Business/Commerce, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $70,589 Year 2: $66,045 Year 3: $78,191 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $64,907 Year 2: $67,324 Year 3: $70,726 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,634 Year 2: $59,726 Year 3: $67,256 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,080 Year 2: $61,096 Year 3: $62,145 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,031 Year 2: $43,658 Year 3: $54,993 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,582 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $52,099 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,926 Year 2: $44,170 Year 3: $51,231 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,029 Year 2: $40,945 Year 3: $51,165 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,778 Year 2: $46,790 Year 3: $47,447	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $85,036 Year 2: $82,440 Year 3: $99,232 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $56,228 Year 2: $55,286 Year 3: $67,227 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,873 Year 2: $57,461 Year 3: $61,895 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $58,104 Year 2: $57,995 Year 3: $60,659 Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $48,849 Year 3: $59,909 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $54,167 Year 2: $51,392 Year 3: $57,191 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,360 Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $53,880 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $51,829 Year 3: $52,488 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,081 Year 2: $47,846 Year 3: $49,888 Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,407 Year 2: $48,432 Year 3: $49,592	Business/Commerce, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,256 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $67,934 Engineering Technology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,465 Year 2: $56,544 Year 3: $63,288 Curriculum and Instruction (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $53,198 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $61,548 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,164 Year 2: $59,919 Year 3: $59,589 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,855 Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $56,127 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $56,482 Year 2: $54,430 Year 3: $52,630 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,023 Year 2: $41,565 Year 3: $52,250 Engineering-Related Fields (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $66,090 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $52,098 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,707 Year 2: $35,823 Year 3: $42,105 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $40,028 Year 2: $40,481 Year 3: $42,017

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