College Guide

Rankings

Below are the Washington Monthly's 2010 master’s universities rankings. We rate schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country). For an explanation of each category, click here. For more information about the overall goals of the rankings, click here. To learn more about our methodology, click here.

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		Overall Score	Students receiving Pell grants	Predicted grad rate Actual grad rate Rank			Research expenditures, in millions Rank		Bachelor's to PhD rank	Peace Corps Rank	ROTC Rank	Federal work-study funds spent on service Rank		Community service participation and hours served Rank	Service staff, courses and financial aid support Rank
1	St. Mary's University (TX)	100	53%	45%	59%	43	$0.62	167	18	261	28	34%	22	11	45
2	Creighton University (NE)	99	17%	69%	76%	140	$28.37	6	24	43	55	12%	284	21	12
3	Trinity University (TX)	90	10%	78%	81%	222	$1.24	130	1	4	403	10%	352	78	190
4	Hamline University (MN)	89	25%	59%	71%	63	$0.00	219	5	8	233	17%	160	26	185
5	Le Moyne College (NY)	85	32%	54%	78%	6	$0.00	219	29	76	191	36%	15	27	101
6	Truman State University (MO)*	84	16%	74%	69%	391	$0.59	172	4	6	66	7%	484	94	105
7	SUNY at Geneseo (NY)*	82	12%	79%	78%	310	$1.74	109	11	11	378	27%	55	59	146
8	Mary Baldwin College (VA)	81	31%	50%	74%	8	$0.00	219	59	181	14	42%	10	177	67
9	Loyola University Maryland	80	9%	70%	86%	32	$1.37	120	14	36	54	8%	438	52	28
10	Villanova University (PA)	80	9%	80%	89%	101	$10.47	25	31	106	25	16%	182	117	147
11	University of Portland (OR)	77	14%	69%	72%	223	$0.89	147	154	1	10	27%	58	62	78
12	Xavier University (OH)	77	13%	67%	79%	64	$0.00	219	40	53	30	11%	319	47	3
13	Valparaiso University (IN)	77	21%	63%	75%	65	$0.76	156	12	15	130	10%	344	80	181
14	University of Scranton (PA)	77	14%	63%	81%	19	$0.60	171	41	161	29	15%	192	23	19
15	John Carroll University (OH)	76	25%	57%	80%	12	$0.30	207	36	65	77	8%	442	84	22
16	Gannon University (PA)	75	33%	50%	64%	39	$0.00	219	49	168	44	23%	83	15	64
17	Gonzaga University (WA)	75	12%	69%	81%	55	$0.00	219	92	5	37	18%	145	76	41
18	University of Redlands (CA)	75	17%	65%	75%	89	$1.21	132	57	7	326	29%	42	60	65
19	University of Mary Washington (VA)*	74	9%	71%	77%	161	$0.00	219	13	2	238	21%	106	200	149
20	Alfred University (NY)	73	28%	59%	67%	115	$5.47	52	3	71	361	7%	505	223	219
21	Canisius College (NY)	73	29%	57%	68%	82	$0.16	215	21	381	34	10%	341	37	74
22	California State University, Fresno*	72	47%	37%	48%	77	$5.30	55	261	297	169	53%	6	9	81
23	Stetson University (FL)	72	18%	60%	67%	145	$0.00	219	20	139	74	11%	310	7	36
24	Rollins College (FL)	71	15%	68%	69%	273	$0.00	219	26	67	403	15%	189	18	5
25	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology*	70	23%	66%	48%	512	$83.74	1	2	73	403	12%	268	223	219
26	St. Mary's College of California	70	24%	56%	65%	108	$0.00	219	48	70	217	32%	29	82	23
27	Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)	68	27%	66%	62%	372	$20.96	12	197	211	89	19%	129	42	174
28	James Madison University (VA)*	68	9%	66%	82%	31	$5.46	53	52	49	76	25%	69	75	193
29	Rutgers University, Camden (NJ)*	67	53%	48%	58%	90	$9.37	28	55	312	323	13%	250	223	219
