Looking Beyond the Rankings

sadilly
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:58:15 +0000

Not a true 50-50 list this week. I’m including all public universities with a 5 year graduation rate of 49% or better regardless of admission rates. Of the 180 schools that qualify, 35 had acceptance rates of less than 50%.



Name                    State   Full    5 yr    % Admitted
                        -time   Grad
                        Under-  Rate
                        grads
The University of Alabama       AL  23945   61  53
Auburn University           AL  18627   60  77
University of Arkansas          AR  16617   54  63
University of Arizona           AZ  27356   57  71
Arizona State University        AZ  50484   52  89
University of California-Berkeley   CA  25138   88  22
University of California-Los Angeles    CA  26476   88  27
San Diego State University      CA  22437   57  33
University of California-San Diego  CA  22391   81  35
Cal Polytechnic State-San Luis Obispo   CA  17066   67  37
San Diego State Univ-Imperial Valley    CA  509 57  44
University of California-Santa Barbara  CA  18318   78  46
University of California-Irvine     CA  21605   83  47
University of California-Davis      CA  24392   78  48
University of California-Santa Cruz CA  15504   70  67
University of California-Riverside  CA  18028   62  68
California Maritime Academy     CA  860 58  72
California State University-Chico   CA  13634   49  74
University of California-Merced     CA  4901    52  80
Sonoma State University         CA  7053    51  85
Colorado School of Mines        CO  3730    65  45
Colorado State University-Fort Collins  CO  20089   59  75
University of Colorado Boulder      CO  24268   63  84
University of Connecticut       CT  17063   81  45
University of Connecticut-Stamford  CT  832 52  45
University of Delaware          DE  16272   75  59
University of Florida           FL  30343   80  44
University of Central Florida       FL  37341   57  46
Florida State University        FL  28864   71  54
New College of Florida          FL  845 66  60
Georgia Institute of Technology     GA  12701   72  51
University of Georgia           GA  24694   79  63
Georgia College & State University  GA  5139    51  66
University of Iowa          IA  19354   68  78
University of Northern Iowa     IA  10209   62  78
Iowa State University           IA  23103   63  86
University of Illinois at Springfield   IL  2047    60  56
Northern Illinois University        IL  15233   50  56
Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign    IL  31311   81  63
Western Illinois University     IL  9520    49  63
University of Illinois at Chicago   IL  15532   49  64
Eastern Illinois University     IL  8602    54  65
Illinois State University       IL  17536   68  74
Purdue University-Main Campus       IN  29998   63  61
Ball State University           IN  16218   51  61
Indiana University-Bloomington      IN  31093   68  74
University of Kansas            KS  17665   55  93
Kansas State University         KS  17245   49  99
University of Kentucky          KY  18454   55  68
Murray State University         KY  6863    50  83
Louisiana State University Agr & Mech   LA  22277   54  80
University of Massachusetts Amherst MA  20253   65  63
Westfield State University      MA  4801    57  64
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA  1639    63  71
Massachusetts Maritime Academy      MA  1231    61  72
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts   MA  1452    51  72
University of Maryland-College Park MD  24697   80  47
Towson University           MD  15590   60  52
Salisbury University            MD  7304    63  53
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD  9051    50  60
St Mary's College of Maryland       MD  1901    77  61
Maine Maritime Academy          ME  908 66  66
University of Maine         ME  7549    55  78
University of Maine at Farmington   ME  2069    56  88
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor    MI  26538   87  37
Michigan State University       MI  33294   73  71
Michigan Technological University   MI  5318    58  75
Grand Valley State University       MI  18488   56  82
Western Michigan University     MI  16995   49  83
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN  29194   67  50
University of Minnesota-Morris      MN  1789    59  60
Winona State University         MN  7687    50  62
University of Minnesota-Duluth      MN  9528    49  78
Truman State University         MO  5481    64  74
University of Missouri-Columbia     MO  24413   66  81
Missouri State University-Springfield   MO  13508   50  83
Missouri Univ of Science and Technology MO  5143    61  89
University of Mississippi       MS  14269   56  61
Mississippi State University        MS  14949   54  62
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   NC  17437   86  33
Univ of N Carolina School of the Arts   NC  755 56  42
North Carolina State Univ at Raleigh    NC  22069   67  53
University of North Carolina Wilmington NC  10851   64  53
East Carolina University        NC  18606   54  61
Appalachian State University        NC  14704   61  62
Univ of North Carolina at Asheville NC  3124    56  68
University of Nebraska-Lincoln      NE  18039   61  64
University of Nebraska at Kearney   NE  4762    52  85
