The Middle Ground
The best regional universities combine low costs, high academic standards and an intimate atmosphere
(Pa.) 87.7 20 27 26 17 26 9. Manhattan College 86.4 20 47 12 20 27 10.Hood College (Md.) 86.3 11 69 6 7 37 11.Loyola College (Md.) 85.6 9 33 31 37 22 12.La Salle Univ. (Pa.) 85.4 11 22 9 85 14 13.Simmons College (Mass) 84.8 23 66 15 1 23 14.Rochester Inst. 83.5 1 34 60 4 76
of Tech. (N.Y.) 15.Providence College
(R.I.) 83.4 4 30 54 44 1
Over- Academic Student Faculty Finan. Student
all reputa- selec- re- re- satis- Rank name score tion tivity sources sources faction South 1. Wake Forest
University, (N.C.) 100.1 1 1 4 1 2 2. University of
of Richmond (Va.) 99.0 2 5 1 6 1 3. Berea College (Ky.) 95.7 5 4 12 2 30 4. Stetson Univer-
sity (Fla.) 93.9 6 19 5 9 15 5. Rollins College
(Fla.) 92.6 6 22 7 16 5 6. Samford Univer-
sity (Ala.) 89.7 11 12 23 20 13 7. University of Alabama
in Huntsville 89.0 11 24 8 5 75 7. Mercer University
(Ga.) 89.0 13 30 20 4 7 9. Florida International
University 87.1 19 7 3 55 34 10.Loyola University
New Orleans (La.) 86.3 6 41 9 11 66 11.University of Central
Florida 84.8 13 8 21 59 22 12.Mary Washington
College (Va.) 82.5 13 2 13 101 9 13.The Citadel (S.C.) 81.9 6 69 6 33 8 14.University of N.C.
Charlotte 81.5 6 21 10 80 52 15.Appalachian State
Univ. (N.C.) 81.1 19 13 16 77 27
Over- Academic Student Faculty Finan. Student
all reputa- selec- re- re- satis- Rank name score tion tivity sources sources faction Midwest 1. Illinois Weslyan
University 100.0 1 1 3 7 1 2. St. Mary's College
(Ind.) 94.7 8 24 1 5 2 3. Valparalso Univer-
sity (Ind.) 93.9 1 10 14 20 6 4. Michigan Technological
University 92.8 8 13 4 13 43 5. DePaul University
(Ill.) 92.0 1 7 9 38 22 6. Butler University
(Ind.) 90.4 13 18 17 6 23 7. Creighton Univer-
sity (Neb.) 90.3 1 51 2 2 14 8. St. Norbert College
(Wis.) 89.2 1 41 8 19 4 9. John Carroll
University (Ohio) 87.8 8 22 13 39 3 10. Millikin University
(Ill.) 84.3 17 37 24 8 20 11. Ohio Northern
University 83.7 31 20 25 14 23 12. University of
Dayton (Ohio) 83.2 8 54 20 15 7 13. Central College
(Iowa) 82.4 31 17 40 9 16 14. Calvin College
(Mich.) 82.3 17 27 16 43 30 15. University of
St. Thomas 82.2 8 36 42 16 9
(Minn.)
Over- Academic Student Faculty Finan. Student
all reputa- selec- re- re- satis- Rank name score tion tivity sources sources faction West 1. Trinity University
(Texas) 100.1 1 1 1 2 3 2. Santa Clara University
(Calif.) 94.8 3 12 2 13 1 3. Whittier College
(Calif.) 93.2 5 13 4 10 15 4. University of San
Diego 91.8 5 10 8 18 11 5. University of Puget
Sound (Wash.) 91.2 4 17 11 7 16 6. Loyola Marymount Univ.
(Calif.) 89.6 5 28 6 11 4 7. Pacific Lutheran Univ.
(Wash.) 87.6 10 19 13 17 7 8. St. Mary's College of
Calif. 85.8 28 4 24 9 5 9. Gonzaga University
(Wash.) 83.9 10 34 10 19 14 10. Seattle University 83.3 10 26 22 15 19 11. University of Redlands
(Calif.) 81.3 10 31 33 8 9 12. Linfield College
(Ore.) 78.7 19 24 32 20 12 13. California Poly-
Pomona 77.0 5 15 31 43 65 14. Humboldt State University
(Calif.) 76.9 28 14 12 27 96 15. University of the Pacific
(Calif.) 76.7 28 50 17 6 6
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