Side-by-Side Comparison of The University of the South

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	Birmingham-Southern College	Hendrix College	Trinity College	Lynn University	Berry College	The University of the South
Overview
Location	Birmingham, Alabama	Conway, Arkansas	Hartford, Connecticut	Boca Raton, Florida	Mount Berry, Georgia	Sewanee, Tennessee
Campus setting	City: Midsize	City: Small	City: Midsize	City: Small	Suburb: Small	Rural: Distant
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	4-1-4	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	78.0%	80.0%	91.0%	76.0%	85.0%	90.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation	Methodism	Methodism				Protestant
Admission
Acceptance rate	65.9%	68.3%	37.7%	83.0%	69.9%	60.3%
Application fees	$50		Undergraduate: $65 Graduate: $75
SAT range	1090 - 1240	1090 - 1340	1333 - 1480	1030 - 1200	1120 - 1316	1200 - 1390
ACT range	22 - 28	24 - 31	29 - 33	20 - 26	24 - 30	26 - 31
Students submitting SAT score	7.0%	13.0%	11.0%	14.0%	12.0%	25.0%
Students submitting ACT score	54.0%	69.0%	5.0%	3.0%	34.0%	49.0%
Total number of applicants	2,461	2,385	5,603	7,194	5,249	4,162
Total number of admissions given out	1,622	1,629	2,115	5,972	3,669	2,508
Admitted students who chose to enroll	244	316	523	797	729	474
Yield rate	15.0%	19.4%	24.7%	13.3%	19.9%	18.9%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required	Not required	Required	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required	Required	Required	Not required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	Not required	Required	Not required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$33,790	$47,304	$79,770	$66,091	$54,520	$66,480
Average net price	$22,888	$9,968	$29,789	$38,315	$24,741	$29,626
Tuition	$18,850	$33,000	$58,610	$38,650	$38,430	$49,146
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $7,900 Meal plan: $5,650	Room/dormitory: $6,700 Meal plan: $6,500	Room/dormitory: $10,350 Meal plan: $5,550	$12,720	Room/dormitory: $7,640 Meal plan: $5,980	Room/dormitory: $7,314 Meal plan: $6,798
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)	97.0% Average amount $10,781	100.0% Average amount $45,130	66.0% Average amount $46,858	99.0% Average amount $18,879	100.0% Average amount $29,624	95.0% Average amount $35,383
Students receiving federal student loan	79.0% Average amount $3,074	41.0% Average amount $5,363	48.0% Average amount $4,756	38.0% Average amount $5,453	47.0% Average amount $5,295	74.0% Average amount $5,329
Students taking out private loans	6.0% Average amount $13,570	4.0% Average amount $11,854	7.0% Average amount $15,135	17.0% Average amount $11,490	10.0% Average amount $11,567	0.0% Average amount $0
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	1,058 Men 48.7% Women 51.3%	1,111 Men 48.9% Women 51.1%	2,159 Men 50.8% Women 49.2%	2,640 Men 50.0% Women 50.0%	2,172 Men 36.3% Women 63.7%	1,735 Men 47.1% Women 52.9%
Graduate students	N/A	9 Men 55.6% Women 44.4%	31 Men 74.2% Women 25.8%	745 Men 41.1% Women 58.9%	131 Men 27.5% Women 72.5%	85 Men 58.8% Women 41.2%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	38.4%	N/A	82.8%	N/A	26.6%	77.6%
International students	1.5%	2.1%	12.6%	16.4%	0.4%	3.9%
Campus local/setting	City: Midsize	City: Small	City: Midsize	City: Small	Suburb: Small	Rural: Distant
Dormitory capacity	1,418	1,258	1,999	1,196	1,991	1,800
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	Alabama Georgia Tennessee Florida Texas	N/A	Mississippi Connecticut New York New Jersey Illinois	N/A	Georgia Tennessee Alabama Florida North Carolina	Tennessee Georgia North Carolina Texas Alabama
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Psychology Business Computer and Information Science Education	Social Sciences Health Professions Business Biological and Biomedical Sciences History	Public Administration and Social Service Computer and Information Science Foreign Languages and Literatures Social Sciences Biological and Biomedical Sciences	Business Psychology Communication and Journalism Education Visual & Performing Arts	Education Biological and Biomedical Sciences Health Professions Kinesiology & Leisure Studies Business	Social Sciences Biological and Biomedical Sciences Theology History Foreign Languages and Literatures
Students to faculty ratio	10:1	11:1	9:1	18:1	12:1	10:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	New England Commission on Higher Education	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Outcome
Graduation rate	69.8%	72.9%	85.2%	50.2%	72.4%	80.2%
Dropout rate	4.8%	26.8%	6.1%	33.8%	27.6%	1.9%
Transferred out	24.7%	N/A	8.8%	15.4%	N/A	17.9%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,374 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $50,065 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,048 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,580 Year 2: $26,933 Year 3: N/A	Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,848 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $44,857 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: $31,986 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $22,652 Year 3: $31,827 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $16,478 Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $19,573 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $18,582 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,856 Year 2: $42,235 Year 3: $63,453 Area Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,115 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Area Studies (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $45,827 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Engineering, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,750 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,078 Year 2: $43,128 Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,376 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Neurobiology and Neurosciences (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,188 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,657 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,400 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: N/A Public Policy Analysis (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $50,564 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: N/A	Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,834 Year 2: $45,198 Year 3: $52,852 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $45,654 Year 2: $46,790 Year 3: $48,088 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,513 Year 2: $37,568 Year 3: $39,077 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,269 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $32,463 Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,925 Year 3: N/A Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $33,459 Year 3: N/A Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $52,168 Year 3: N/A Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $87,681 Year 2: $73,949 Year 3: N/A Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $18,309 Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $20,140 Year 3: N/A	Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $69,436 Year 2: $70,176 Year 3: $74,888 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,369 Year 2: $51,482 Year 3: $59,936 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,028 Year 2: $40,747 Year 3: $41,989 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,025 Year 2: $35,416 Year 3: $40,959 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $25,920 Year 2: $25,967 Year 3: $40,716 Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,089 Year 2: $35,810 Year 3: $37,329 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,034 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $36,933 Animal Sciences (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $24,421 Year 3: $29,783 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $27,332 Zoology/Animal Biology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,886 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Theological and Ministerial Studies (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $71,807 Year 2: $75,204 Year 3: $77,812 Economics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $50,532 Year 2: $47,595 Year 3: $63,733 Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,235 Year 2: $37,568 Year 3: $52,168 International/Global Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,960 Year 3: $47,601 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,230 Year 2: $26,353 Year 3: $38,096 Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,774 Year 3: $33,693 Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $15,922 Year 3: N/A English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,028 Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $37,568 Year 3: N/A

Side-by-Side Comparison of The University of the South

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