College Guide

Rankings

Below are the Washington Monthly's 2011 baccalaureate college 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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sort	Institution sort a-z sort by state		Social Mobility sort				Research sort			Service sort

		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	Tuskegee University (AL)	100	67%	34%	41%	78	$14.96	1	21	91	2	12%	159	92	86
2	Cooper Union (NY)	92	15%	74%	83%	57	$0.16	26	1	111	146	39%	10	92	86
3	Northwestern College (IA)	91	29%	57%	60%	110	$0.00	27	4	51	146	16%	125	12	6
4	Taylor University (IN)	90	15%	67%	77%	55	$0.00	27	13	8	146	12%	158	6	43
5	Elizabeth City State University (NC)*	89	66%	27%	46%	10	$2.98	8	116	111	15	22%	66	21	68
6	Messiah College (PA)	84	15%	61%	78%	18	$0.00	27	94	9	86	9%	210	3	2
7	Augustana College (SD)	80	24%	59%	67%	62	$0.84	17	22	21	72	21%	71	30	53
8	Keuka College (NY)	80	41%	41%	53%	47	$0.00	27	103	111	146	66%	1	1	14
9	College of the Ozarks (MO)	80	56%	45%	60%	28	$0.00	27	16	111	85	4%	296	33	73
10	Claflin University (SC)	79	71%	30%	47%	21	$1.59	14	51	111	28	8%	239	92	47
11	Florida Southern College (FL)	78	25%	52%	55%	115	$0.00	27	75	10	12	27%	36	37	7
12	Loras College (IA)	78	26%	55%	69%	32	$0.00	27	35	30	146	23%	64	16	15
13	University of Dubuque (IA)	77	52%	40%	38%	181	$0.00	27	47	14	7	9%	200	55	38
14	MacMurray College (IL)	72	67%	34%	35%	139	$0.00	27	40	19	146	39%	9	92	86
15	Benedict College (SC)	71	80%	17%	31%	39	$1.35	15	169	111	24	11%	167	34	19
16	Bethel College (IN)	71	45%	46%	60%	36	$0.00	27	78	40	78	7%	285	5	79
17	Unity College (ME)	71	25%	51%	54%	114	$0.00	27	179	1	146	13%	151	2	3
18	University of Arkansas—Pine Bluff (AR)*	71	72%	22%	25%	123	$7.24	2	93	111	17	15%	134	92	86
19	Elmira College (NY)	71	20%	55%	66%	48	$0.00	27	43	63	16	7%	287	7	39
20	Marietta College (OH)	70	29%	55%	56%	142	$0.00	27	20	68	146	17%	98	56	13
21	Mars Hill College (NC)	70	43%	40%	40%	159	$0.00	27	19	52	146	28%	31	24	27
22	Dordt College (IA)	70	26%	57%	62%	94	$0.00	27	5	58	146	15%	133	88	65
23	College of St. Mary (NE)	69	50%	41%	45%	100	$0.00	27	87	111	146	29%	27	38	5
24	Cedarville University (OH)	69	17%	63%	70%	83	$0.00	27	74	23	5	16%	113	92	86
25	Ohio Northern University (OH)	68	23%	62%	69%	75	$0.00	27	6	62	58	10%	178	92	86
26	Franklin College (IN)	68	29%	49%	55%	87	$0.00	27	59	56	108	25%	43	11	11
27	University of the Cumberlands (KY)	68	52%	43%	40%	191	$0.00	27	112	81	3	11%	172	73	57
28	Concordia University (NE)	68	25%	57%	61%	108	$0.00	27	3	111	131	8%	229	92	86
29	Union College (NE)	67	34%	50%	54%	103	$0.00	27	2	111	146	5%	291	92	86
30	Seton Hill University (PA)	67	33%	47%	59%	46	$0.00	27	46	80	114	15%	129	17	22
31	Saint Augustine's College (NC)	67	70%	21%	48%	4	$0.00	27	125	111	13	7%	260	25	82
32	Stillman College (AL)	66	82%	25%	21%	203	$0.00	27	17	111	60	11%	165	92	86
33	Geneva College (PA)	66	31%	52%	59%	80	$0.00	27	7	77	146	7%	279	76	81
