<p>Regional Universities and National Universities are qualitatively different, so any conversion is going to be somewhat crude. Anyway, here’s sort of an “order of magnitude” comparison: </p>
<p>Villanova is the top ranked regional school in the North. It has a freshman retention of 94%, a graduation rate of 88%, and an acceptance rate of 46%. </p>
<p>For national universities, graduation rates start to dip below 90% once you get into the 20s. The acceptance rates start to go above 50% once you get into the 30s. </p>
<p>So maybe we can say that the top regional schools would land in the 30s if they were on the national rankings.</p>