A+ Schools for B Students | Top National Universities

A+ Schools for B Students National Universities

If you're a good student with less than stellar test scores or a so-so GPA, these are the schools for you. These colleges, which have strong ratings in the 2013 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, accept a significant number of students with nonstratospheric transcripts.

U.S. News rank	School	Selectivity	Fall 2011 acceptance rate	SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#134	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	more selective	60.9%	23-28
#139	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	more selective	52.8%	1050-1250 ²
#139	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	selective	98.9%	21-27 ²
#139	New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	selective	68.5%	1010-1230
#139	Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK	more selective	81.7%	22-27
#139	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	selective	77.7%	990-1260
#139	University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	more selective	64.8%	22-27
#147	University of Illinois–Chicago Chicago, IL	more selective	62.8%	21-26
#147	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	selective	76.0%	990-1200
#151	St. John Fisher College Rochester, NY	selective	66.5%	990-1190

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U.S. News rank

School

Selectivity

Fall 2011 acceptance rate

SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile

#134

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

more selective

60.9%

23-28