Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

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2023 Undergraduate Tuition

$18,150

0.011% growth from 2022

2023 Average Net Price

$19,159

After Financial Aid

2023 Acceptance Rate

74.1%

527,122 Applicants

2023 Enrolled Students

486,318

68.9% Full-Time

2023 Graduation Rate

43.6%

33,828 Graduates

About

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2023, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields were General Business Administration & Management (9,987 degrees awarded), Registered Nursing (6,305 degrees), and General Psychology (3,827 degrees).

The median undergraduate tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is $18,150, which is $7,570 more than than the national median of $10,580. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $21,386, which is 118% of the cost for in-state students, and is $6,427 more than than the national median $14,959.

Baccalaureate Colleges

Costs

The median in-state tuition for Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is $18,150, which is $7,378 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $10,773. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $21,386, which is 118% of the cost for in-state students, and is $6,427 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $14,959.

After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $19,159.

Tuition Costs

$18,150

2023 Undergraduate Tuition

In 2023, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was $21,386, which is 118% of the cost for in-state students, which was $18,150. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is $6,427 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $14,959, and the in-state tuition is $7,378 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $10,773.

This chart compares the tuition costs of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields (in red) with those of other similar universities.

Average Net Price

$19,159

2023 Value

1.72%

1 Year Growth

In 2023 Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $19,159. Between 2022 and 2023, the average net price of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields grew by 1.72%.

This chart compares the average net price of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields (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

$9,634

Room and Board

$1,240

Books and Supplies

The average yearly cost of room and board at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was of $9,634 in 2023. The cost of room and board increased by 2.03% between 2022 and 2023.

During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,240. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

This chart compares the average student costs at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields (in red) with that of similar universities.

Financial Aid by Income Level

86%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants

52%

Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

86% of undergraduate students at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields received financial aid through grants or loans in 2023. This represents a decline of 3.37% with respect to 2022, when 89% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

This chart compares the average award discount at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields (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: Diverse Fields received 527,122 undergraduate applications in 2023, which represents a 6.49% annual growth. Out of those 527,122 applicants, 390,380 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 74.1% acceptance rate.

There were 486,318 students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2023. 20.8% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields has an overall enrollment yield of 20%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

74.1%

Acceptance Rate in 2023

390,380

Accepted Out of 527,122

In 2023, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was 74.1% (390,380 admissions from 527,122 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2022, which was 75.7%. Between 2022 and 2023, the number of applicants grew by 6.49%, while admissions grew by 4.14%.

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

SAT Scores

20.8%

Submission Percentage (2023)

12,600

Scores Submitted (2023)

20.8% of enrolled first-time students at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2023 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

The following chart shows the average SAT scores for the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile of applicants for each section of the test that they are evaluated on.

Enrollment

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had a total enrollment of 486,318 students in 2023. The full-time enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is 335,286 students and the part-time enrollment is 151,032. This means that 68.9% of students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are enrolled full-time.

The enrolled student population at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields, both undergraduate and graduate, is 49.3% White, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Black or African American, 3.89% Asian, 3.5% Two or More Races, 0.832% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.404% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

Students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (27.3%), followed by White Male (23%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (9.81%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (30.5%), followed by White Male (15.1%) and Black or African American Female (7.89%).

Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

68.9%

Full-Time Enrollment

The total enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2023, both undergraduate and graduate, is 486,318 students. The full-time enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is 335,286 and the part-time enrollment is 151,032. This means that 68.9% of students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are enrolled full-time compared with 78.8% at similar Baccalaureate Colleges.

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

Retention Rate over Time

67%

2023 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: Diverse Fields was 67%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Baccalaureate Colleges (74%), Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had a retention rate lower than its peers.

This chart shows the retention rate over time at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.

Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2023)

White
239,747 enrolled students
Hispanic or Latino
82,299 enrolled students
Black or African American
70,170 enrolled students

The enrolled student population at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is 49.3% White, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Black or African American, 3.89% Asian, 3.5% Two or More Races, 0.832% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.404% 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 53.2% White, 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, and 12.9% Black or African American.

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, 26,427 students (5.43%) did not report their race.

Graduates

In 2023, 19,843 more women than men received degrees from Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is white (58,505 degrees awarded). There were 4.02 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (14,545 degrees).

The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is General Business Administration & Management (7,294 degrees awarded), followed by Registered Nursing (5,679 degrees) and General Psychology (3,788 degrees).

In 2023, the most specialized majors across all degree types at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,699 degrees awarded), Theology (1,386 degrees), and Protective Services (4,078 degrees).

Common Jobs by Major

Elementary & middle school teachers

Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,543,810 people), Secondary school teachers (539,808 people), Physicians (414,138 people), Education administrators (282,721 people), and Other managers (247,358 people).

