College Guide

2013 Baccalaureate College Rankings

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About the 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).

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* Indicates a public school, ° indicates a for-profit school.

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		Overall Score	Students receiving Pell grants	Net price	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	Elizabeth City State University (NC)*	100	80%	$909	25%	44%	1	10.46	2	174	119	13	18%	95	1	54
2	Tuskegee University (AL)	85	69%	$22,564	39%	43%	215	15.69	1	15	26	2	14%	140	87	85
3	Bethel College-North Newton (KS)	77	43%	$16,429	54%	52%	186	0.00	55	2	119	121	24%	54	8	33
4	Wheeling Jesuit University (WV)	76	37%	$17,978	55%	62%	101	9.83	3	14	23	121	8%	225	45	22
5	Cooper Un. Advance. of Science & Art (NY)	69	13%	$16,794	72%	76%	108	0.40	32	1	119	121	34%	24	87	85
6	Northwestern College (IA)	69	37%	$20,761	65%	66%	226	0.00	55	37	5	121	17%	105	9	16
7	Messiah College (PA)	66	21%	$24,600	65%	74%	197	0.37	34	7	8	70	8%	221	4	21
8	Lebanon Valley College (PA)	66	29%	$24,984	62%	73%	180	0.00	55	3	43	121	8%	233	47	64
9	Texas Lutheran University (TX)	64	49%	$16,892	50%	49%	183	0.00	55	10	119	121	51%	7	37	26
10	Carson-Newman College (TN)	64	48%	$14,191	54%	45%	246	0.00	55	32	81	7	9%	219	7	13
11	Augustana College (SD)	62	27%	$18,321	69%	65%	248	1.58	14	25	11	59	22%	70	34	76
12	Oklahoma Baptist University (OK)	60	40%	$12,843	43%	51%	32	0.00	55	5	27	81	8%	229	87	85
13	St. Andrews University (NC)	57	45%	$22,649	48%	43%	301	0.00	55	30	2	121	54%	5	87	85
14	Hastings College (NE)	55	36%	$19,313	55%	56%	205	0.00	55	20	21	121	13%	150	21	28
15	Covenant College (GA)	54	28%	$21,112	65%	51%	337	0.00	55	17	1	121	17%	110	87	85
16	Asbury University (KY)	54	32%	$19,458	63%	71%	115	0.00	55	4	75	34	18%	96	87	85
17	Blackburn College (IL)	54	60%	$12,541	48%	48%	80	0.00	55	23	4	121	4%	284	87	85
18	MacMurray College (IL)	54	63%	$16,101	37%	36%	169	0.00	55	6	19	121	19%	86	87	85
19	College of the Ozarks (MO)	54	70%	$9,476	37%	54%	5	0.00	55	55	119	88	2%	288	40	83
20	Taylor University (IN)	53	26%	$24,392	65%	80%	129	0.33	35	34	13	121	12%	152	62	51
21	University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (AR)*	53	82%	$7,959	30%	23%	48	9.42	4	131	119	8	11%	172	87	85
22	Cedarville University (OH)	51	17%	$20,807	70%	68%	253	0.00	55	12	104	6	21%	73	87	85
23	Benedict College (SC)	51	89%	$16,296	24%	26%	128	3.01	8	157	119	32	11%	179	44	15
24	Milligan College (TN)	51	32%	$15,840	56%	65%	63	0.00	55	44	45	121	16%	119	5	31
25	University of the Ozarks (AR)	51	52%	$14,242	42%	46%	75	0.00	55	26	6	121	12%	157	87	85
26	Iowa Wesleyan College (IA)	51	61%	$20,304	40%	25%	338	0.00	55	178	37	121	31%	28	22	1
27	Defiance College (OH)	50	57%	$20,654	46%	51%	178	0.00	55	80	55	121	8%	235	12	8
28	Stephens College (MO)	50	47%	$23,706	59%	55%	300	0.00	55	19	47	121	23%	61	87	85
29	Kentucky Wesleyan College (KY)	49	50%	$13,100	48%	44%	138	0.00	55	24	119	121	21%	78	29	59
30	Loras College (IA)	49	24%	$20,294	60%	59%	234	0.00	55	40	75	121	36%	19	31	12
31	Bluffton University (OH)	49	58%	$19,475	53%	59%	143	0.00	55	8	119	121	11%	170	87	85
