Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Lenoir-Rhyne is more diverse (index 0.59 vs. 0.52)

    Diversity index
  2. 2

    Carlow grads earn $5.5K more ten years out than Lenoir-Rhyne's ($51,051 vs. $45,543)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  3. 3

    Carlow graduates 5 pts more of its students than Lenoir-Rhyne (56% vs. 51%)

    Graduation rate
  4. 4

    Carlow has 5 pts more first-gen students than Lenoir-Rhyne (37% vs. 32%)

    First-generation students
  5. 5

    Carlow's grants cover 53% of its full price on average, vs. 48% at Lenoir-Rhyne

    Aid generosity
  6. 6

    Carlow's yield is 5 pts higher than Lenoir-Rhyne's

    Yield rate

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

Lenoir-Rhyne admits 85%, Carlow 87%; Carlow's yield is higher, at 16%.

Acceptance rate
Carlow87%
Lenoir-Rhyne85%
Quad's selectivity
  • CarlowOpen
  • Lenoir-RhyneOpen
SAT middle 50%Axis 900–1600
Carlow
960–1168
Lenoir-RhyneTest-blind
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • CarlowGPA and school record required
  • Lenoir-RhyneGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Carlow and Lenoir-Rhyne are about the same size; Carlow has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Carlow1.3K
Lenoir-Rhyne1.4K
Pell Grant share
Carlow43%
Lenoir-Rhyne39%

Majors and faculty

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse leads at Carlow, and Exercise Science and Kinesiology at Lenoir-Rhyne; Carlow has 12 students per faculty member to Lenoir-Rhyne's 15.

Students per faculty member
Carlow12 to 1
Lenoir-Rhyne15 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • CarlowRegistered Nursing/Registered Nurse32%
  • Lenoir-RhyneExercise Science and Kinesiology15%

What each costs

Carlow and Lenoir-Rhyne cost about the same a year on average; Carlow's grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Carlow$24.4K
Lenoir-Rhyne$24.9K
Aid generosity
Carlow53%
Lenoir-Rhyne48%

What each pays off

Carlow's former students earn more, a median $51.1K ten years after enrolling; both graduate more than 50% within six years.

Median earnings, 10 years
Carlow$51.1K
Lenoir-Rhyne$45.5K
Graduation rate
Carlow56%
Lenoir-Rhyne51%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Carlow but fell at Lenoir-Rhyne; Carlow got more selective while Lenoir-Rhyne got less.

Applications, 10-year change
  • CarlowGrowing+90%
  • Lenoir-RhyneShrinking−18%
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