Peer Groups
St. Lawrence University has two official comparison groups. Most research and benchmark studies use a set of 25 liberal arts colleges referred to on campus as the "NCG" or "New Comparison Group".
In addition, the University uses a group of 27 liberal arts colleges called the "USCG16" or "University Salary Comparison Group 2016" for its salary policy.
Comparison Groups
These institutions are referred to on campus as NCG and have, since the early 1990s, been used for various institutional comparisons. Click on any institution to go to its web site:
| FICE Code | College Name | State |
|---|---|---|
| 3230 | Allegheny College | PA |
| 2036 | Bates College | ME |
| 3238 | Bucknell University | PA |
| 2340 | Carleton College | MN |
| 2039 | Colby College | ME |
| 2701 | Colgate University | NY |
| 2141 | College of the Holy Cross | MA |
| 3037 | College of Wooster | OH |
| 1379 | Connecticut College | CT |
| 3042 | Denison University | OH |
| 3253 | Dickinson College | PA |
| 2603 | Drew University | NJ |
| 3268 | Gettysburg College | PA |
| 2728 | Hamilton College | NY |
| 2731 | Hobart&William Smith College | NY |
| 2275 | Kalamazoo College | MI |
| 3065 | Kenyon College | OH |
| 2358 | Macalester College | MN |
| 3691 | Middlebury College | VT |
| 3304 | Muhlenberg College | PA |
| 3109 | Ohio Wesleyan University | OH |
| 2814 | Skidmore College | NY |
| 1414 | Trinity College | CT |
| 2895 | Vassar College | NY |
| 1781 | Wheaton College | IL |
These institutions are referred to on campus as USCG16 and used for our faculty salary policy since the year 2016. Click on any institution to go to its web site:
| FICE Code | College Name | State |
|---|---|---|
| 3230 | Allegheny College | PA |
| 2671 | Bard College | NY |
| 3238 | Bucknell University | PA |
| 2701 | Colgate University | NY |
| 2141 | College of the Holy Cross | MA |
| 1379 | Connecticut College | CT |
| 3042 | Denison University | OH |
| 3253 | Dickinson College | PA |
| 3265 | Franklin and Marshall College | PA |
| 3268 | Gettysburg College | PA |
| 2731 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | NY |
| 3279 | Juniata College | PA |
| 3065 | Kenyon College | OH |
| 3284 | Lafayette College | PA |
| 3304 | Muhlenberg College | PA |
| 3086 | Oberlin College | OH |
| 3694 | Saint Michael's College | VT |
| 2813 | Sarah Lawrence College | NY |
| 2814 | Skidmore College | NY |
| 3037 | The College of Wooster | OH |
| 1414 | Trinity College | CT |
| 2889 | Union College | NY |
| 3385 | Ursinus College | PA |
| 2895 | Vassar College | NY |
| 3389 | Washington & Jefferson College | PA |
| 1424 | Wesleyan University | CT |
| 2227 | Wheaton College | MA |
The USCG11 college list used between 2011-2015 can be found here.