College Comparison Sheet

College
Barnard College
Baylor U
Boston U
Caltech
Columbia
Franklin & Marshall College
Harvard
Haverford College
Indiana U - Bloomington
Lehigh U
Lycoming College
Ohio U
Ohio Wesleyan U
Rice U
Smith College
Swarthmore College
U of Colorado - Boulder
U of Minnesota - Twin Cities
U of Wisconsin
UC Berkeley
UC Santa Cruz
UCLA
Wellesley College
Whitman College
Williams College
Agnes Scott College
Arizona State
Carnegie Mellon U
Colgate U
Iowa State
MIT
Princeton
Rochester IT
Rutgers U - New Brunswich
U of Alaska - Fairbanks
U of Cincinnati
U of New Mexico
Cornell
Florida IT
Michigan State
Northweastern U
Notre Dame
San Diego State

Location Total Students

2,504
12,918
18,140
997
7,814
2,365
7,238
1,205
32,371
4,883
1,354
22,685
1,819
3,848
2,664
1,552
25,941
34,469
30,301
25,774
15,830
27,941
2,482
1,539
2,070
885
58,404
6,366
2,871

14,261
2,978

Type of school
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Public
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Public
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit
Private Non-Profit

Setting
Large City
Mid-sized city
Large City
Mid-sized city
Large City
Suburban
Mid-sized city
Suburban
Small city
Small city
Small city
Town
Town
Large City
Suburban
Suburban
Small city
Large City
Mid-sized city
Mid-sized city
Small city
Large City
Suburban
Town
Town

U of Chicago
U of Florida
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
U of South Cali
U of Texas - Austin
U of Virginia
U of Washington
U of Wyoming
UH Hilo
Yale
Bennington College
Brown
Colorado School of Mines
Connecticut Colllege
DePaul U
Duke
Florida State
Georgia IT
Johns Hopkins
Kettering U
Northern Arizona U
NYU
Penn State
Purdue U
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stanford
Syracuse U
Texas A&M
Tufts
U of Alabama
U of Denver
U of Miami
U of Michigan - Flint
U of Oregon
U of Penn
U of Pittsburgh
U of Portland
U of Tennessee
U of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
Cambridge College
Kings College of London
U of Maryland - Baltimore
U of Queensland

688
6,436
4,156
1,926
16,498
6,655
32,171

Co-ed, male, female

Female
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed*
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed
Co-ed*
Co-ed
Co-ed

Religious affiliation

Nearest city Applicaion Deadline

1-Jan
1-Feb
1-Jan
3-Jan
1-Jan
15-Jan
1-Jan
15-Jan
1-Apr
1-Jan
1-Feb
1-Mar
2-Jan
15-Jan
1-Jan
15-Jan
Rolling
1-Feb
30-Nov
30-Nov
30-Nov
15-Jan
15-Jan
1-Jan
1-Mar
1-Aug
1-Jan
15-Jan

2-Jan

2-Jan
1-Jan
1-Feb
2-Jan
14-Jan

Test Score Range (ACT/SAT)

28-32/1890-2180
24-29/1650-1970
26-30/1780-2080
33-35/2210-2390
31-34/2080-2350
28-30/1220-1400
32-35/2120-2400
30-33/1970-2240
24-30/1570-1910
28-32/1220-1410
21-26/1380-1700
22-26/1440-1780
22-27/1480-1860
31-34/2040-2320
25-31/1760-2090
31-34/2030-2300
24-29/1060-1280
26-30/1740-2100
26-30/1740-2070
27-33/1840-2240
20-26/1430-1840
25-31/1750-2150
29-33/1980-2270
28-32/1840-2160
30-34/2010-2340

GPA Astrophysics
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

Astronomy
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x
x

Physics
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

Tuition
$43,502
$33,716
$42,994
$39,588
$47,246
$44,360
$42,292
$45,426
$10,209/$32,350
$43,520
$33,746
$10,446/$19,410
$40,510
$38,941
$43,114
$44,718
$10,347/$32,115
$13,555/$19,805
$10,403/$26,653
$12,864/$35,742
$13,397/$36,275
$12,697/$35,575
$43,554
$41,790
$46,600
$33,461
$9,724/$22,977
$43,160
$44,640

Room & Board

$13,810
$9,276
$13,190
$12,084
$11,496
$11,750
$14,115
$13,810
$9,149
$11,560
$9,890
$10,230
$11,130
$13,000
$14,410
$13,152
$12,258
$8,532
$8,287
$15,482
$14,408
$14,453
$13,488
$10,560
$12,300
$10,230
$9,094
$11,550
$11,075

$43,413
$34,430

$13,678
$12,270

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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

$44,220
$42,808
$15,654/$30,684
$44,890
$32,295
$43,623
$6,402/$21,570

$12,770
$11,258
$9,922
$11,900
$11,717
$12,433
$9,626

AVG Financial Aid Aceptance Rate

$32,153
23%
$17,250
57%
$31,650
49%
$26,164
12%
$34,948
7%
$21,392
39%
$32,850
6%
$31,701
23%
$7,544
72%
$31,611
31%
Not Reported
72%
$7,738
73%
$31,550
75%
$19,565
17%
$34,524
43%
$36,571
14%
$13,605
88%
$6,936
44%
$9,948
68%
$16,914
18%
$14,422
68%
$15,646
22%
$35,951
29%
$23,463
48%
$35,181
17%
$31,320
$11,680
$33,679
$40,217

$29,621

Common App
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

$40,209
$27,515
$20,459
$33,562
$4,107