Side-by-Side Comparison of William Jewell College

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	Oglethorpe University	Quincy University	Goshen College	Central College	Grand View University	William Jewell College
Overview
Location	Atlanta, Georgia	Quincy, Illinois	Goshen, Indiana	Pella, Iowa	Des Moines, Iowa	Liberty, Missouri
Campus setting	Suburb: Large	Town: Remote	City: Small	Town: Distant	City: Midsize	Suburb: 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	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	79.0%	69.0%	70.0%	79.0%	71.0%	74.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Religious affiliation		Catholic	Anabaptists	Protestant	Evangelical
Admission
Acceptance rate	81.3%	59.8%	92.8%	74.5%	99.5%	47.0%
Application fees	$50		Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $50	$25
SAT range	1070 - 1280	1060 - 1240	990 - 1270	1000 - 1260	920 - 1080	1090 - 1270
ACT range	24 - 30	21 - 26	22 - 31	19 - 25	17 - 22	21 - 27
Students submitting SAT score	29.0%	20.0%	37.0%	10.0%	5.0%	5.0%
Students submitting ACT score	22.0%	34.0%	12.0%	67.0%	55.0%	72.0%
Total number of applicants	2,277	1,480	979	2,202	1,765	1,402
Total number of admissions given out	1,851	885	909	1,641	1,757	659
Admitted students who chose to enroll	404	232	183	340	291	222
Yield rate	21.8%	26.2%	20.1%	20.7%	16.6%	33.7%
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	Required	Not required	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required	Required	Not required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$62,154	$43,270	$48,510	$34,302	$45,832	$37,553
Average net price	$14,929	$16,423	$17,195	$22,966	$20,434	$20,876
Tuition	$42,474	$31,160	$35,940	$19,250	$30,224	$18,360
Room & board	$14,200	$11,050	Room/dormitory: $5,930 Meal plan: $5,050	Room/dormitory: $4,892 Meal plan: $5,660	Room/dormitory: $5,040 Meal plan: $4,958	Room/dormitory: $5,140 Meal plan: $4,720
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan Other alternative tuition plan	Tuition payment plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	100.0% Average amount $34,704	100.0% Average amount $26,599	100.0% Average amount $28,193	100.0% Average amount $10,353	100.0% Average amount $21,330	99.0% Average amount $28,413
Students receiving federal student loan	83.0% Average amount $5,596	60.0% Average amount $5,248	63.0% Average amount $5,141	73.0% Average amount $5,605	70.0% Average amount $5,236	87.0% Average amount $5,084
Students taking out private loans	11.0% Average amount $11,706	7.0% Average amount $14,375	5.0% Average amount $10,596	13.0% Average amount $12,712	10.0% Average amount $12,302	11.0% Average amount $15,440
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	1,446 Men 36.9% Women 63.1%	1,055 Men 49.6% Women 50.4%	749 Men 38.5% Women 61.5%	1,139 Men 51.3% Women 48.7%	1,561 Men 47.9% Women 52.1%	779 Men 49.6% Women 50.4%
Graduate students	N/A	133 Men 49.6% Women 50.4%	62 Men 11.3% Women 88.7%	N/A	196 Men 39.3% Women 60.7%	26 Men 38.5% Women 61.5%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Very Low	Low	Very Low	Low	Low
Out-of-state students	N/A	N/A	32.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
International students	9.8%	4.6%	9.2%	0.1%	3.4%	3.1%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Large	Town: Remote	City: Small	Town: Distant	City: Midsize	Suburb: Large
Dormitory capacity	824	745	846	1,405	894	1,005
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	Indiana Michigan Ohio Florida Illinois	N/A	N/A	N/A
Academics
Popular study areas	Business Biological and Biomedical Sciences Multidisciplinary Studies Engineering Social Sciences	Business Education Health Professions Biological and Biomedical Sciences Public Administration and Social Service	Health Professions Natural Resources and Conservation Business Biological and Biomedical Sciences Education	Biological and Biomedical Sciences Communication and Journalism Education Business English Language and Literature	Business Health Professions Education Kinesiology & Leisure Studies Public Administration and Social Service	Health Professions Psychology Liberal Arts Education Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Students to faculty ratio	14:1	14:1	9:1	12:1	12:1	10:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission
Outcome
Graduation rate	58.1%	41.7%	64.8%	66.1%	50.8%	65.3%
Dropout rate	41.2%	58.3%	35.2%	2.5%	11.3%	34.7%
Transferred out	N/A	N/A	N/A	31.0%	37.6%	N/A
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $57,750 Year 3: $67,208 Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,564 Year 2: $34,526 Year 3: $47,775 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $45,990 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $44,905 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $21,052 Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $36,668 Year 3: N/A	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,936 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $58,882 Education, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $44,468 Year 3: $45,829 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $45,500 Year 3: $43,832 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $15,421 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $35,048 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,056 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $31,114 Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $23,538 Year 3: $29,202 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $35,060 Year 3: N/A Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,865 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: N/A Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $29,299 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $31,305 Year 3: N/A	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $91,120 Year 2: $101,406 Year 3: $99,115 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $55,723 Year 2: $54,996 Year 3: $57,645 Social Work (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $28,236 Year 3: N/A Music (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $53,045 Year 3: $57,439 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,169 Year 2: $44,542 Year 3: $50,519 Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,119 Year 3: $48,234 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,721 Year 3: $41,814 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $36,848 Year 3: $40,707 Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,925 Year 3: $37,077 Sociology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $31,314 Year 3: $33,927 Mathematics (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $46,790 Year 3: N/A Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: N/A Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $21,508 Year 3: N/A	Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $50,599 Year 2: $59,485 Year 3: $60,688 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,360 Year 2: $54,621 Year 3: $53,729 Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,981 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $50,705 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,034 Year 2: $47,729 Year 3: $50,078 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,216 Year 2: $46,478 Year 3: $49,772 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,684 Year 2: $41,007 Year 3: $47,311 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $41,007 Year 3: $44,281 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,116 Year 2: $41,725 Year 3: $44,096 Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,318 Year 2: $42,073 Year 3: $42,973 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,027 Year 2: $38,721 Year 3: $42,454	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,874 Year 2: $57,403 Year 3: $61,421 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,825 Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $51,539 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,114 Year 2: $37,856 Year 3: $46,169 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,359 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $37,705 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,337 Year 3: N/A Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $33,105 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $26,896 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