The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2023 are Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,699 degrees awarded), Theology (1,386 degrees), Protective Services (4,078 degrees), Education (9,590 degrees), and Biology (5,088 degrees) (as of 2023).

Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Physicians

Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Physicians, Surgeons, Photographic process workers & processing machine operators, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, and Nurse anesthetists

The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,699 degrees awarded), Theology (1,386 degrees), Protective Services (4,078 degrees), Education (9,590 degrees), and Biology (5,088 degrees) (as of 2023).

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: Diverse Fields are Elementary & secondary schools (2,736,273 people), Justice, public order, & safety activities (358,996 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (254,184 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (179,760 people), and Religious organizations (133,573 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: Diverse Fields.

Most Common (2023)

General Business Administration & Management
7,294 degrees awarded
Registered Nursing
5,679 degrees awarded
General Psychology
3,788 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was General Business Administration & Management with 7,294 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields according to their major.

Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

41,261

Degrees Awarded to Men

in 2023

61,104

Degrees Awarded to Women

in 2023

In 2023, 41,261 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields, which is 0.675 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (61,104).

This chart displays the sex disparity between the top 5 majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields by degrees awarded.

Most Common Male Majors

In 2023, 5,285 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in General Business Administration & Management, which is 1.12 times more than the 4,702 female recipients with that same degree.

Most Common Female Majors

In 2023, 5,474 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in Registered Nursing, which is 6.59 times more than the 831 male recipients with that same degree.

Time to Complete

29%

100% Completion Time

42%

150% Completion Time

In 2023, 29% of students graduating from Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 42% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 45% 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.

White Female

Highest Graduation Rate (56.3%)

The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2023 at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is Female and White (56.3% graduation rate). Across all Baccalaureate Colleges, Non-resident Alien Male students have the highest graduation rate (65.7%).

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, 2.67% of graduates (904 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Share

Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2023)

White
58,505 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
14,545 degrees awarded
Black or African American
12,860 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is white (58,505 degrees awarded). There were 4.02 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (14,545 degrees).

3.44% of degree recipients (3,525 students) did not report their race.

Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2023)

White Female
35,213 degrees awarded
White Male
23,292 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
9,012 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is white female (35,213 degrees awarded). There were 1.51 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (23,292 degrees).

Operations

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields has an endowment valued at nearly $18.1M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 364M (2.01k%) compared to the 4.79% average return (2.46M on 51.4M) across all Baccalaureate Colleges.

In 2023, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had a total salary expenditure of 29.5M. Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields employs 5,980 Assistant professors, 4,713 Associate professors and 4,171 Professors. Most academics at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Female Assistant professor (3,279), Male Assistant professor (2,701), and Male Professor (2,590).

The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are: Management, with 6,670 employees, Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media, with 6,668 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 5,698 employees.

Endowment

$18.1M

2023 Endowment

4.04%

growth from 2022

Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields has an endowment valued at about $18.1M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields grew 4.04% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $33.3M lower than than the median endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

This line chart shows how the endowment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields (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: Diverse Fields Carnegie Classification grouping.

Government Grants and Contracts

Grants & Contracts

$572M - Federal
$247M - State
$18.3M - Local

As of 2023, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields received $572M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $247M from state grants and contracts, and $18.3M from local grants and contracts.

Salary Expenditure

$11.7M

2023 Salaries

5.17%

growth from 2022

In 2023, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields paid a median of $11.7M in salaries, which represents 39.6% of their overall expenditure ($29.5M) and a 5.17% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 4.62% growth between 2021 and 2022, and a 0.298% decline between 2020 and 2021.

The median for similar Baccalaureate Colleges is 15.7M (37.9% of overall expenditures).

Instructional Salaries

$1.37B

Instructional Salaries

18,647

Number of Employees

In 2023, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields paid a total of $1.37B to 18,647 employees working as instructors, which represents 34.2% of all salaries paid.

This is compared to a median of $552k (3.27%) for similar Baccalaureate Colleges.

Occupations by Share

Assistant professor

Most Common Instructor

5,980 Employees

Management

Most Common Non-Instructional Employee

6,670 Employees

In 2023, the most common positions for instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields were Assistant professor with 5,980 employees, Associate professor with 4,713 employees, and Professor with 4,171 employees.

In 2023, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields were Management with 6,670 employees, Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 6,668 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 5,698 employees.

Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2023)

Female Assistant professor
Male Assistant professor
Male Professor

In 2023, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was Female Assistant professor with 3,279 employees, Male Assistant professor with 2,701 employees, and Male Professor with 2,590 employees.

This chart shows the sex split between each academic rank present at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields.