Quad

Head-to-head

St. John's
Sweet Briar

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    St. John's graduates 40 pts more of its students than Sweet Briar (96% vs. 56%)

    Graduation rate
  2. 2

    St. John's grads earn $34.4K more ten years out than Sweet Briar's ($86,331 vs. $51,943)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  3. 3

    Sweet Briar has 3.5× as many undergrads as St. John's

    Undergrads
  4. 4

    St. John's is more diverse (index 0.52 vs. 0.49)

    Diversity index
  5. 5

    Sweet Briar has 1 pts more Pell recipients than St. John's (31% vs. 30%)

    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

Sweet Briar admits 76%; St. John's doesn't report an acceptance rate.

Acceptance rate
St. John'sNot reported
Sweet Briar76%
Quad's selectivity
  • St. John'sNot rated
  • Sweet BriarAccessible
SAT middle 50%Axis 1000–1600
St. John'sNot reported
Sweet Briar
1100–1310
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • St. John'sNot reported
  • Sweet BriarGPA, school record, and prep program required

Who's on each campus

Sweet Briar has 3.5× as many undergrads as St. John's and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
St. John's126
Sweet Briar443
Pell Grant share
St. John's30%
Sweet Briar31%

Majors and faculty

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse leads at St. John's, and Business/Commerce at Sweet Briar; Sweet Briar has 9 students per faculty member to St. John's's 11.

Students per faculty member
St. John's11 to 1
Sweet Briar9 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • St. John'sRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse100%
  • Sweet BriarBusiness/Commerce, General19%

What each costs

Only Sweet Briar reports an average cost ($21.9K).

Average cost, all students
St. John'sNot reported
Sweet Briar$21.9K
Aid generosity
St. John'sNot reported
Sweet Briar50%

What each pays off

St. John's's former students earn more, a median $86.3K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 96% at St. John's to 56% at Sweet Briar.

Median earnings, 10 years
St. John's$86.3K
Sweet Briar$51.9K
Graduation rate
St. John's96%
Sweet Briar56%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Sweet Briar, which got more selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • St. John'sNot reported
  • Sweet BriarGrowing+57%
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