Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

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    2024 Undergraduate Tuition
    $17,370
    9.7% growth from 2023
    2024 Average Net Price
    $19,256
    After Financial Aid
    2024 Acceptance Rate
    72.4%
    510,651 Applicants
    2024 Enrolled Students
    466,684
    69.2% Full-Time
    2024 Graduation Rate
    43.9%
    31,632 Graduates

    About

    Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is a Carnegie Classification grouping of higher education institutions. In 2024, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields were General Business Administration & Management (11,363 degrees awarded), Registered Nursing (6,905 degrees), and General Studies (4,890 degrees).

    The median undergraduate tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is $17,370, which is $6,450 more than than the national median of $10,920. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $19,990, which is 115% of the cost for in-state students, and is $4,517 more than than the national median $15,473.

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    Costs

    The median in-state tuition for Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is $17,370, which is $6,370 more than than the national median in-state tuition of $11,000. The cost of out-of-state tuition is $19,990, which is 115% of the cost for in-state students, and is $4,517 more than than the national median out-of-state tuition of $15,473.

    After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $19,256.

    Tuition Costs

    $17,370
    2024 Undergraduate Tuition

    In 2024, the cost of out-of-state tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was $19,990, which is 115% of the cost for in-state students, which was $17,370. The cost of out-of-state tuition at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is $4,517 more than than the overall (public and private) national median of $15,473, and the in-state tuition is $6,370 more than than the overall (public and private) national median $11,000.

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    Average Net Price

    $19,256
    2024 Value
    4.67%
    1 Year Growth

    In 2024 Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $19,256. Between 2023 and 2024, the average net price of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields grew by 4.67%.

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    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.

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    Other Student Expenses

    $10,289
    Room and Board
    $1,200
    Books and Supplies

    The average yearly cost of room and board at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was of $10,289 in 2024. The cost of room and board increased by 6.68% between 2023 and 2024.

    During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,200. The cost of books and supplies did not change during the same period.

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    Financial Aid by Income Level

    87%
    Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Grants
    54%
    Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid through Loans

    87% of undergraduate students at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields received financial aid through grants or loans in 2024. This represents a growth of 0% with respect to 2023, when 87% of undergraduate students received financial aid.

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    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.

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    Admissions

    Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields received 510,651 undergraduate applications in 2024, which represents a 3.67% annual growth. Out of those 510,651 applicants, 369,518 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 72.4% acceptance rate.

    There were 466,684 students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2024. 20.2% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

    Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields has an overall enrollment yield of 20.8%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

    Acceptance Rate

    72.4%
    Acceptance Rate in 2024
    369,518
    Accepted Out of 510,651

    In 2024, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was 72.4% (369,518 admissions from 510,651 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2023, which was 71.8%. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of applicants grew by 3.67%, while admissions grew by 4.52%.

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    SAT Scores

    20.2%
    Submission Percentage (2024)
    11,899
    Scores Submitted (2024)

    20.2% of enrolled first-time students at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2024 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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    Enrollment

    Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had a total enrollment of 466,684 students in 2024. The full-time enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is 322,839 students and the part-time enrollment is 143,845. This means that 69.2% 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 47.5% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Black or African American, 3.81% Two or More Races, 3.48% Asian, 0.99% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.356% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.

    Students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (25.7%), followed by White Male (22.4%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (11%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (23.5%), followed by White Male (14.4%) and Black or African American Female (8.54%).

    Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment

    69.2%
    Full-Time Enrollment

    The total enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2024, both undergraduate and graduate, is 466,684 students. The full-time enrollment at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is 322,839 and the part-time enrollment is 143,845. This means that 69.2% of students enrolled at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are enrolled full-time compared with 78.9% at similar Baccalaureate Colleges.

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    Retention Rate over Time

    68%
    2024 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 68%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Baccalaureate Colleges (75%), Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had a retention rate lower than its peers.

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    Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

    Most Common Race or Ethnicity (2024)
    1. White
      221,505 enrolled students
    2. Hispanic or Latino
      87,272 enrolled students
    3. Black or African American
      64,566 enrolled students

    The enrolled student population at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is 47.5% White, 18.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.8% Black or African American, 3.81% Two or More Races, 3.48% Asian, 0.99% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.356% 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 50.5% White, 15.6% Hispanic or Latino, and 13.2% 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, 34,521 students (7.4%) did not report their race.

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    Graduates

    In 2024, 19,135 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 (57,893 degrees awarded). There were 3.19 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (18,167 degrees).

    The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is General Business Administration & Management (7,625 degrees awarded), followed by Registered Nursing (5,110 degrees) and General Psychology (4,011 degrees).

    In 2024,  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 Theology (1,341 degrees awarded), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,464 degrees), and Human Sciences (2,616 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 (150,347 people), Police officers (148,857 people), Other managers (138,559 people), Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (129,577 people), and Secondary school teachers (95,813 people).