30	King's College (PA)	67	27%	50%	73%	10	$0.00	219	159	147	52	10%	372	13	11
31	College of New Jersey*	67	15%	73%	85%	71	$0.69	161	34	105	236	7%	482	89	63
32	Hampton University (VA)	67	31%	53%	51%	342	$24.02	10	63	381	17	7%	485	223	219
33	Humboldt State University (CA)*	67	33%	50%	42%	439	$7.09	41	23	12	403	10%	362	71	123
34	Xavier University of Louisiana	66	60%	37%	35%	338	$4.39	63	10	381	87	1%	549	223	219
35	Baldwin-Wallace College (OH)	66	26%	57%	73%	27	$0.00	219	25	214	403	13%	249	48	89
36	Hood College (MD)	66	19%	57%	65%	119	$0.00	219	8	20	51	10%	380	223	219
37	Otterbein College (OH)	66	29%	53%	64%	75	$0.00	219	103	75	263	21%	99	51	4
38	North Carolina Central University*	66	64%	24%	48%	7	$4.34	64	163	350	294	17%	155	40	145
39	Harding University (AR)	66	23%	63%	61%	331	$0.00	219	15	165	403	7%	507	17	53
40	University of Dallas	65	21%	69%	57%	481	$0.00	219	7	32	151	23%	81	223	219
41	University of Northern Iowa*	65	22%	58%	63%	185	$3.46	74	132	118	198	36%	18	31	20
42	Grambling State University (LA)*	65	74%	25%	36%	74	$0.43	190	178	332	36	4%	548	38	172
43	Saint Bonaventure University (NY)	65	28%	53%	70%	24	$0.00	219	22	113	40	17%	159	223	219
44	Alcorn State University (MS)*	65	67%	27%	39%	56	$9.06	32	150	274	23	8%	437	223	219
45	Bradley University (IL)	64	18%	63%	78%	34	$1.86	105	33	55	246	12%	266	81	211
46	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville*	63	24%	54%	49%	399	$26.90	8	265	342	104	85%	1	195	177
47	Evergreen State College (WA)*	63	20%	62%	63%	272	$0.74	159	19	13	403	29%	44	223	219
48	Niagara University (NY)	62	30%	53%	63%	92	$0.00	219	144	300	11	7%	517	53	39
49	College of New Rochelle (NY)	62	88%	29%	35%	149	$0.00	219	330	381	403	7%	536	201	55
50	Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio (TX)	62	66%	32%	34%	253	$0.00	219	78	183	333	12%	285	143	42
51	Whitworth University (WA)	62	16%	69%	77%	124	$0.00	219	38	9	109	9%	398	223	219
52	Providence College (RI)	62	13%	68%	86%	18	$0.56	174	87	33	124	12%	262	135	93
53	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo*	61	11%	69%	69%	302	$14.52	17	74	54	182	13%	241	87	154
54	Loyola University New Orleans	61	26%	63%	63%	296	$0.41	191	17	28	153	7%	542	223	219
55	Santa Clara University (CA)	61	8%	73%	85%	58	$1.74	111	79	60	91	8%	441	104	46
56	Westminster College (UT)	61	18%	61%	55%	407	$0.00	219	173	77	5	18%	138	61	32
57	Butler University (IN)	60	14%	72%	74%	232	$0.00	219	50	34	202	10%	351	67	115
58	Mills College (CA)	60	32%	58%	61%	219	$0.58	173	9	381	226	9%	387	223	219
59	Albany State University (GA)*	60	67%	30%	50%	17	$1.33	124	286	381	42	21%	107	223	219
60	Mount St. Mary's College (CA)	60	48%	36%	59%	13	$0.52	184	198	381	403	19%	134	41	58
61	University of Evansville (IN)	60	25%	60%	63%	216	$0.00	219	28	45	262	8%	451	97	157
62	Loyola Marymount University (CA)	60	15%	67%	79%	62	$1.60	113	177	26	315	20%	116	43	107
63	La Roche College (PA)	59	53%	34%	64%	2	$0.00	219	75	154	403	12%	263	223	219
64	Nazareth College (NY)	59	27%	62%	72%	96	$0.00	219	88	248	403	21%	102	110	70
65	Lipscomb University (TN)	59	16%	60%	63%	220	$0.00	219	51	93	125	5%	547	3	69
