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	Alabama State University	University of the District of Columbia	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	Southeastern Louisiana University	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	North Carolina A & T State University
Overview
Location	Montgomery, Alabama	Washington, District of Columbia	Tallahassee, Florida	Hammond, Louisiana	Princess Anne, Maryland	Greensboro, North Carolina
Campus setting	City: Midsize	City: Large	City: Midsize	City: Small	Town: Fringe	City: Large
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	64.0%	53.0%	89.0%	64.0%	61.0%	77.0%
Common app member	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation
Admission
Acceptance rate	98.0%	Open Admission	35.3%	98.9%	81.9%	57.3%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $25	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $50	Undergraduate: $35 Graduate: $30	Undergraduate: $20 Graduate: $20	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $60	Undergraduate: $60 Graduate: $60
SAT range	839 - 1050	N/A	1010 - 1150	N/A	N/A	990 - 1170
ACT range	15 - 20	N/A	17 - 23	N/A	N/A	16 - 22
Students submitting SAT score	15.0%		80.0%			20.0%
Students submitting ACT score	35.0%		53.0%			38.0%
Total number of applicants	5,974		8,717	5,634	7,625	21,528
Total number of admissions given out	5,854		3,076	5,574	6,245	12,346
Admitted students who chose to enroll	890		1,129	2,230	484	2,930
Yield rate	15.2%		36.7%	40.0%	7.8%	23.7%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	N/A	Required	Required	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	N/A	Required	Not required	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	N/A	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	N/A	Required	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $25,118 Out of state: $33,446	In state: $30,026 Out of state: $36,878	In state: $23,345 Out of state: $35,285	In state: $24,435 Out of state: $36,913	In state: $25,910 Out of state: $36,529	In state: $20,507 Out of state: $34,017
Average net price	$12,875	$12,354	$12,539	$12,891	$12,867	$9,145
Tuition	In state: $8,328 Out of state: $16,656	In state: $5,292 Out of state: $12,144	In state: $3,152 Out of state: $14,524	In state: $5,777 Out of state: $18,255	In state: $5,526 Out of state: $16,145	In state: $3,540 Out of state: $17,050
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $3,500 Meal plan: $2,550		Room/dormitory: $6,528 Meal plan: $5,116	Room/dormitory: $5,050 Meal plan: $3,750	Room/dormitory: $5,514 Meal plan: $4,571	Room/dormitory: $4,409 Meal plan: $4,009
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Prepaid tuition plan	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	93.0% Average amount $10,796	65.0% Average amount $7,657	94.0% Average amount $11,310	95.0% Average amount $8,867	94.0% Average amount $9,812	87.0% Average amount $9,598
Students receiving federal student loan	67.0% Average amount $6,058	29.0% Average amount $5,107	42.0% Average amount $4,792	40.0% Average amount $4,773	54.0% Average amount $5,670	68.0% Average amount $5,577
Students taking out private loans	2.0% Average amount $8,827	1.0% Average amount $3,285	2.0% Average amount $15,311	2.0% Average amount $8,867	4.0% Average amount $13,358	4.0% Average amount $13,930
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	3,499 Men 35.0% Women 65.0%	2,947 Men 37.0% Women 63.0%	7,301 Men 34.4% Women 65.6%	12,459 Men 37.2% Women 62.8%	1,811 Men 45.9% Women 54.1%	11,596 Men 39.2% Women 60.8%
Graduate students	465 Men 29.9% Women 70.1%	529 Men 39.9% Women 60.1%	1,699 Men 33.4% Women 66.6%	997 Men 23.6% Women 76.4%	573 Men 32.6% Women 67.4%	1,726 Men 39.1% Women 60.9%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Very Low	Low	Very Low	Low	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	68.9%	18.1%	32.4%	1.8%	N/A	33.6%
International students	1.7%	5.5%	0.7%	1.2%	3.0%	2.4%
Campus local/setting	City: Midsize	City: Large	City: Midsize	City: Small	Town: Fringe	City: Large
Dormitory capacity	2,079	N/A	2,450	2,742	1,798	5,540
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	N/A	No	No	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Alabama Georgia Florida California Illinois	District of Columbia Maryland Virginia New Jersey California	Florida Georgia Illinois Texas Alabama	Louisiana Texas Mississippi California Florida	N/A	North Carolina Maryland South Carolina Georgia Virginia
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Business Education Law Enforcement and Firefighting Multidisciplinary Studies	Business Legal Profession Education Health Professions Engineering	Health Professions Business Legal Profession Psychology Social Sciences	Business Health Professions Education Liberal Arts Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Health Professions Business Law Enforcement and Firefighting Biological and Biomedical Sciences Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Engineering Computer and Information Science Education Communication and Journalism Psychology
Students to faculty ratio	13:1	8:1	14:1	18:1	8:1	19:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Outcome
Graduation rate	28.4%	25.0%	55.4%	37.6%	33.3%	53.1%
Dropout rate	32.6%	52.7%	19.7%	21.4%	25.4%	21.0%
