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	Lyon College	Hendrix College	Asbury University	Berea College	Brescia University	Transylvania University
Overview
Location	Batesville, Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	Wilmore, Kentucky	Berea, Kentucky	Owensboro, Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky
Campus setting	Town: Remote	City: Small	Town: Fringe	Town: Distant	City: Small	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	4-1-4
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	69.0%	80.0%	84.0%	84.0%	66.0%	84.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Religious affiliation	Presbyterian	Methodism			Catholic	Protestant
Admission
Acceptance rate	27.2%	68.3%	77.4%	33.0%	53.1%	92.0%
Application fees					Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $50
SAT range	1050 - 1195	1090 - 1340	N/A	1118 - 1268	920 - 1190	1050 - 1330
ACT range	21 - 26	24 - 31	N/A	23 - 28	18 - 25	23 - 30
Students submitting SAT score	11.0%	13.0%		8.0%	13.0%	18.0%
Students submitting ACT score	62.0%	69.0%		46.0%	86.0%	73.0%
Total number of applicants	2,444	2,385	1,126	1,736	1,952	1,631
Total number of admissions given out	665	1,629	872	573	1,037	1,500
Admitted students who chose to enroll	138	316	263	338	125	289
Yield rate	20.8%	19.4%	30.2%	59.0%	12.1%	19.3%
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	Not required	Not required	Not required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required	Not required	Required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Not required	Not required	Not required	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$45,494	$47,304	$43,483	$54,396	$43,550	$58,070
Average net price	$10,537	$9,968	$23,604	$3,354	$13,796	$26,271
Tuition	$29,450	$33,000	$32,084	$42,900	$26,000	$40,800
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $5,760 Meal plan: $5,750	Room/dormitory: $6,700 Meal plan: $6,500	Room/dormitory: $4,882 Meal plan: $3,458	Room/dormitory: $3,886 Meal plan: $3,598	$10,204	Room/dormitory: $6,400 Meal plan: $4,850
Available payment plans	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 $22,878	100.0% Average amount $45,130	100.0% Average amount $20,921	100.0% Average amount $52,253	89.0% Average amount $23,641	100.0% Average amount $30,467
Students receiving federal student loan	63.0% Average amount $6,597	41.0% Average amount $5,363	58.0% Average amount $5,361	4.0% Average amount $3,016	44.0% Average amount $5,446	55.0% Average amount $5,299
Students taking out private loans	5.0% Average amount $8,969	4.0% Average amount $11,854	14.0% Average amount $13,097	2.0% Average amount $758	0.0% Average amount $0	9.0% Average amount $17,474
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	579 Men 59.1% Women 40.9%	1,111 Men 48.9% Women 51.1%	1,472 Men 40.6% Women 59.4%	1,468 Men 40.7% Women 59.3%	752 Men 35.6% Women 64.4%	970 Men 41.3% Women 58.7%
Graduate students	N/A	9 Men 55.6% Women 44.4%	248 Men 39.5% Women 60.5%	N/A	89 Men 11.2% Women 88.8%	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low	Very Low	Moderate	Low	Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
International students	7.6%	2.1%	4.5%	7.8%	0.4%	N/A
Campus local/setting	Town: Remote	City: Small	Town: Fringe	Town: Distant	City: Small	City: Large
Dormitory capacity	589	1,258	1,181	1,653	340	667
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	N/A	Ohio Georgia Florida Indiana	Tennessee Alabama Georgia Ohio	Indiana Tennessee Florida Illinois	N/A
Academics
Popular study areas	Business Social Sciences Education Visual & Performing Arts English Language and Literature	Social Sciences Health Professions Business Biological and Biomedical Sciences History	Education Business Visual & Performing Arts Theology Public Administration and Social Service	Business Social Sciences Visual & Performing Arts Biological and Biomedical Sciences Family and Consumer Sciences	Public Administration and Social Service Business Psychology Health Professions Liberal Arts	Biological and Biomedical Sciences Social Sciences Foreign Languages and Literatures History Psychology
Students to faculty ratio	10:1	11:1	14:1	9:1	12:1	10:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	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	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Outcome
Graduation rate	45.5%	72.9%	64.7%	65.6%	49.3%	73.4%
Dropout rate	54.5%	26.8%	13.8%	13.7%	16.9%	26.6%
Transferred out	N/A	N/A	20.5%	19.8%	33.1%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $29,685 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	Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,414 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $65,770 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $34,010 Year 2: $39,153 Year 3: $41,187 Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $30,695 Year 2: $26,739 Year 3: $36,412 Religious/Sacred Music (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,774 Year 3: $32,950 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,674 Year 2: $33,382 Year 3: $30,963 Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $20,140 Year 3: $22,439 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,814 Year 2: $29,141 Year 3: N/A Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $43,000 Year 3: N/A Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $20,140 Year 3: N/A Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,341 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,226 Year 2: $50,856 Year 3: $57,402 Engineering Technology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $24,355 Year 2: $26,353 Year 3: $42,731 Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,950 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $42,254 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $19,670 Year 2: $27,590 Year 3: $36,495 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,658 Year 3: $31,668 Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $21,939 Year 2: $19,455 Year 3: $28,681 Agriculture, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $21,131 Year 2: $18,315 Year 3: $26,792 English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $18,315 Year 3: $24,639 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $17,023 Year 2: $20,687 Year 3: $24,324 History (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $24,035 Year 3: N/A	Social Work (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,450 Year 2: $33,077 Year 3: $35,714 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $27,947 Year 3: N/A Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $35,643 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,805 Year 2: $46,087 Year 3: $56,316 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,754 Year 2: $48,667 Year 3: $53,448 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,925 Year 3: N/A English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $18,771 Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,960 Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $27,439 Year 3: N/A

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