    The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in 2024 are Theology (1,341 degrees awarded), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,464 degrees), Human Sciences (2,616 degrees), History (1,139 degrees), and Applied Sciences (146 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    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: Diverse Fields are Surgeons, Diagnostic medical sonographers, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Physicians, and Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists

    The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Theology (1,341 degrees awarded), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,464 degrees), Human Sciences (2,616 degrees), History (1,139 degrees), and Applied Sciences (146 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    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 (390,040 people), Justice, public order, & safety activities (358,694 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (173,480 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (154,135 people), and Legal services (115,338 people).

    The most specialized majors at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Theology (1,341 degrees awarded), Parks, Recreation, & Leisure (3,464 degrees), Human Sciences (2,616 degrees), History (1,139 degrees), and Applied Sciences (146 degrees) (as of 2024).

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    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 (2024)
    1. General Studies
      1,539 degrees awarded
    2. Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training
      211 degrees awarded
    3. Early Childhood Education & Teaching
      144 degrees awarded

    In 2024, the most common 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate concentration at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields was General Studies with 1,539 degrees awarded.

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    Sex Breakdown for Common Majors

    42,992
    Degrees Awarded to Men
    in 2024
    62,127
    Degrees Awarded to Women
    in 2024

    In 2024, 42,992 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields, which is 0.692 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (62,127).

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    Most Common Male Majors

    In 2024, 6,087 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in General Business Administration & Management, which is 1.15 times more than the 5,276 female recipients with that same degree.

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    Most Common Female Majors

    In 2024, 5,888 degrees were awarded to men at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields in Registered Nursing, which is 5.79 times more than the 1,017 male recipients with that same degree.

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    Time to Complete

    30%
    100% Completion Time
    42%
    150% Completion Time

    In 2024, 30% 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 44% 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.

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    Graduation Rate by Race and Sex

    Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.
    White Female
    Highest Graduation Rate (55.3%)

    The student demographic with the highest graduation rate in 2024 at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is Female and White (55.3% graduation rate). Across all Baccalaureate Colleges, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (75.5%).

    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, 2.79% of graduates (883 students) did not report their race.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Share

    Most Common Student Race or Ethnicity (2024)
    1. White
      57,893 degrees awarded
    2. Hispanic or Latino
      18,167 degrees awarded
    3. Black or African American
      12,171 degrees awarded

    The most common race/ethnicity at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is white (57,893 degrees awarded). There were 3.19 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, hispanic or latino (18,167 degrees).

    4.71% of degree recipients (4,951 students) did not report their race.

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    Race & Ethnicity by Sex

    Most Common Sex Demographic (2024)
    1. White Female
      35,280 degrees awarded
    2. White Female
      35,154 degrees awarded
    3. White Female
      35,026 degrees awarded

    The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields is white female (35,280 degrees awarded). There were 1 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white female (35,154 degrees).

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    Operations

    Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields has an endowment valued at nearly $15.7M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 1.03B (6.54k%) compared to the 7.58% average return (3.75M on 49.5M) across all Baccalaureate Colleges.

    In 2024, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields had a total salary expenditure of 27.3M. Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields employs 5,516 Assistant professors, 4,213 Associate professors and 3,774 Professors. Most academics at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are Female Assistant professor (2,924), Male Assistant professor (2,592), and Male Professor (2,288).

    The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields are: Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media, with 6,302 employees, Management, with 6,146 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 5,001 employees.

    Endowment

    $15.7M
    2024 Endowment
    3.29%
    growth from 2023

    Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields has an endowment valued at about $15.7M, as of the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields grew 3.29% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $33.8M lower than than the median endowment of Baccalaureate Colleges according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.

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    Government Grants and Contracts

    Grants & Contracts
    1. $459M - Federal
    2. $271M - State
    3. $9.12M - Local

    As of 2024, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields received $459M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $271M from state grants and contracts, and $9.12M from local grants and contracts.

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    Salary Expenditure

    $10.6M
    2024 Salaries
    4.86%
    growth from 2023

    In 2024, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields paid a median of $10.6M in salaries, which represents 38.9% of their overall expenditure ($27.3M) and a 4.86% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 6.78% growth between 2022 and 2023, and a 2.42% growth between 2021 and 2022.

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    Instructional Salaries

    $1.27B
    Instructional Salaries
    16,801
    Number of Employees

    In 2024, Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields paid a total of $1.27B to 16,801 employees working as instructors, which represents 28.6% of all salaries paid.

    This is compared to a median of $522k (3.48%) for similar Baccalaureate Colleges.

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    Occupations by Share

    In 2024, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields were Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media with 6,302 employees, Management with 6,146 employees, and Office and Administrative Support with 5,001 employees.

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