Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    DePauw costs about $15.9K less per year on average than Sarah Lawrence ($31,668 vs. $47,566, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  2. 2

    DePauw grads earn $16.9K more ten years out than Sarah Lawrence's ($70,527 vs. $53,603)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  3. 3

    DePauw's grants cover 57% of its full price on average, vs. 42% at Sarah Lawrence

    Aid generosity
  4. 4

    DePauw graduates 6 pts more of its students than Sarah Lawrence (81% vs. 75%)

    Graduation rate
  5. 5

    DePauw has 6 pts more first-gen students than Sarah Lawrence (16% vs. 11%)

    First-generation students
  6. 6

    DePauw has 5 pts more Pell recipients than Sarah Lawrence (16% vs. 12%)

    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

Who's hardest to get into

DePauw admits 57%, Sarah Lawrence 66%; both have the same yield, 13%.

Acceptance rate
Sarah Lawrence66%
DePauw57%
Quad's selectivity
  • Sarah LawrenceSelective
  • DePauwVery selective
SAT middle 50%Axis 1100–1600
Sarah Lawrence
1240–1430
DePauw
1200–1410
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Sarah LawrenceRigor very important54%
  • DePauwRigor and GPA very important69%

Who's on each campus

DePauw is a bit larger than Sarah Lawrence (1,905 vs. 1,530 undergrads) and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Sarah Lawrence1.5K
DePauw1.9K
Pell Grant share
Sarah Lawrence12%
DePauw16%

Majors and faculty

Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies leads at Sarah Lawrence, and Econometrics and Quantitative Economics at DePauw; both have 10 students per faculty member.

Students per faculty member
Sarah Lawrence10 to 1
DePauw10 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Sarah LawrenceLiberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies100%
  • DePauwEconometrics and Quantitative Economics12%

What each costs

DePauw costs about $15.9K less a year than Sarah Lawrence on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Sarah Lawrence$47.6K
DePauw$31.7K
Aid generosity
Sarah Lawrence42%
DePauw57%

What each pays off

DePauw's former students earn more, a median $70.5K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 70% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Sarah Lawrence$53.6K
DePauw$70.5K
Graduation rate
Sarah Lawrence75%
DePauw81%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; Sarah Lawrence got less selective while DePauw held steady.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Sarah LawrenceGrowing+93%
  • DePauwGrowing+26%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
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