Roanoke College vs Westminster College

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	Roanoke College	Westminster College
Overview
Location	Salem, Virginia	New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Campus setting	Suburb: Midsize	Town: Fringe
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Private (Non Profit)	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	76.0%	89.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation	Evangelical	Presbyterian

Admission
Acceptance rate	80.4%	82.1%
Application fees	$30
SAT range	1080 - 1230	1040 - 1258
ACT range	22 - 27	20 - 26
Students submitting SAT score	35.0%	31.0%
Students submitting ACT score	10.0%	10.0%
Total number of applicants	4,953	2,475
Total number of admissions given out	3,981	2,033
Admitted students who chose to enroll	465	305
Yield rate	11.7%	15.0%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	$66,888	$52,150
Average net price	$27,758	$20,258
Tuition	$46,510	$37,630
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $6,960 Meal plan: $8,030	$11,670
Available payment plans	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	100.0% Average amount $35,752	100.0% Average amount $30,669
Students receiving federal student loan	68.0% Average amount $5,678	78.0% Average amount $5,696
Students taking out private loans	12.0% Average amount $17,112	28.0% Average amount $12,975

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	1,863 Men 45.8% Women 54.2%	1,163 Men 46.3% Women 53.7%
Graduate students	N/A	62 Men 32.3% Women 67.7%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Very Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	47.6%	N/A
International students	2.2%	0.2%
Campus local/setting	Suburb: Midsize	Town: Fringe
Dormitory capacity	1,540	998
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Virginia Maryland North Carolina Pennsylvania New York	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Social Sciences Education History Natural Resources and Conservation Biological and Biomedical Sciences	Education Biological and Biomedical Sciences Business Social Sciences Health Professions
Students to faculty ratio	11:1	12:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Outcome
Graduation rate	69.6%	72.8%
Dropout rate	6.9%	11.9%
Transferred out	23.3%	13.6%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,923 Year 2: $36,938 Year 3: $48,275 Psychology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $27,545 Year 2: $33,281 Year 3: $40,065 Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,241 Year 2: $35,600 Year 3: N/A Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $38,514 Year 2: $27,476 Year 3: N/A Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $20,889 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $31,147 Year 2: $30,771 Year 3: N/A Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $26,496 Year 2: $28,598 Year 3: N/A Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,311 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Political Science and Government (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $44,873 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Sociology (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $25,658 Year 3: N/A	Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $53,775 Year 3: $60,526 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $41,937 Year 3: $51,802 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $41,460 Year 2: $38,649 Year 3: $43,882 Education, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $39,753 Year 2: $34,847 Year 3: $41,931 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,711 Year 3: $38,405 Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $32,711 Year 3: $36,169 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: N/A Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: N/A English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $35,600 Year 3: N/A Biology, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $37,208 Year 3: N/A

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