Quad

Head-to-head

Mount St. Joseph
Alma

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Mount St. Joseph's yield is 15 pts higher than Alma's

    Yield rate
  2. 2

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

    First-generation students
  3. 3

    Alma graduates 10 pts more of its students than Mount St. Joseph (63% vs. 53%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Alma's grants cover 65% of its full price on average, vs. 58% at Mount St. Joseph

    Aid generosity
  5. 5

    Mount St. Joseph is more diverse (index 0.45 vs. 0.39)

    Diversity index
  6. 6

    Mount St. Joseph has 3 pts more Pell recipients than Alma (30% vs. 27%)

    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

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

Who's hardest to get into

Alma admits 57%, Mount St. Joseph 59%; Mount St. Joseph's yield is higher, at 25%.

Acceptance rate
Mount St. Joseph59%
Alma57%
Quad's selectivity
  • Mount St. JosephAccessible
  • AlmaSelective
SAT middle 50%Axis 800–1600
Mount St. Joseph
930–1140
AlmaTest-blind
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • Mount St. JosephGPA, school record, and prep program required
  • AlmaGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Mount St. Joseph and Alma are about the same size; Mount St. Joseph has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Mount St. Joseph1.1K
Alma1.1K
Pell Grant share
Mount St. Joseph30%
Alma27%

Majors and faculty

Special Education and Teaching leads at Mount St. Joseph, and Business Administration and Management at Alma.

Students per faculty member
Mount St. Joseph12 to 1
Alma14 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • Mount St. JosephSpecial Education and Teaching, General10%
  • AlmaBusiness Administration and Management, General15%

What each costs

Mount St. Joseph costs about $1.5K less a year than Alma on average; Alma's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Mount St. Joseph$20.8K
Alma$22.3K
Aid generosity
Mount St. Joseph58%
Alma65%

What each pays off

Alma's former students earn more, a median $54.7K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 50% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Mount St. Joseph$51.5K
Alma$54.7K
Graduation rate
Mount St. Joseph53%
Alma63%

How each has changed

Applications grew at both; both got more selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • Mount St. JosephGrowing+106%
  • AlmaGrowing+123%
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