Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Missouri Baptist's yield is 30 pts higher than U. Puget Sound's

    Yield rate
  2. 2

    Missouri Baptist has 24 pts more first-gen students than U. Puget Sound (36% vs. 12%)

    First-generation students
  3. 3

    U. Puget Sound grads earn $22.9K more ten years out than Missouri Baptist's ($69,594 vs. $46,660)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  4. 4

    U. Puget Sound graduates 21 pts more of its students than Missouri Baptist (75% vs. 54%)

    Graduation rate
  5. 5

    Missouri Baptist costs about $13.3K less per year on average than U. Puget Sound ($30,518 vs. $43,841, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  6. 6

    U. Puget Sound is more diverse (index 0.54 vs. 0.46)

    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

Missouri Baptist admits 69%, U. Puget Sound 72%; Missouri Baptist's yield is higher, at 41%.

Acceptance rate
Missouri Baptist69%
U. Puget Sound72%
Quad's selectivity
  • Missouri BaptistOpen
  • U. Puget SoundSelective
SAT middle 50%Axis 1100–1600
Missouri BaptistNot reported
U. Puget Sound
1170–1380
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Missouri BaptistGPA and school record required
  • U. Puget SoundGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Missouri Baptist and U. Puget Sound are about the same size; U. Puget Sound has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Missouri Baptist1.5K
U. Puget Sound1.6K
Pell Grant share
Missouri Baptist11%
U. Puget Sound17%

Majors and faculty

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse leads at Missouri Baptist, and Business Administration and Management at U. Puget Sound.

Students per faculty member
Missouri Baptist15 to 1
U. Puget Sound10 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Missouri BaptistRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse16%
  • U. Puget SoundBusiness Administration and Management, General12%

What each costs

Missouri Baptist costs about $13.3K less a year than U. Puget Sound on average; U. Puget Sound's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Missouri Baptist$30.5K
U. Puget Sound$43.8K
Aid generosity
Missouri Baptist41%
U. Puget Sound44%

What each pays off

U. Puget Sound's former students earn more, a median $69.6K ten years after enrolling; six-year graduation runs from 75% at U. Puget Sound to 54% at Missouri Baptist.

Median earnings, 10 years
Missouri Baptist$46.7K
U. Puget Sound$69.6K
Graduation rate
Missouri Baptist54%
U. Puget Sound75%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Missouri Baptist but held steady at U. Puget Sound; U. Puget Sound got more selective while Missouri Baptist got less.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Missouri BaptistGrowing+29%
  • U. Puget SoundSteady−6%
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

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