VMI vs Sweet Briar College

The next list compares two colleges briefly in important perspectives. You can compare two colleges with comprehensive information on the full comparison page.

VMI is a public and Sweet Briar College is a private (not-for-profit) school and both are four-years schools.
VMI has more expensive tuition & fees ($51,186) than Sweet Briar College ($25,110).
It is harder to admit to Sweet Briar College than VMI.
Sweet Briar College has a higher submitted SAT score (1,170) than VMI (1,170).
Both VMI and Sweet Briar College have the same submitted ACT scores (25).
VMI has more students with 1,512 students while Sweet Briar College has 460 students.
Sweet Briar College has a lower number of students per faculty with 8 to 1 while VMI's ratio is 10 to 1.
VMI has more full-time faculties with 142 faculties while Sweet Briar College has 36 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Virginia Military Institute and Sweet Briar College.

VMI	vs.	Sweet Briar College
Lexington, Virginia	Location	Sweet Briar, Virginia
Four-years, Public	School Type	four-years, Private (not-for-profit)
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Master's degree
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences
In-State$20,484 Out-Of-State$51,186	2024 Tuition & Fees	$25,110
65%	% Receiving Financial Aid	97%
$17,109	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$13,706

81.98 %	Acceptance Rates	72.01 %
48.96 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	16.99 %
1,170	SAT Score	1,230
25	ACT Score	25
76 %	Graduation Rate	61 %
19 %	Transfer-out Rate	2 %
82 %	Retention Rate	62 %
1,512	Student Population	460
142	Number of Faculties	36
10 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	8 to 1
ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services

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