Villanova vs. Lehigh vs. Lafayette

Corbett
Sun, 25 Dec 2016 17:05:36 +0000

where did you source those numbers?

The numbers are apparently from Section C of the Villanova Common Data Set (CDS) for 2016-2017, at:
https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/enroll/statreports.html
Most (not all) schools post data in the standardized CDS format. You can usually find the CDS for a given school by googling.

These statistics; are overall, a bit better than Lehigh and Lafayette (and Bucknell).

Lehigh hasn’t posted a 2016-2017 CDS yet. For last year (2015-2016), Lehigh’s stats appear to be the same or slightly higher than Villanova’s. For example, the 2015-2016 CR+M SATs were 1230-1420 Lehigh, 1200-1400 Villanova.

All of these schools (Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Villanova) are basically in the same league in terms of selectivity and prestige. Other differences are much more significant. Villanova, for example, differs from the others in its larger size, Catholic affiliation, top-tier basketball, and proximity to the Big City. Lafayette is the smallest and offers the most traditional liberal arts college experience, with no business major (like most LACs, they offer economics instead). Bucknell is slightly larger than Lafayette, and has a somewhat more applied focus, including a school of management that offers business degrees; it is located in a rural small-town setting, far from major cities. Lehigh is larger than Bucknell or Lafayette, but smaller than Villanova; it is the best-known of these schools for engineering or computer science, and is good at integrating these technical fields wth business studies.