Big East Conference Comparison

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football, which is not sponsored. The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference, effective on August 1, 2013. Its nucleus is composed of the "Catholic Seven" members of the Big East Conference (1979-2013): DePaul University, Georgetown University, Marquette University, Providence College, Seton Hall University, St. John's University, and Villanova University. In December 2012, these schools chose to split from the football playing schools in order to focus on basketball, and in March 2013 reached a settlement, whereby they formed a new conference that assumed the Big East name and logo. Butler University, Creighton University, and Xavier University also joined the conference on its July 1, 2013 launch date. The average SAT score of the Big East Conference colleges is 1,300 and average ACT scores is 29. The average acceptance rate of the schools is 65% and the average graduation rate is 79%. The average tuition & fees are $52,638 at the schools.

Georgetown University has the highest test score with 1,500 (SAT) and 34 (ACT). Georgetown University is the tightest school to admit among Big East Conference colleges with 12.23% acceptance rate and Georgetown University is the largest school with total student population of $20,984. Georgetown University has the highest tuition & fees with $65,081 among Big East Conference colleges.