Division III
Midwest Conference
9 members on the site, as of 2025–26.
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At a glance
The median member against the median of every four-year college on the site, with the range from the lowest member to the highest. Each row has its own scale, starting at zero.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting
71% · 15%–91%
· all 77%fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting
3.8K · 1.6K–9.8K
· all 3.6Kfall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting
1.1K · 688–1.8K
· all 1.6K2023–24 · 8 of 9 reporting
$25,677 · $18,748–$37,528
· all $24,284fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting
34% · 18%–69%
· all 25%Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 reporting
68% · 62%–88%
· all 55%9 of 9 reporting
32% · 18%–38%
· all 34%
Over time
The median member each year. By default the line follows in every year, so it describes the same colleges throughout; switch to members at the time to see the conference as it was.
Applicants, median member · today's members in every year
Dashed: the median of every four-year college on the site. A year is left out when fewer than 80% of the members report it.
In total (members reporting both years): 9 members received 37K applications in fall 2024, against 26.8K in fall 2014; they enrolled 10.4K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 11.5K in fall 2014.
Members compared
Every member on each measure, highest first, so the spread behind each median is visible.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members
- Monmouth College91%
- Cornell College80%
- Ripon College80%
- Illinois College78%
- Knox College71%
- Lawrence University64%
- Beloit College63%
- Lake Forest College57%
- Grinnell College15%
Dashed: the median member, 71%.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members
- Grinnell College9.8K
- Lake Forest College5.4K
- Knox College4.9K
- Beloit College3.9K
- Illinois College3.8K
- Lawrence University3.3K
- Cornell College2.5K
- Ripon College2K
- Monmouth College1.6K
Dashed: the median member, 3.8K.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members
- Lake Forest College1.8K
- Grinnell College1.7K
- Lawrence University1.4K
- Knox College1.1K
- Cornell College1.1K
- Illinois College930
- Beloit College926
- Monmouth College702
- Ripon College688
Dashed: the median member, 1.1K.
2023–24 · 8 of 9 members
- Grinnell College$37,528
- Lake Forest College$31,720
- Lawrence University$27,161
- Knox College$26,094
- Cornell College$25,260
- Beloit College$24,840
- Ripon College$23,824
- Monmouth College$18,748
Dashed: the median member, $25,677.
Not reported: Illinois College.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members
- Beloit College69%
- Grinnell College68%
- Cornell College68%
- Lawrence University62%
- Lake Forest College34%
- Ripon College30%
- Monmouth College28%
- Knox College28%
- Illinois College18%
Dashed: the median member, 34%.
Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 members
- Grinnell College88%
- Lake Forest College78%
- Lawrence University77%
- Beloit College71%
- Knox College68%
- Monmouth College65%
- Illinois College64%
- Ripon College63%
- Cornell College62%
Dashed: the median member, 68%.
· 9 of 9 members
- Illinois College38%
- Monmouth College37%
- Ripon College34%
- Lake Forest College32%
- Cornell College32%
- Knox College31%
- Beloit College30%
- Lawrence University22%
- Grinnell College18%
Dashed: the median member, 32%.
Who joined and left
Moves since 2014–15, among the site's colleges, by the school year the college first reported its new conference.
- 2021–22: Carleton College left for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 2021–22: Macalester College (football) left for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 2021–22: Saint Norbert College left for the Northern Athletics Conference
- 2017–18: University of Chicago (football) joined from the South Atlantic Conference
- 2016–17: Carroll University left for the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
- 2015–16: Macalester College (football) joined from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
How this was measured
- Members. Colleges that report the Midwest Conference as their main today. A member playing football elsewhere is listed with its football conference but counted here.
- Medians. Every figure is the median member (counts and costs: the median member's own change), except the totals, which are labeled. A conference needs 8 members on the site, and a year needs 80% of members reporting; costs are .
- Members at the time reads each college's reported conference year by year, from 2014–15; colleges no longer on the site aren't included.
- The universe. The site's four-year colleges, which may not be every member. The page shows how members compare and changed, not why.
Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2014–15 to 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (admissions section), Fall 2013 to Fall 2013;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (graduation by entering class), classes entering fall 2013 to fall 2018;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Pell Grant recipients:College Scorecard, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)