32	Tennessee Wesleyan College (TN)	48	59%	$11,585	49%	44%	105	0.00	55	90	119	121	15%	124	53	20
33	Florida Southern College (FL)	48	37%	$18,325	55%	55%	199	0.00	55	93	31	14	11%	167	32	10
34	Martin Luther College (MN)	47	39%	$13,822	61%	73%	28	0.00	55	129	58	121	59%	4	87	85
35	Alderson Broaddus College (WV)	47	52%	$13,735	52%	49%	149	0.20	48	9	119	121	15%	123	87	85
36	Ohio Valley University (WV)	47	55%	$15,059	45%	43%	162	0.00	55	178	16	121	8%	245	48	2
37	Ohio Northern University (OH)	47	28%	$24,671	73%	65%	326	0.46	27	18	94	85	16%	112	87	85
38	University of Mount Union (OH)	46	41%	$21,352	57%	65%	157	0.00	55	27	119	47	7%	273	23	57
39	Millikin University (IL)	46	43%	$18,922	57%	65%	112	0.00	55	41	119	121	16%	114	11	48
40	Mid-Atlantic Christian University (NC)	46	65%	$18,111	37%	27%	305	0.00	55	178	119	43	27%	36	19	3
41	Montana Tech/Univ. of Montana (MT)*	46	35%	$11,629	47%	41%	126	6.71	5	109	91	121	18%	98	87	85
42	Eureka College (IL)	45	51%	$16,221	56%	65%	70	0.00	55	107	119	121	33%	25	49	50
43	Unity College (ME)	45	57%	$19,412	46%	47%	206	0.22	44	178	24	121	11%	166	25	5
44	Olivet College (MI)	45	58%	$17,183	47%	46%	194	0.00	55	134	119	104	28%	35	24	18
45	Cedar Crest College (PA)	45	54%	$18,833	51%	50%	218	0.00	55	35	119	121	24%	57	75	30
46	Keystone College (PA)	45	83%	$12,449	31%	39%	29	0.00	55	178	83	121	8%	227	30	56
47	West Liberty University (WV)*	45	48%	$9,246	47%	46%	33	1.87	13	62	119	121	15%	134	68	23
48	Trinity Christian College (IL)	44	51%	$23,456	61%	64%	237	0.00	55	178	77	121	7%	277	41	24
49	Everglades University (FL)	43	84%	$13,949	39%	65%	10	0.00	55	178	119	121	7%	279	87	85
50	Fort Valley State University (GA)*	43	83%	$11,786	28%	33%	36	3.85	6	143	110	16	5%	282	87	85
51	Jones College-Jacksonville (FL)	43	100%	$7,071	14%	33%	2	0.00	55	178	119	121	12%	155	87	85
52	Culver-Stockton College (MO)	42	52%	$16,378	47%	41%	235	0.00	55	111	40	121	45%	16	43	74
53	Mars Hill College (NC)	42	53%	$18,807	40%	38%	233	0.00	55	95	67	121	24%	58	26	17
54	Bethel College-Mishawaka (IN)	42	59%	$17,711	47%	49%	163	0.00	55	125	119	58	15%	128	2	66
55	Central State University (OH)*	42	85%	$8,463	22%	24%	15	3.82	7	141	93	17	10%	183	87	85
56	West Virginia Wesleyan College (WV)	42	38%	$16,290	43%	55%	52	0.25	40	21	119	121	13%	148	14	40
57	Clarke University (IA)	40	41%	$19,008	58%	60%	177	0.00	55	50	51	121	11%	168	51	73
58	Manchester College (IN)	40	45%	$18,015	51%	51%	192	0.00	55	38	119	121	10%	195	13	42
59	Dordt College (IA)	39	38%	$21,420	60%	60%	242	0.00	55	22	119	121	14%	143	87	85
60	Mount Marty College (SD)	39	49%	$17,147	48%	51%	135	0.00	55	178	69	62	15%	133	67	11
61	Warner Pacific College (OR)	39	56%	$20,434	42%	46%	181	0.00	55	178	29	121	16%	111	52	32
62	John Brown University (AR)	39	39%	$16,368	61%	66%	99	0.00	55	115	42	65	14%	136	87	85
63	Grace Bible College (MI)	38	64%	$14,591	44%	30%	315	0.00	55	178	119	121	0%	291	39	14
64	Wilmington College (OH)	38	46%	$19,196	46%	51%	152	0.00	55	49	119	121	8%	224	46	36
65	Evangel University (MO)	38	48%	$22,749	57%	52%	295	0.00	55	29	80	94	5%	281	87	85
66	DigiPen Institute of Tech. (WA)°	38	66%	$28,008	59%	54%	321	0.00	55	178	119	121	0%	291	87	85