34	Voorhees College (SC)	64	83%	17%	25%	61	$0.00	27	65	111	6	0%	301	92	86
35	Elizabethtown College (PA)	64	16%	59%	78%	11	$0.00	27	111	32	146	7%	283	14	17
36	Briar Cliff University (IA)	64	35%	48%	47%	173	$0.00	27	27	45	123	13%	154	27	28
37	Wiley College (TX)	64	96%	15%	23%	64	$0.29	21	56	111	146	10%	187	92	86
38	Martin Methodist College (TN)	63	52%	37%	53%	26	$0.00	27	179	111	146	10%	182	10	10
39	Virginia Union University (VA)	62	63%	23%	36%	41	$0.00	27	28	111	73	8%	248	35	40
40	University of Maine—Farmington (ME)*	62	38%	46%	62%	27	$0.00	27	95	13	146	30%	24	92	86
41	Langston University (OK)*	61	78%	21%	14%	235	$4.03	7	113	90	146	13%	156	92	86
42	Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI)	61	18%	64%	55%	253	$4.16	6	114	111	25	18%	94	92	86
43	Ouachita Baptist University (AR)	61	22%	57%	55%	178	$0.00	27	66	66	39	18%	90	8	48
44	Rocky Mountain College (MT)	60	23%	54%	45%	248	$0.00	27	42	2	40	28%	30	92	86
45	Defiance College (OH)	60	40%	46%	47%	137	$0.00	27	144	111	146	8%	226	9	4
46	Averett University (VA)	60	37%	41%	52%	49	$0.00	27	8	36	146	10%	186	92	86
47	Vanguard University of Southern California (CA)	59	27%	48%	55%	76	$0.28	23	31	34	57	38%	11	92	86
48	Central State University (OH)*	59	75%	20%	19%	174	$2.55	10	158	89	23	8%	247	92	86
49	Erskine College (SC)	59	21%	55%	69%	34	$0.00	27	9	111	105	9%	198	92	86
50	Buena Vista University (IA)	59	39%	46%	59%	40	$0.00	27	104	111	53	8%	244	74	16
51	Shaw University (NC)	59	72%	20%	34%	38	$2.09	13	173	88	37	9%	206	92	86
52	Grace College and Seminary (IN)	59	29%	52%	57%	89	$0.00	27	32	16	146	23%	63	92	86
53	Oakwood University (AL)	59	33%	39%	40%	145	$2.74	9	24	111	146	22%	68	92	86
54	Kentucky State University (KY)*	58	51%	31%	24%	231	$4.67	4	106	92	109	9%	209	66	41
55	Oklahoma Baptist University (OK)	58	26%	55%	55%	146	$0.00	27	14	79	94	13%	152	92	86
56	John Brown University (AR)	57	24%	59%	64%	91	$0.00	27	88	12	42	14%	145	92	86
57	Iowa Wesleyan College (IA)	57	45%	35%	28%	239	$0.00	27	89	111	146	16%	126	13	1
58	Concordia University (MI)	56	34%	46%	46%	151	$0.00	27	10	111	63	18%	87	92	86
59	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (PA)*	56	24%	52%	68%	25	$0.00	27	37	111	36	24%	49	92	86
60	Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott (AZ)	56	20%	58%	55%	197	$0.00	27	85	72	1	13%	153	92	86
61	University of Pittsburgh—Johnstown (PA)*	56	25%	49%	63%	33	$0.00	27	29	111	146	16%	117	77	42
62	Lebanon Valley College (PA)	56	17%	57%	75%	16	$0.00	27	34	20	115	8%	246	92	86
63	Eastern Nazarene College (MA)	56	37%	44%	40%	206	$0.00	27	26	111	146	52%	4	92	86
64	Trinity Christian College (IL)	56	31%	52%	57%	92	$0.00	27	167	15	146	7%	280	36	29
65	Blackburn College (IL)	55	47%	43%	38%	215	$0.00	27	55	7	146	5%	294	92	86
66	Manchester College (IN)	55	33%	49%	49%	149	$0.00	27	160	24	146	10%	196	15	26
