Side-by-Side Comparison of Western New England University

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	University of New Haven	University of Saint Joseph	Xavier University of Louisiana	Anna Maria College	Bay Path University	Western New England University
Overview
Location	West Haven, Connecticut	West Hartford, Connecticut	New Orleans, Louisiana	Paxton, Massachusetts	Longmeadow, Massachusetts	Springfield, Massachusetts
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	Suburb: Large	City: Large	Rural: Fringe	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
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	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	76.0%	77.0%	69.0%	67.0%	63.0%	77.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation		Catholic	Catholic	Catholic
Admission
Acceptance rate	94.1%	78.3%	95.4%	72.8%	75.4%	89.9%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $50	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $50	$30	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $40	$25	Undergraduate: $40 Graduate: $50
SAT range	1100 - 1280	1036 - 1181	990 - 1150	N/A	1018 - 1205	1128 - 1280
ACT range	25 - 29	N/A	20 - 26	N/A	N/A	24 - 32
Students submitting SAT score	25.0%	16.0%	31.0%		10.0%	18.0%
Students submitting ACT score	3.0%		50.0%			1.0%
Total number of applicants	10,272	1,338	6,575	2,519	797	6,385
Total number of admissions given out	9,669	1,047	6,273	1,835	601	5,739
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,277	186	989	187	119	783
Yield rate	13.2%	17.8%	15.8%	10.2%	19.8%	13.6%
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	Required	Required	Required	Not required	Required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required	Required	Not required	Required	Not required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$60,046	$59,044	$42,533	$49,408	$43,281	$52,780
Average net price	$33,323	$26,328	$16,886	$24,614	$18,664	$30,403
Tuition	$41,370	$40,826	$23,411	$37,658	$35,781	$37,700
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $10,980 Meal plan: $6,280	Room/dormitory: $7,172 Meal plan: $5,560	$10,302	$15,324	$12,799	$14,430
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)	100.0% Average amount $25,407	100.0% Average amount $26,100	96.0% Average amount $19,862	100.0% Average amount $28,097	97.0% Average amount $28,360	97.0% Average amount $23,404
Students receiving federal student loan	95.0% Average amount $5,776	75.0% Average amount $5,268	66.0% Average amount $5,628	83.0% Average amount $5,671	95.0% Average amount $5,350	82.0% Average amount $5,613
Students taking out private loans	22.0% Average amount $22,327	19.0% Average amount $16,880	4.0% Average amount $14,970	19.0% Average amount $15,595	11.0% Average amount $7,366	20.0% Average amount $21,642
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	5,023 Men 43.7% Women 56.3%	906 Men 22.8% Women 77.2%	2,755 Men 23.6% Women 76.4%	1,119 Men 56.7% Women 43.3%	1,530 Men 0.0% Women 100.0%	2,583 Men 57.6% Women 42.4%
Graduate students	2,490 Men 51.9% Women 48.1%	1,226 Men 18.1% Women 81.9%	849 Men 24.9% Women 75.1%	402 Men 67.4% Women 32.6%	1,215 Men 10.2% Women 89.8%	1,052 Men 39.1% Women 60.9%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Out-of-state students	58.2%	7.6%	73.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
International students	16.5%	1.0%	1.9%	2.2%	0.7%	2.0%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	Suburb: Large	City: Large	Rural: Fringe	Suburb: Large	City: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	2,803	384	1,685	636	400	2,000
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	Connecticut New York New Jersey Mississippi Pennsylvania	Connecticut Mississippi New Jersey New York Rhode Island	Louisiana Illinois Texas Georgia California	Mississippi Connecticut New Jersey New York Rhode Island	N/A	N/A
Academics
Popular study areas	Law Enforcement and Firefighting Engineering Business Health Professions Psychology	Health Professions Education Public Administration and Social Service Biological and Biomedical Sciences Psychology	Health Professions Biological and Biomedical Sciences Psychology Physical Science Education	Public Administration and Social Service Law Enforcement and Firefighting Health Professions Business Education	Health Professions Psychology Business Education Liberal Arts	Business Engineering Health Professions Legal Profession Psychology
Students to faculty ratio	16:1	8:1	13:1	13:1	12:1	13:1
Institutional accreditation	New England Commission on Higher Education	New England Commission on Higher Education	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	New England Commission on Higher Education	New England Commission on Higher Education	New England Commission on Higher Education
Outcome
Graduation rate	66.1%	56.4%	50.0%	47.8%	50.6%	63.1%
Dropout rate	33.5%	9.9%	12.9%	51.7%	22.5%	8.1%
Transferred out	N/A	32.7%	35.8%	N/A	26.4%	28.5%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $63,009 Year 2: $62,012 Year 3: $77,839 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,229 Year 2: $67,995 Year 3: $76,095 Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,627 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $72,026 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $66,737 Year 2: $63,997 Year 3: $71,869 Civil Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $65,486 Year 3: $69,507 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,944 Year 2: $58,673 Year 3: $68,768 Fire Protection (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,156 Year 2: $48,682 Year 3: $58,959 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,260 Year 2: $47,930 Year 3: $55,128 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,951 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $54,168 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $41,544 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $52,977	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $103,231 Year 2: $121,072 Year 3: $124,172 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $108,302 Year 2: $98,974 Year 3: $109,012 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $73,150 Year 2: $70,705 Year 3: $71,578 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,231 Year 2: $51,899 Year 3: $60,033 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $56,612 Year 2: $58,582 Year 3: $59,982 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $52,941 Year 3: $58,028 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $52,419 Year 2: $54,676 Year 3: $57,591 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,190 Year 2: $44,021 Year 3: $52,110 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $48,432 Year 3: $47,172 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,598 Year 3: $36,287	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $104,261 Year 2: $122,757 Year 3: $122,620 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $38,433 Year 2: $37,568 Year 3: $44,190 Chemistry (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $26,353 Year 3: $34,723 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,415 Year 2: $28,236 Year 3: $34,649 Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: N/A Year 3: $32,599 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $17,837 Year 2: $24,164 Year 3: $30,200 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,364 Year 2: $24,863 Year 3: $24,334 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $44,971 Year 3: N/A Sociology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $23,649 Year 3: N/A Public Health (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $23,046 Year 2: $27,669 Year 3: N/A	Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $97,926 Year 2: $92,277 Year 3: $96,066 Fire Protection (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $84,653 Year 3: $86,147 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,142 Year 2: $72,413 Year 3: $76,231 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $82,267 Year 2: $52,107 Year 3: $54,255 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,043 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,563 Year 2: $44,971 Year 3: N/A Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $86,129 Year 3: N/A Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,339 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $112,396 Year 2: $113,850 Year 3: $132,206 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,295 Year 2: $63,442 Year 3: $65,201 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,106 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $61,085 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $51,301 Year 2: $51,371 Year 3: $56,676 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,347 Year 2: $46,087 Year 3: $55,570 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $54,252 Year 2: $51,065 Year 3: $53,844 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,374 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $44,594 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $44,200 Research and Experimental Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $43,060 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $43,625 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,837 Year 2: $33,281 Year 3: $39,122	Engineering-Related Fields (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $89,184 Year 2: $90,412 Year 3: $99,321 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $64,853 Year 2: $68,858 Year 3: $77,063 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $65,070 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $74,341 Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $54,805 Law (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $46,869 Year 3: $50,191 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $32,294 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $53,377 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $112,326 Year 2: $117,572 Year 3: N/A Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $34,276 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $57,074 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A

Side-by-Side Comparison of Western New England University

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Xavier University of Louisiana

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