Quad

Head-to-head

McKendree
Mount St. Mary's

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Mount St. Mary's's grants cover 63% of its full price on average, vs. 49% at McKendree

    Aid generosity
  2. 2

    Mount St. Mary's graduates 10 pts more of its students than McKendree (64% vs. 54%)

    Graduation rate
  3. 3

    McKendree has 9 pts more first-gen students than Mount St. Mary's (33% vs. 23%)

    First-generation students
  4. 4

    McKendree's yield is 7 pts higher than Mount St. Mary's's

    Yield rate
  5. 5

    Mount St. Mary's grads earn $5.5K more ten years out than McKendree's ($64,072 vs. $58,572)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  6. 6

    Mount St. Mary's is more diverse (index 0.70 vs. 0.66)

    Diversity index

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

McKendree admits 72%, Mount St. Mary's 74%; McKendree's yield is higher, at 19%.

Acceptance rate
McKendree72%
Mount St. Mary's74%
Quad's selectivity
  • McKendreeAccessible
  • Mount St. Mary'sAccessible
SAT middle 50%Axis 900–1600
McKendreeTest-blind
Mount St. Mary's
1046–1280
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • McKendreeGPA and school record required
  • Mount St. Mary'sGPA, school record, and prep program required

Who's on each campus

McKendree and Mount St. Mary's are about the same size; McKendree has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
McKendree1.8K
Mount St. Mary's1.8K
Pell Grant share
McKendree34%
Mount St. Mary's31%

Majors and faculty

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse leads at McKendree, and Business/Commerce at Mount St. Mary's; Mount St. Mary's has 13 students per faculty member to McKendree's 16.

Students per faculty member
McKendree16 to 1
Mount St. Mary's13 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • McKendreeRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse18%
  • Mount St. Mary'sBusiness/Commerce, General20%

What each costs

Mount St. Mary's costs about $1.3K less a year than McKendree on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
McKendree$25.4K
Mount St. Mary's$24.1K
Aid generosity
McKendree49%
Mount St. Mary's63%

What each pays off

Mount St. Mary's's former students earn more, a median $64.1K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 50% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
McKendree$58.6K
Mount St. Mary's$64.1K
Graduation rate
McKendree54%
Mount St. Mary's64%

How each has changed

Applications grew at McKendree but held steady at Mount St. Mary's; both got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • McKendreeGrowing+56%
  • Mount St. Mary'sSteady−2%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
Sources for this comparisonEvery dataset and year behind the numbers in this comparison; tap any ⓘ for one number's source

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why