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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are the most recent numbers I could find, which are for this year’s freshman class. Except Villanova, most have not posted next year’s yet.

VILLANOVA (6800 enrolled, 11:1 S:T) - 31% admit rate dropped to 23% for next year’s class.

FORDHAM: Rose Hill (6000 enrolled, 13:1 S:T) - 53% admitted
ST. LOUIS (7400 enrolled, 9:1 S:T) - 56% admitted
FAIRFIELD (4500 enrolled, 12:1 S:T) - 56% admitted
PROVIDENCE (4000 enrolled, 11:1 S:T) - 59% admitted
DENVER (5400 enrolled, 10:1 S:T) - 63% admitted

NB - S:T means Student:Teacher ratio[/quote]

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Thank you!   These are helpful!
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You’re welcome. Those are the only Catholic colleges east of the Rockies with acceptance rates under 65% and higher than Villanova’s 23%. They represent the next tier that you’re looking for. A couple have had acceptance rates in the 40s in the last few years if I’m not mistaken - Fordham and Providence. They all also have enrollments between 4000-8000, or roughly in the same neighborhood as Nova. They all have student:faculty ratios between 9:1 and 13:1, which is higher than the top LACs but lower than state schools and all but the most elite private research universities. So, what you’re getting for your money is smaller classes and better access to professors than those bigger schools. One of the things that gives Catholic college campuses a different vibe than a lot of  other privates IMO is not the influence of religion, which is waning, but the lack of Greek life.[/quote]
University of Denver is not Catholic.[/quote]

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