66	Misericordia University (PA)	59	24%	53%	67%	41	$0.00	219	138	381	366	16%	170	4	16
67	Point Loma Nazarene University (CA)	59	18%	62%	71%	103	$0.36	198	58	91	31	27%	56	223	219
68	University of North Carolina, Wilmington*	59	13%	66%	67%	280	$17.06	16	129	56	403	22%	93	136	151
69	Southern University and A&M College (LA)*	59	69%	21%	28%	132	$5.59	49	62	357	45	7%	544	223	219
70	CUNY City College (NY)*	59	54%	40%	37%	364	$32.84	4	192	378	382	10%	353	221	165
71	Augsburg College (MN)	58	29%	51%	56%	183	$0.68	164	102	42	330	19%	126	44	47
72	Wheeling Jesuit University (WV)	58	33%	52%	64%	54	$7.01	43	35	135	403	7%	540	223	219
73	Rosemont College (PA)	58	49%	40%	70%	1	$0.00	219	77	381	403	13%	260	223	219
74	Tennessee Technological University*	58	29%	54%	47%	422	$12.23	21	72	279	73	16%	173	190	54
75	Waynesburg University (PA)	58	45%	46%	58%	60	$0.00	219	385	381	189	7%	515	28	10
76	Bellarmine University (KY)	58	19%	61%	62%	257	$0.00	219	45	61	41	8%	479	46	203
77	CUNY Brooklyn College (NY)*	58	56%	44%	44%	294	$4.96	57	148	326	396	10%	353	83	143
78	William Carey University (MS)	58	61%	48%	42%	401	$0.00	219	104	381	353	7%	488	95	119
79	Saint Joseph's University (PA)	57	10%	64%	79%	35	$2.93	80	54	156	377	14%	220	99	51
80	Fairfield University (CT)	57	12%	66%	79%	47	$2.15	97	64	95	325	22%	98	140	120
81	Saint John Fisher College (NY)	57	27%	56%	73%	23	$0.00	219	136	282	212	17%	166	35	87
82	Fort Valley State University (GA)*	57	69%	32%	34%	228	$2.61	85	407	381	7	10%	345	223	219
83	Marywood University (PA)	57	25%	53%	69%	30	$0.00	219	97	236	106	9%	405	24	95
84	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga*	57	38%	44%	40%	371	$5.53	51	214	198	95	20%	112	56	8
85	California State University, Dominguez Hills*	56	61%	24%	34%	91	$6.02	48	236	373	243	30%	39	151	92
86	Mercyhurst College (PA)	56	33%	51%	72%	15	$0.77	155	408	381	71	17%	162	69	52
87	Concordia University (OR)	56	24%	50%	55%	165	$0.00	219	424	46	403	22%	96	1	13
88	Southeastern Oklahoma State University*	56	88%	28%	29%	274	$0.36	196	501	305	403	12%	277	129	189
89	Mississippi University for Women*	56	64%	37%	40%	221	$0.00	219	179	249	309	34%	23	223	219
90	Ithaca College (NY)	56	17%	67%	77%	99	$1.43	118	69	51	188	7%	520	108	194
91	Simmons College (MA)	55	20%	60%	73%	45	$0.55	176	232	44	364	29%	45	85	111
92	Mercer University (GA)	55	23%	66%	57%	441	$18.10	15	107	104	58	7%	494	223	219
93	Abilene Christian University (TX)	55	23%	59%	58%	308	$0.27	210	53	52	403	10%	339	79	75
94	Virginia State University*	55	59%	29%	39%	87	$8.17	34	254	381	19	7%	519	223	219
95	Seattle Pacific University	54	18%	64%	64%	301	$0.15	216	42	25	135	18%	146	223	219
96	Concordia University (IL)	54	30%	51%	50%	312	$0.00	219	157	145	403	70%	2	186	103
97	California State University, Los Angeles*	54	55%	30%	31%	262	$10.05	27	216	296	360	24%	72	121	126
98	Pacific Lutheran University (WA)	54	19%	62%	70%	110	$0.55	178	171	23	12	9%	406	223	219
99	Spring Hill College (AL)	54	28%	56%	64%	123	$0.00	219	60	381	68	28%	51	223	219
100	College of Charleston (SC)*	54	14%	68%	64%	387	$5.31	54	80	21	359	33%	25	223	219

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