Transferred out	36.4%	18.2%	21.6%	36.2%	39.0%	23.8%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $77,554 Year 2: $77,872 Year 3: $76,851 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,905 Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $55,127 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $47,635 Year 2: $50,717 Year 3: $51,507 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,449 Year 2: $24,035 Year 3: $36,705 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,951 Year 2: $34,526 Year 3: $33,805 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,279 Year 2: $23,869 Year 3: $31,282 Social Work (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,751 Year 2: $28,055 Year 3: $31,219 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,832 Year 2: $28,236 Year 3: $30,680 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,957 Year 2: $16,992 Year 3: $30,003 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $24,687 Year 2: $23,207 Year 3: $27,536	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $67,644 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,611 Year 2: $52,289 Year 3: $51,504 Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $50,832 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $42,606 Education, General (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $36,817 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,490 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $35,801 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $29,409 Year 2: $29,685 Year 3: $15,243 Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,990 Year 2: $39,927 Year 3: N/A Law (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $60,091 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Legal Professions and Studies, Other (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $26,715 Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $36,141 Year 3: N/A	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $120,124 Year 3: $118,118 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $85,421 Year 2: $100,626 Year 3: $116,597 Construction Engineering Technologies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $61,814 Year 3: $72,935 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $71,921 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $70,088 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,067 Year 2: $59,417 Year 3: $63,887 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,093 Year 2: $44,170 Year 3: $60,136 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $54,439 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $59,868 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,873 Year 2: $58,919 Year 3: $59,201 Architecture (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $49,136 Year 3: $57,230 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,824 Year 2: $53,608 Year 3: $56,027	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $86,869 Year 2: $92,712 Year 3: $95,010 Engineering Technology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,526 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $71,040 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,791 Year 2: $56,776 Year 3: $65,686 Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,400 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $64,187 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,570 Year 2: $61,728 Year 3: $61,577 Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,908 Year 2: $48,823 Year 3: $56,174 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,491 Year 2: $51,106 Year 3: $51,453 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,185 Year 2: $49,696 Year 3: $50,537 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,388 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $48,247 Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $49,114 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $48,214	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $89,550 Year 2: $119,486 Year 3: $126,437 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $101,964 Year 3: $117,459 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,169 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $58,071 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $47,758 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,921 Year 2: $28,598 Year 3: $37,953 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,439 Year 2: $37,568 Year 3: $37,868 Hospitality Administration/Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,262 Year 2: $32,658 Year 3: $37,309 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $28,721 Year 2: $30,771 Year 3: $35,895 Sociology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,567 Year 2: $25,774 Year 3: $33,633 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $24,925 Year 2: $29,882 Year 3: $33,576	Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $66,629 Year 2: $68,666 Year 3: $72,152 Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $73,414 Year 2: $66,541 Year 3: $71,300 Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $72,566 Year 2: $61,064 Year 3: $68,594 Civil Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,061 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $62,985 Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $53,397 Year 2: $54,035 Year 3: $62,324 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $74,776 Year 2: $68,666 Year 3: $62,307 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,288 Year 2: $59,042 Year 3: $60,168 Architectural Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,103 Year 2: $53,810 Year 3: $57,162 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $53,063 Year 2: $40,791 Year 3: $56,806 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $71,300 Year 2: $44,971 Year 3: $56,343

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