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College of Our Lady of the Elms

Basic Information

Type Private
Location Chicopee, MA
Population 650,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 951
Men / Women 27% / 73%
White 46%
Hispanic 28%
Black 14%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Health Sciences 48%
Humanities & Social Sciences 19%
Computer Science & Math 11%
Business & Economics 9%
Education 7%
Life & Natural Sciences 6%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $43,325
Est. Cost of Attendance $54,027
10-Year ROI $158,000
ROI Percentile 59th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 60%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 231 (21th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 11%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Life & Natural Sciences 19 #427
Humanities & Social Sciences 0 #578

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

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Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Our Lady of the Elms 262 22% / 78% 0% $71,169
Computer Graphics 3 67% / 33% 0%
Computer Science 12 +4 67% / 33% 0%
Computer Software and Media Applications
Cybersecurity 12 +7 75% / 25% 0%
Mathematics 1 +2 0% / 100% 0%
Biology 14 36% / 64% 0%
Biotechnology 1 +3 100% / 0% 0%
Chemistry 2 0% / 100% 0%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 9 11% / 89% 0% $50,806
Nursing 99 5% / 95% 1% $85,953
Speech-Language Pathology 17 18% / 82% 0% $50,806
Accounting 7 86% / 14% 0% $62,792
Business Administration 5 +2 60% / 40% 0%
Entrepreneurship 2 100% / 0% 0%
Health Administration 7 0% / 100% 0%
Marketing
Marketing 1 +4 100% / 0% 0%
Sports Management 2 +1 100% / 0% 0%
Criminal Justice 8 38% / 62% 0%
English Language and Literature
History 1 +1 0% / 100% 0%
Interdisciplinary Studies 2 50% / 50% 0%
Psychology 8 25% / 75% 0% $43,067
Social Work 30 7% / 93% 0% $49,979
Writing 1 0% / 100% 0%
Early Childhood Education 1 0% / 100% 0%
Education 14 7% / 93% 0%
Elementary Education 2 0% / 100% 0%
Special Education and Teaching 1 0% / 100% 0% $56,230