Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Albion's grants cover 76% of its full price on average, vs. 49% at U. Mount Olive

    Aid generosity
  2. 2

    U. Mount Olive has 15 pts more first-gen students than Albion (43% vs. 28%)

    First-generation students
  3. 3

    U. Mount Olive's yield is 13 pts higher than Albion's

    Yield rate
  4. 4

    Albion grads earn $11.7K more ten years out than U. Mount Olive's ($58,799 vs. $47,139)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  5. 5

    Albion graduates 7 pts more of its students than U. Mount Olive (63% vs. 57%)

    Graduation rate
  6. 6

    Albion costs about $4K less per year on average than U. Mount Olive ($16,818 vs. $20,796, 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

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

Who's hardest to get into

U. Mount Olive admits 76%, Albion 81%; U. Mount Olive's yield is higher, at 20%.

Acceptance rate
Albion81%
U. Mount Olive76%
Quad's selectivity
  • AlbionAccessible
  • U. Mount OliveAccessible
ACT middle 50%Axis 14–36
AlbionTest-blind
U. Mount Olive
18–24
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • AlbionGPA required
  • U. Mount OliveGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

U. Mount Olive is a bit larger than Albion (1,796 vs. 1,300 undergrads); Albion has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Albion1.3K
U. Mount Olive1.8K
Pell Grant share
Albion47%
U. Mount Olive45%

Majors and faculty

Exercise Science and Kinesiology leads at Albion, and Business Administration and Management at U. Mount Olive.

Students per faculty member
Albion11 to 1
U. Mount Olive17 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • AlbionExercise Science and Kinesiology13%
  • U. Mount OliveBusiness Administration and Management, General13%

What each costs

Albion costs about $4K less a year than U. Mount Olive on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Albion$16.8K
U. Mount Olive$20.8K
Aid generosity
Albion76%
U. Mount Olive49%

What each pays off

Albion's former students earn more, a median $58.8K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 50% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Albion$58.8K
U. Mount Olive$47.1K
Graduation rate
Albion63%
U. Mount Olive57%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Albion but fell at U. Mount Olive; both got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • AlbionGrowing+31%
  • U. Mount OliveShrinking−10%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
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