Davidson College vs GMU

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

Davidson College is a private (not-for-profit) and GMU is a public school and both are four-years schools.
Davidson College has more expensive tuition & fees ($57,340) than GMU ($38,983).
It is harder to admit to Davidson College than GMU.
GMU has more students with 38,628 students while Davidson College has 1,973 students.
Davidson College has a lower number of students per faculty with 10 to 1 while GMU's ratio is 16 to 1.
GMU has more full-time faculties with 1,399 faculties while Davidson College has 222 full-time faculties.

The following table compares the two rival schools - Davidson College and George Mason University.

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Davidson College	vs.	GMU
Davidson, North Carolina	Location	Fairfax, Virginia
Four-years, Private (not-for-profit)	School Type	four-years, Public
Bachelor's degree	Highest Degree Offered	Doctor's degree - research / scholarship and professional practice
Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences	Carnegie Classification	Research University (very high research activity)
$57,340	2023 Tuition & Fees	In-State$13,401 Out-Of-State$38,983
68%	% Receiving Financial Aid	57%
$44,825	Average Amount of Financial Aid	$8,675

17.80 %	Acceptance Rates	91.30 %
47.77 %	Yield (Enrollment Rates)	21.27 %
-	SAT Score	1,245
-	ACT Score	28
90 %	Graduation Rate	70 %
-	Transfer-out Rate	16 %
95 %	Retention Rate	84 %
1,973	Student Population	38,628
222	Number of Faculties	1,399
10 to 1	Students to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1
ROTC, Study Abroad	Special Learning Opportunities	Distance Learning (Online Classes), ROTC, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification
Academic/career counseling service	On Campus Student Services	Academic/career counseling service, Employment services, Placement services, On-campus daycare