67	Elizabethtown College (PA)	38	24%	$25,065	61%	79%	118	0.49	26	76	15	121	7%	276	20	63
68	Lenoir-Rhyne University (NC)	38	45%	$17,752	51%	47%	241	0.00	55	65	35	121	8%	223	33	39
69	Huntington University (IN)	38	42%	$16,290	51%	62%	57	0.00	55	60	119	121	24%	53	55	79
70	Adrian College (MI)	38	46%	$17,253	51%	49%	209	0.00	55	66	36	72	39%	17	87	85
71	Voorhees College (SC)	38	89%	$10,567	24%	34%	13	0.00	55	178	119	5	0%	291	87	85
72	Presentation College (SD)	37	54%	$17,637	29%	37%	95	0.00	55	178	119	121	18%	100	10	6
73	Coker College (SC)	37	51%	$12,142	46%	49%	45	0.25	41	94	119	121	19%	94	57	38
74	Huntingdon College (AL)	36	41%	$17,317	43%	52%	78	0.00	55	39	119	46	21%	72	61	68
75	Howard Payne University (TX)	36	50%	$16,991	44%	46%	139	0.00	55	178	10	121	52%	6	87	85
76	Humphreys Coll.-Stockton & Modesto (CA)	36	88%	$19,137	40%	53%	79	0.00	55	178	119	121	24%	56	87	85
77	Carroll College (MT)	36	28%	$21,091	61%	59%	256	0.00	55	75	14	21	9%	204	87	85
78	Washington Adventist University (MD)	35	59%	$16,303	38%	27%	298	0.00	55	45	119	121	22%	63	42	85
79	Lewis-Clark State College (ID)*	35	62%	$12,094	33%	28%	130	0.00	55	116	112	111	32%	26	79	69
80	Embry-Riddle Aero. Univ.-Prescott (AZ)	35	29%	$33,720	55%	57%	307	0.00	55	68	119	1	0%	291	87	85
81	Dakota Wesleyan University (SD)	35	44%	$16,791	48%	43%	238	0.00	55	63	119	92	24%	59	18	72
82	Morris College (SC)	35	92%	$11,770	26%	33%	27	0.00	55	178	119	12	8%	246	87	85
83	Merrimack College (MA)	35	29%	$26,003	61%	70%	208	0.00	55	133	33	121	9%	206	58	29
84	East Texas Baptist University (TX)	35	49%	$15,689	42%	43%	132	0.00	55	36	119	121	8%	242	60	46
85	Silver Lake Coll. of the Holy Family (WI)	35	56%	$14,174	28%	42%	26	0.00	55	178	119	121	35%	21	83	7
86	Northland International University (WI)	34	59%	$17,173	36%	50%	50	0.00	55	178	119	121	51%	8	87	85
87	Briar Cliff University (IA)	34	52%	$16,610	46%	45%	184	0.00	55	137	119	106	15%	122	15	44
88	Rocky Mountain College (MT)	34	43%	$17,759	52%	50%	214	0.00	55	72	48	75	29%	34	87	85
89	Emmanuel College (GA)	34	60%	$11,573	41%	36%	119	0.00	55	178	119	121	15%	127	16	37
90	Jamestown College (ND)	34	33%	$15,651	53%	43%	281	0.00	55	11	119	121	10%	192	87	85
91	Wiley College (TX)	34	83%	$11,273	23%	18%	110	2.10	12	102	72	121	10%	189	87	85
92	Missouri Western State University (MO)*	34	54%	$9,927	33%	27%	84	0.00	55	112	116	57	8%	241	36	27
93	University of Maine-Farmington (ME)*	34	47%	$13,210	53%	59%	47	0.00	55	132	25	121	23%	62	87	85
94	Northwest Christian University (OR)	34	60%	$18,160	50%	100%	7	0.00	55	178	119	121	10%	184	87	85
95	Concordia College Selma (AL)	34	96%	$10,715	12%	3%	173	0.00	55	178	119	18	30%	31	87	85
96	Utah Valley University (UT)*	33	46%	$10,917	33%	25%	153	0.00	55	177	119	80	71%	3	76	61
97	Tabor College (KS)	33	50%	$19,985	46%	52%	155	0.00	55	104	119	121	34%	22	87	85
98	Sterling College (KS)	33	45%	$16,975	47%	48%	158	0.00	55	178	3	121	17%	108	87	85
99	Louisiana College (LA)	33	47%	$12,112	41%	31%	223	0.00	55	31	61	121	7%	274	87	85
100	Atlantic Union College (MA)	33	50%	$16,258	39%	31%	263	0.00	55	13	119	121	19%	91	87	85

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