Looking Beyond the Rankings

sadilly
Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:27:56 +0000

This week a listing of schools with the fewest in-state students.

Name                State   Full-   %       4/5 yr Graduation Rate
                    time    Freshman
                    Under-  In-State
                    graduates
Catholic University of America  DC  3422    1   62
Bennington College      VT  684 2   59
Providence College      RI  3791    9   84
Roger Williams University   RI  3774    9   51
Bryant University       RI  3078    10  77
Lewis & Clark College       OR  2121    12  69
Sarah Lawrence College      NY  1374    13  69
Beloit College          WI  1261    15  70
Cornell College         IA  1171    15  66
Champlain College       VT  2236    16  56
Loyola University Maryland  MD  3875    17  79
Salve Regina University     RI  1972    17  69
Boston University       MA  16634   18  79
Elon University         NC  5209    18  77
The New School          NY  5877    18  49
Eckerd College          FL  2064    19  57
Earlham College         IN  1071    20  62
Hampshire College       MA  1461    20  54
High Point University       NC  3996    20  50
Maryland Institute Coll of Art  MD  1809    20  63
Savannah Coll of Art and Design GA  7448    20  51
Saint Anselm College        NH  1900    21  72
University of Puget Sound   WA  2555    21  69
Wheaton College         IL  2435    21  76
Creighton University        NE  3813    22  68
Franciscan Univ of Steubenville OH  1969    22  71
Saint Michael's College     VT  1948    22  77
Willamette University       OR  1968    22  69
Quinnipiac University       CT  6231    23  71
Drake University        IA  3189    24  64
Fairfield University        CT  3471    24  78
Wheeling Jesuit University  WV  937 24  52
Covenant College        GA  1011    25  55
Goucher College         MD  1446    25  57
Saint Mary's College        IN  1456    25  74
Sewanee-The Univ of the South   TN  1486    25  74
Furman University       SC  2623    26  79
Rhodes College          TN  1899    26  80
Belmont University      TN  4906    27  55
Luther College          IA  2421    27  68
Case Western Reserve University OH  4260    28  63
Denison University      OH  2308    28  84
Lawrence University     WI  1473    28  54
Wheaton College         MA  1613    28  77
Marquette University        WI  7969    29  60
Sacred Heart University     CT  3399    29  58
Saint Louis University      MO  7354    29  60
Samford University      AL  2769    29  51
Clark University        MA  2253    30  75

Name                    State   Full-   % Freshman 4/5 yr Graduation Rate
                        time     In-State
                        Under-
                        graduates
University of Vermont           VT  9956    23  74
University of Delaware          DE  16642   40  78
West Virginia University        WV  21118   42  52
Keene State College         NH  4653    43  60
The University of Alabama       AL  25430   45  62
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH  12342   45  76
Plymouth State University       NH  3926    46  53
University of Iowa          IA  19639   47  68
University of Mississippi       MS  14933   48  55
University of Oregon            OR  18847   48  63
University of Rhode Island      RI  11923   48  58
College of Charleston           SC  9760    50  67
Citadel Military Coll of South Carolina SC  2438    51  64
Georgia Institute of Technology     GA  13272   51  72
University of Arkansas          AR  17799   53  55
The Evergreen State College     WA  3872    54  52
University of South Carolina-Columbia   SC  21646   54  70
Purdue University-Main Campus       IN  29360   55  65
University of Wisconsin-Madison     WI  28167   56  79
Pennsylvania State University       PA  37917   57  84
University of Colorado Boulder      CO  23662   57  63
South Dakota State University       SD  8562    58  49
University of Arizona           AZ  28210   60  56
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus    OK  18111   60  61
Auburn University           AL  18449   61  63
Clemson University          SC  15643   61  78
Indiana University-Bloomington      IN  30949   61  72
Iowa State University           IA  24209   61  66
Miami University-Oxford         OH  14657   61  78
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus   OK  17517   62  57
Pennsylvania State Univ-Harrisburg  PA  2905    62  57
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN  29125   63  69
University of Missouri-Columbia     MO  25178   63  68
Arizona State University        AZ  49945   64  52
Mississippi State University        MS  15004   65  52
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA  1637    66  61
James Madison University        VA  17329   67  78
University of Kentucky          KY  19178   67  52
University of Pittsburgh        PA  17256   67  77
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA  26228   67  77
University of Kansas            KS  17130   68  58
University of Idaho         ID  8138    70  49
University of Southern Mississippi  MS  11393   70  50
Virginia Tech               VA  23366   70  80