Quad

Head-to-head

Asbury
Mount St. Joseph

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Mount St. Joseph has 14 pts more first-gen students than Asbury (38% vs. 24%)

    First-generation students
  2. 2

    Mount St. Joseph grads earn $9.1K more ten years out than Asbury's ($51,509 vs. $42,368)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  3. 3

    Asbury graduates 8 pts more of its students than Mount St. Joseph (61% vs. 53%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Mount St. Joseph's grants cover 58% of its full price on average, vs. 51% at Asbury

    Aid generosity
  5. 5

    Mount St. Joseph costs about $2.7K less per year on average than Asbury ($20,793 vs. $23,474, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  6. 6

    Mount St. Joseph is more diverse (index 0.45 vs. 0.42)

    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

Mount St. Joseph admits 59%, Asbury 63%; Asbury's yield is higher, at 26%.

Acceptance rate
Asbury63%
Mount St. Joseph59%
Quad's selectivity
  • AsburySelective
  • Mount St. JosephAccessible
SAT middle 50%Axis 800–1600
AsburyTest-blind
Mount St. Joseph
930–1140
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • AsburyGPA and school record required
  • Mount St. JosephGPA, school record, and prep program required

Who's on each campus

Asbury is a bit larger than Mount St. Joseph (1,420 vs. 1,129 undergrads); Mount St. Joseph has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Asbury1.4K
Mount St. Joseph1.1K
Pell Grant share
Asbury28%
Mount St. Joseph30%

Majors and faculty

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication leads at Asbury, and Special Education and Teaching at Mount St. Joseph.

Students per faculty member
Asbury13 to 1
Mount St. Joseph12 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • AsburyRadio, Television, and Digital Communication, Other14%
  • Mount St. JosephSpecial Education and Teaching, General10%

What each costs

Mount St. Joseph costs about $2.7K less a year than Asbury on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Asbury$23.5K
Mount St. Joseph$20.8K
Aid generosity
Asbury51%
Mount St. Joseph58%

What each pays off

Mount St. Joseph's former students earn more, a median $51.5K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 50% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Asbury$42.4K
Mount St. Joseph$51.5K
Graduation rate
Asbury61%
Mount St. Joseph53%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; both got more selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • AsburyGrowing+55%
  • Mount St. JosephGrowing+106%
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