Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Kettering grads earn $48.1K more ten years out than Truett McConnell's ($94,823 vs. $46,700)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Kettering graduates 32 pts more of its students than Truett McConnell (72% vs. 40%)

    Graduation rate
  3. 3

    Truett McConnell's yield is 31 pts higher than Kettering's

    Yield rate
  4. 4

    Truett McConnell costs about $12.3K less per year on average than Kettering ($23,263 vs. $35,609, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  5. 5

    Truett McConnell has 11 pts more first-gen students than Kettering (29% vs. 18%)

    First-generation students
  6. 6

    Kettering has 7 pts more Pell recipients than Truett McConnell (17% vs. 10%)

    Pell Grant recipients

The shape of each school

Each axis is a national rank among 4-year colleges; further out = more of it.

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Hollow dots at the center mean that measure isn't reported.

Who's hardest to get into

Truett McConnell admits 78%, Kettering 79%; Truett McConnell's yield is higher, at 46%.

Acceptance rate
Truett McConnell78%
Kettering79%
Quad's selectivity
  • Truett McConnellAccessible
  • KetteringSelective
SAT middle 50%Axis 1100–1600
Truett McConnellTest-blind
Kettering
1160–1330
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Truett McConnellGPA and school record required
  • KetteringGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Kettering has 1.6× as many undergrads as Truett McConnell and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Truett McConnell744
Kettering1.2K
Pell Grant share
Truett McConnell10%
Kettering17%

Majors and faculty

Business Administration and Management leads at Truett McConnell, and Mechanical Engineering at Kettering.

Students per faculty member
Truett McConnell15 to 1
Kettering11 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Truett McConnellBusiness Administration and Management, General24%
  • KetteringMechanical Engineering45%

What each costs

Truett McConnell costs about $12.3K less a year than Kettering on average; grants cover the same share of the price at both, 42%.

Average cost, all students
Truett McConnell$23.3K
Kettering$35.6K
Aid generosity
Truett McConnell42%
Kettering42%

What each pays off

Kettering's former students earn more, a median $94.8K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 72% at Kettering to 40% at Truett McConnell.

Median earnings, 10 years
Truett McConnell$46.7K
Kettering$94.8K
Graduation rate
Truett McConnell40%
Kettering72%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; Truett McConnell got more selective while Kettering got less.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Truett McConnellGrowing+36%
  • KetteringGrowing+36%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
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