67	St. Joseph's College New York (NY)	55	44%	44%	78%	1	$0.00	27	156	111	146	7%	261	92	86
68	University of the Ozarks (AR)	55	38%	48%	42%	222	$0.00	27	179	3	146	17%	103	69	63
69	Louisiana College (LA)	55	39%	43%	45%	131	$0.00	27	12	111	146	11%	174	92	86
70	University of Montana—Western (MT)*	54	49%	38%	26%	273	$0.00	27	36	54	146	48%	5	92	86
71	Morningside College (IA)	54	33%	50%	47%	195	$0.00	27	57	53	129	9%	204	59	31
72	Bethany College (KS)	54	36%	49%	32%	290	$0.00	27	10	22	146	8%	238	92	86
73	Wilmington College (OH)	53	43%	41%	48%	77	$0.00	27	79	111	146	9%	205	43	34
74	Warner Pacific College (OR)	53	44%	43%	40%	188	$0.00	27	179	50	146	9%	207	20	9
75	Lenoir-Rhyne University (NC)	53	31%	47%	54%	82	$0.00	27	70	111	136	10%	197	19	44
76	Shorter College (GA)	53	37%	45%	54%	58	$0.00	27	54	111	146	17%	102	49	86
77	Tabor College (KS)	53	38%	48%	64%	23	$0.00	27	115	111	146	26%	39	92	86
78	Black Hills State University (SD)*	53	36%	45%	30%	285	$2.54	11	73	98	32	9%	202	87	84
79	LeMoyne-Owen College (TN)	52	80%	22%	16%	229	$0.00	27	52	111	146	17%	108	92	86
80	Patten University (CA)	52	43%	49%	49%	148	$0.00	27	179	111	146	21%	74	68	24
81	Ohio Christian University (OH)	52	64%	33%	55%	6	$0.00	27	179	111	146	11%	169	92	86
82	Dana College (NE)	52	37%	49%	49%	156	$0.00	27	23	111	146	8%	243	92	86
83	Bethune-Cookman University (FL)	51	70%	28%	36%	60	$0.00	27	159	111	21	8%	236	92	86
84	Bluffton University (OH)	51	33%	47%	64%	22	$0.00	27	62	111	146	19%	84	92	86
85	Maine Maritime Academy (ME)*	51	44%	44%	67%	5	$0.00	27	179	111	18	0%	301	92	86
86	Free Will Baptist Bible College (TN)	51	48%	45%	53%	69	$0.00	27	179	111	44	0%	301	18	86
87	Southern Arkansas University (AR)*	51	48%	42%	32%	262	$0.00	27	165	111	146	17%	100	4	74
88	Covenant College (GA)	51	22%	60%	58%	176	$0.00	27	60	26	146	17%	109	92	86
89	Midland Lutheran College (NE)	51	36%	47%	48%	135	$0.00	27	179	5	41	13%	155	92	86
90	Master's College and Seminary (CA)	51	29%	54%	62%	72	$0.00	27	61	111	84	14%	137	92	86
91	Culver-Stockton College (MO)	51	40%	46%	49%	112	$0.00	27	179	111	146	46%	6	44	85
92	St. Joseph's College (IN)	50	31%	44%	49%	99	$0.00	27	15	111	146	17%	96	92	86
93	SUNY Maritime College (NY)*	50	18%	55%	52%	193	$0.00	27	127	111	4	29%	29	92	86
94	East Texas Baptist University (TX)	50	39%	42%	42%	164	$0.00	27	80	111	146	27%	37	58	54
95	College of Our Lady of the Elms (MA)	50	35%	41%	58%	19	$0.00	27	102	17	118	17%	110	92	86
96	Coker College (SC)	50	41%	43%	45%	128	$0.00	27	154	111	146	21%	76	45	25
97	North Carolina Wesleyan College (NC)	50	65%	38%	22%	287	$0.00	27	100	111	38	17%	111	92	86
98	Davis and Elkins College (WV)	50	42%	40%	55%	29	$0.00	27	122	28	146	18%	93	92	86
99	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (NY)	49	68%	38%	29%	252	$0.00	27	179	111	26	13%	149	92	86
100	Adrian College (MI)	49	30%	51%	46%	217	$0.00	27	129	111	103	64%	2	92	86

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