Quad

Head-to-head

Benedictine
Ursinus

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Ursinus grads earn $20.5K more ten years out than Benedictine's ($73,721 vs. $53,175)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Ursinus's grants cover 58% of its full price on average, vs. 45% at Benedictine

    Aid generosity
  3. 3

    Benedictine's yield is 10 pts higher than Ursinus's

    Yield rate
  4. 4

    Ursinus graduates 7 pts more of its students than Benedictine (73% vs. 66%)

    Graduation rate
  5. 5

    Benedictine has 1.5× as many undergrads as Ursinus

    Undergrads
  6. 6

    Benedictine costs about $4.1K less per year on average than Ursinus ($28,743 vs. $32,828, all students)

    Average cost, all students

The shape of each school

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

SelectivityTest scoresSizePell shareFirst-genDiversity

Who's hardest to get into

Ursinus admits 92%, Benedictine 98%; Benedictine's yield is higher, at 23%.

Acceptance rate
Benedictine98%
Ursinus92%
Quad's selectivity
  • BenedictineOpen
  • UrsinusAccessible
SAT middle 50%Axis 1000–1600
Benedictine
1140–1380
Ursinus
1200–1385
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • BenedictineGPA and school record required
  • UrsinusGPA, school record, and prep program required

Who's on each campus

Benedictine has 1.5× as many undergrads as Ursinus; Ursinus has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Benedictine2.3K
Ursinus1.5K
Pell Grant share
Benedictine19%
Ursinus20%

Majors and faculty

Theology/Theological Studies leads at Benedictine, and Biology/Biological Sciences at Ursinus; Ursinus has 10 students per faculty member to Benedictine's 16.

Students per faculty member
Benedictine16 to 1
Ursinus10 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • BenedictineTheology/Theological Studies8%
  • UrsinusBiology/Biological Sciences, General15%

What each costs

Benedictine costs about $4.1K less a year than Ursinus on average; Ursinus's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Benedictine$28.7K
Ursinus$32.8K
Aid generosity
Benedictine45%
Ursinus58%

What each pays off

Ursinus's former students earn more, a median $73.7K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 60% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Benedictine$53.2K
Ursinus$73.7K
Graduation rate
Benedictine66%
Ursinus73%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; Ursinus got less selective while Benedictine held steady.

Applications, 10-year change
  • BenedictineGrowing+21%
  • UrsinusGrowing+24%
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