Univ of New Hampshire at Manchester NH  663 50  67
Plymouth State University       NH  4148    58  76
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH  12117   75  78
Keene State College         NH  4846    56  78
The College of New Jersey       NJ  6339    85  46
Ramapo College of New Jersey        NJ  5122    69  47
Montclair State University      NJ  12524   57  55
Rowan University            NJ  8908    67  56
The Richard Stockton Coll of New Jersey NJ  6584    61  57
Rutgers University-Newark       NJ  6021    61  58
Rutgers University-New Brunswick    NJ  29752   71  61
Rutgers University-Camden       NJ  3800    50  62
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College       NY  10574   57  22
SUNY at Purchase College        NY  3739    54  33
State Univ of New York at New Paltz NY  6194    67  40
Stony Brook University          NY  14485   64  40
SUNY at Binghamton          NY  11464   76  41
SUNY College at Geneseo         NY  5371    80  43
SUNY College at Oneonta         NY  5738    66  44
SUNY College at Cortland        NY  6241    65  44
SUNY College at Brockport       NY  6454    61  46
SUNY College at Plattsburgh     NY  5438    54  46
SUNY College at Oswego          NY  6992    54  48
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred    NY  3277    67  51
SUNY College of Env Sci and Forestry    NY  1628    65  51
SUNY at Albany              NY  11925   63  51
SUNY at Fredonia            NY  5237    60  55
University at Buffalo           NY  17664   67  57
Ohio State University-Main Campus   OH  39234   75  64
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus    OH  19371   52  68
Miami University-Oxford         OH  14544   80  73
Bowling Green State University      OH  13891   55  74
Ohio University-Main Campus     OH  17143   62  78
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus   OK  16456   57  78
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus    OK  17796   61  79
University of Oregon            OR  18738   62  73
Oregon State University         OR  17111   55  78
West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA  11635   65  50
Pennsylvania State University-Main  PA  37727   84  52
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh PA  17186   76  58
Indiana University of Pennsylvania  PA  12327   49  58
California Univ of Pennsylvania     PA  6590    49  59
Slippery Rock Univ of Pennsylvania  PA  7461    57  61
Millersville University of Pennsylvania PA  6833    61  63
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania   PA  8686    58  63
Temple University           PA  24526   63  67
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA  8852    51  68
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania    PA  2667    50  69
Pennsylvania State Univ-Harrisburg  PA  2667    58  79
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA  6812    58  81
East Stroudsburg Univ of Pennsylvania   PA  6056    56  81
Pennsylvania State University-Berks PA  2524    50  82
Penn State Univ-Erie-Behrend College    PA  3815    63  83
Pennsylvania State University-Altoona   PA  3898    61  84
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg PA  1692    49  86
Pennsylvania State University-Hazleton  PA  1108    49  87
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown  PA  2849    56  88
Pennsylvania State University-Dubois    PA  602 55  88
University of Rhode Island      RI  11672   59  85
Clemson University          SC  14834   78  63
University of South Carolina-Columbia   SC  20700   67  63
Winthrop University         SC  4258    55  71
College of Charleston           SC  9700    62  74
Citadel Military College of S Carolina  SC  2307    68  77
South Dakota State University       SD  8812    54  92
The University of Tennessee     TN  19918   58  67
The University of Texas at Austin   TX  35608   77  47
The University of Texas at Dallas   TX  9136    57  52
Texas Tech University           TX  23453   56  64
Texas A & M University-College Station  TX  36515   77  67
University of Virginia-Main Campus  VA  14842   93  30
College of William and Mary     VA  5987    90  32
Virginia Military Institute     VA  1605    67  46
George Mason University         VA  16304   59  55
James Madison University        VA  17086   80  61
Christopher Newport University      VA  4692    61  65
Virginia Polytechnic Institute      VA  23176   79  70
Radford University          VA  8023    53  76
University of Mary Washington       VA  3846    70  77
Longwood University         VA  4017    58  78
University of Vermont           VT  10258   70  77
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA  25876   76  58
Washington State University     WA  19800   62  76
Western Washington University       WA  12803   67  80
Central Washington University       WA  9435    49  80
The Evergreen State College     WA  4090    51  98
University of Wisconsin-Madison     WI  27737   79  69
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse   WI  8749    63  76
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point   WI  8520    55  76
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire  WI  9838    59  77
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay   WI  4643    50  86
West Virginia University        WV  21140   52  85