Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

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2021 Undergraduate Tuition

$41,442

1.37% growth from 2020

2021 Average Net Price

$23,783

After Financial Aid

2021 Acceptance Rate

49.2%

944,985 Applicants

2021 Enrolled Students

376,841

92.4% Full-Time

2021 Graduation Rate

71.6%

67,977 Graduates

About

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2021, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus were General Biological Sciences (6,020 degrees awarded), General Psychology (5,619 degrees), and General Business Administration & Management (5,378 degrees).

In 2021, 98,949 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus. 60.2% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 39.8% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (62,576 degrees), 6.97 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (8,981 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is $41,442, which is $31,242 more than than the national median of $10,200. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $41,442, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $26,868 more than than the national median $14,574.

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Costs

The median in-state tuition for Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is $41,442, which is $31,044 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,398. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $41,442, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, and is $26,868 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,574.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $23,783.

Tuition Costs

$41,442

2021 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2021, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus was $41,442, which is 100% of the cost for in-state students, which was $41,442. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is $26,868 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,574, and the in-state tuition is $31,044 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,398.

This chart compares the tuition costs of Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) with those of other similar universities.

Average Net Price

$23,783

2021 Value

2.58%

1 Year Growth

In 2021 Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $23,783. Between 2020 and 2021, the average net price of Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus grew by 2.58%.

This chart compares the average net price of Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) with that of other similar universities.

Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.

Other Student Expenses

$11,757

Room and Board

$1,050

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus was of $11,757 in 2021. The cost of room and board increased by 3.02% between 2020 and 2021.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,050. The cost of books and supplies decreased by 4.55% during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid by Income Level

96%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

56%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

96% of undergraduate students at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus received financial aid through grants or loans in 2021. This represents a growth of 1.05% with respect to 2020, when 95% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) with that of other similar universities.

The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.

Admissions

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus received 944,985 undergraduate applications in 2021, which represents a 4.99% annual growth. Out of those 944,985 applicants, 464,696 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 49.2% acceptance rate.

There were 376,841 students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in 2021. 26.2% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus has an overall enrollment yield of 19.5%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

49.2%

Acceptance Rate in 2021

464,696

Accepted Out of 944,985

In 2021, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus was 49.2% (464,696 admissions from 944,985 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2020, which was 50.8%. Between 2020 and 2021, the number of applicants grew by 4.99%, while admissions grew by 1.54%..

This chart compares the acceptance rate of Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) with that of other similar universities, and the chart below shows the acceptance rate by gender.

SAT Scores

26.2%

Submission Percentage (2021)

19,399

Scores Submitted (2021)

26.2% of enrolled first-time students at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in 2021 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

This chart shows the SAT scores for the 25th and 75th percentile of applicants broken out into each section of the test that their are evaluated on.

Enrollment

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus had a total enrollment of 376,841 students in 2021. The full-time enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is 348,304 students and the part-time enrollment is 28,537. This means that 92.4% of students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus, both undergraduate and graduate, is 59.8% White, 11% Black or African American, 10.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.48% Asian, 4.36% Two or More Races, 0.734% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.129% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (33.6%), followed by White Male (26.3%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (6.25%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (40.3%), followed by White Male (20.4%) and Black or African American Female (6.08%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

92.4%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in 2021, both undergraduate and graduate, is 376,841 students. The full-time enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is 348,304 and the part-time enrollment is 28,537. This means that 92.4% of students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are enrolled full-time compared with 79.9% at similar Baccalaureate Colleges.

This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) compares to similar universities.

Retention Rate over Time

81%

2021 Retention Rate

Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus was 81%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Baccalaureate Colleges (72%), Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus had a retention rate higher than its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2021)

White
225,535 enrolled students
Black or African American
41,522 enrolled students
Hispanic or Latino
37,935 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is 59.8% White, 11% Black or African American, 10.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.48% Asian, 4.36% Two or More Races, 0.734% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.129% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Baccalaureate Colleges is 55% White, 13.5% Black or African American, and 13.4% Hispanic or Latino.

Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 14,340 students (3.81%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2021, 20,171 more women than men received degrees from Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is white (62,576 degrees awarded). There were 6.97 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (8981 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is General Biological Sciences (6,010 degrees awarded), followed by General Psychology (5,611 degrees) and General Business Administration & Management (4,773 degrees).

