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1	Villanova University (PA)
	100	4.2	1	94%	86%	28	44%	5%	12/1	83%	2	1180-1370	88% 5	43%	8	43	19%
2	Providence College (RI)
	86	3.6	2	92%	85%	28	47%	3%	12/1	91%	4	1100-1290 2	83%	48%	56	13	25%
2	Fairfield University(CT)
2	Loyola College in Maryland
5	College of New Jersey *
6	Bentley College(MA)
7	Ithaca College(NY)
8	Rochester Inst. of Technology(NY)
8	St. Joseph's University(PA)
10	University of Scranton(PA)
11	SUNY Col. Arts & Sci.—Geneseo *
12	Simmons College(MA)
12	Quinnipiac University(CT)
14	Marist College(NY)
14	Alfred University(NY)
16	Emerson College(MA)
17	Bryant University(RI)
18	Hood College(MD)
19	La Salle University(PA)
19	Manhattan College(NY)
19	Le Moyne College(NY)
22	Canisius College(NY)
22	McDaniel College(MD) 11
22	Wagner College(NY)
25	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey—Camde(NJ) *
25	Arcadia University(PA)
27	Nazareth College of Rochester(NY)
28	Rowan University(NJ) *
28	Assumption College(MA)
30	Col. of Notre Dame of Maryland
30	Mount St. Mary's University(MD)
32	Ramapo College of New Jersey 11 *
32	Rider University(NJ)
34	King's College(PA)
35	CUNY—Baruch College *
35	Salve Regina University(RI)
35	Manhattanville College(NY)
38	Sacred Heart University(CT)
38	St. Bonaventure University(NY)
38	Salisbury University(MD) *
38	SUNY Col. Arts & Sci.—New Paltz *
38	Iona College(NY)
43	Gallaudet University(DC) 1
43	Rosemont College(PA) 11
45	St. Joseph College(CT)
45	Gannon University(PA)
45	Millersville U. of Pennsylvania *
45	Monmouth University(NJ)
45	Towson University(MD) *
45	Montclair State University(NJ) *
51	Lesley University(MA)
51	Univ. of Massachusetts—Dartmouth *
51	SUNY—Fredonia *
51	CUNY—Hunter College *
51	CUNY—Queens College *
51	Chatham University(PA) 11
57	St. John Fisher College(NY)
57	DeSales University(PA)
57	Marywood University(PA)
57	Shippensburg U. of Pennsylvania *
57	West Chester U. of Pennsylvania *
57	SUNY College—Oneonta *
57	Niagara University(NY)
57	College of St. Elizabeth(NJ) 11
57	Emmanuel College(MA)
57	Springfield College(MA)
67	College Misericordia(PA)
67	University of New England(ME)
67	Richard Stockton Col. of N.J. 11 *
70	SUNY College—Cortland *
70	Wilkes University(PA)
70	Philadelphia University
70	Roberts Wesleyan College(NY)
70	Western New England College(MA)
75	Norwich University(VT) 1
75	College of St. Rose(NY)
75	St. Francis University(PA)
75	Gwynedd - Mercy College(PA)
75	Wheelock College(MA)
80	St. Joseph's College(ME)
80	Regis College(MA)
80	New York Inst. of Technology
80	SUNY College—Brockport *
80	Bloomsburg U. of Pennsylvania *
85	SUNY—Oswego *
85	CUNY—Brooklyn College *
85	Mercyhurst College(PA) 11
85	Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.(NJ)
85	CUNY—City College *

• * denotes a public school
• N/A means not available.

1. School refused to fill out U.S. News statistical survey. Data that appear may be from school in previous years or from the National Center for Education Statistics unless otherwise noted.
2. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants.
3. Data not submitted in the form requested by U.S. News.
4. Data reported to U.S. News in previous years.
5. Data based on fewer than 51 percent of enrolled freshmen.
6. Some or all data reported to the NCAA and/or the National Center for Education Statistics.
7. Data reported to the Council for Aid to Education.
8. Average graduation or freshman retention rates, normally based on four years of data, are given here for fewer than four years because school didn't report rates for the most recent year or years to U.S. News.
9. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants, and data not submitted in form requested by U.S. News. Data may be based on fewer than 50 percent of enrolled freshmen.
10. School refused to fill out U.S. News survey. Data from school's website were used.
11. School was reclassified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2006 and appeared in a different category of schools in America's Best Colleges 2007.
12. New to America's Best Colleges rankings or guide this year.
13. Peer assessment score taken from America's Best Colleges 2007.

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