Quad

Head-to-head

Key differences

The biggest gaps between these schools, largest first.

  1. 1

    Criswell's grants cover 79% of its full price on average, vs. 32% at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

    Aid generosity
  2. 2

    Criswell's yield is 55 pts higher than Pennsylvania College of Art and Design's

    Yield rate
  3. 3

    Criswell costs about $25.9K less per year on average than Pennsylvania College of Art and Design ($5,865 vs. $31,766, all students)

    Average cost, all students
  4. 4

    Pennsylvania College of Art and Design graduates 15 pts more of its students than Criswell (58% vs. 43%)

    Graduation rate
  5. 5

    Pennsylvania College of Art and Design has 3.0× as many undergrads as Criswell

    Undergrads
  6. 6

    Criswell grads earn $9.9K more ten years out than Pennsylvania College of Art and Design's ($43,185 vs. $33,301)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs

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

Pennsylvania College of Art and Design admits 99%, Criswell 100%; Criswell's yield is higher, at 88%.

Acceptance rate
Criswell100%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design99%
Quad's selectivity
  • CriswellAccessible
  • Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignOpen
SAT middle 50%
CriswellTest-blind
Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignTest-blind
How they read a recordfirst-years at 3.75+
  • CriswellGPA and school record required
  • Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignGPA and school record required

Who's on each campus

Pennsylvania College of Art and Design is three times Criswell's size and has the larger Pell share.

Undergrads
Criswell132
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design400
Pell Grant share
Criswell42%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design47%

Majors and faculty

Psychology leads at Criswell, and Illustration at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.

Students per faculty member
Criswell5 to 1
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design10 to 1
Most popular majorshare of graduates
  • CriswellPsychology, General32%
  • Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignIllustration33%

What each costs

Criswell costs about $25.9K less a year than Pennsylvania College of Art and Design on average, and its grants cover the larger share of its price.

Average cost, all students
Criswell$5.9K
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design$31.8K
Aid generosity
Criswell79%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design32%

What each pays off

Criswell's former students earn more, a median $43.2K ten years after enrolling.

Median earnings, 10 years
Criswell$43.2K
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design$33.3K
Graduation rate
Criswell43%
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design58%

How each has changed

Applications grew at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, which got less selective.

Applications, 10-year change
  • CriswellNot enough data
  • Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignGrowing+13%
All the numbersEvery figure for these colleges in one table, with differences highlighted.
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