In 2021, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Cultural & Gender Studies (1,588 degrees awarded), Language & Linguistics (3,181 degrees), and History (2,784 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (211,712 people), Elementary & middle school teachers (202,781 people), Postsecondary teachers (149,025 people), Other managers (126,755 people), and Secondary school teachers (125,704 people).

The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in 2021 are Cultural & Gender Studies (1,588 degrees awarded), Language & Linguistics (3,181 degrees), History (2,784 degrees), PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. (1,700 degrees), and English (4,286 degrees) (as of 2021).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Surgeons

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are Surgeons, Media and communication workers, all other, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Diagnostic medical sonographers, and Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are Cultural & Gender Studies (1,588 degrees awarded), Language & Linguistics (3,181 degrees), History (2,784 degrees), PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. (1,700 degrees), and English (4,286 degrees) (as of 2021).

Common Industries by Major

Elementary & secondary schools

Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are Elementary & secondary schools (454,192 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (293,078 people), Legal services (170,290 people), Computer Systems Design (108,550 people), and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (95,202 people).

Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus.

Most Common (2021)

General Biological Sciences
6,010 degrees awarded
General Psychology
5,611 degrees awarded
General Business Administration & Management
4,773 degrees awarded

In 2021, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus was General Biological Sciences with 6,010 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus according to their major.

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

39,389

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2021

59,560

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2021

In 2021, 39,389 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus, which is 0.661 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (59,560).

This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In 2021, 3200 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in General Business Administration & Management, which is 1.47 times more than the 2178 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2021, 4465 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus in General Psychology, which is 3.87 times more than the 1154 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

64%

100% Completion Time

69%

150% Completion Time

In 2021, 64% of students graduating from Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 69% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 70% within 200%.

The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Baccalaureate Colleges Carnegie Classification group.

Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.

Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.

Asian Female

Highest Graduation Rate (82.7%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2021 at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is Female and Asian (82.7% graduation rate). Across all Baccalaureate Colleges, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (72.9%).

The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 3.52% of graduates (2393 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2021)

White
62,576 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
8,981 degrees awarded
Black or African American
8,942 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is white (62,576 degrees awarded). There were 6.97 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (8981 degrees).

3.71% of degree recipients (3,668 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2021)

White Female
37,228 degrees awarded
White Male
25,348 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
5,629 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus is white female (37,228 degrees awarded). There were 1.47 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (25348 degrees).

Operations

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus has an endowment valued at nearly $146M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 26.2B (17.9k%) compared to the 17.4% average return (9.13M on 52.4M) across all Baccalaureate Colleges.

In 2021, Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus had a total salary expenditure of 55.2M. Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus employs 9,147 Professors, 8,370 Associate professors and 8,334 Assistant professors. Most academics at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are Male Professor (5,450), Female Assistant professor (4,611), and Male Associate professor (4,230).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus are: Service, with 11,699 employees, Management, with 10,485 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 9,742 employees.

Endowment

$146M

2021 Endowment

25.6%

growth from 2020

Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus has an endowment valued at about $146M, as of the end of the 2021 fiscal year. The endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus grew 25.6% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $94M higher than than the median endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.

The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$1.17B - Federal
$121M - State
$3.31M - Local

As of 2021, Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus received $1.17B in grants and contracts from the federal government, $121M from state grants and contracts, and $3.31M from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$23.3M

2021 Salaries

4.3%

decline from 2020

In 2021, Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus paid a median of $23.3M in salaries, which represents 42.3% of their overall expenditure ($55.2M) and a 4.3% decline from the previous year.

The median for similar Baccalaureate Colleges is 15.1M (38.9% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$2.6B

Instructional Salaries

29,841

Number of Employees

In 2021, Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus paid a total of $2.6B to 29,841 employees working as instructors, which represents 33.4% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $4.92M (32.5%) for similar Baccalaureate Colleges.

Occupations by Share

Professor

Most Common Instructor

9,147 Employees

Service

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

11,699 Employees

In 2021, the most common positions for instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus were Professor with 9,147 employees, Associate professor with 8,370 employees, and Assistant professor with 8,334 employees.

In 2021, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus were Service with 11,699 employees, Management with 10,485 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 9,742 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2021)

Male Professor
Female Assistant professor
Male Associate professor

In 2021, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus was Male Professor with 5,450 employees, Female Assistant professor with 4,611 employees, and Male Associate professor with 4,230 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus.