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
#92	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	more selective	75.4%	1090-1280
#97	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	more selective	58.5%	25-28
#97	University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO	more selective	86.9%	24-28
#97	University of Massachusetts–Amherst Amherst, MA	more selective	65.6%	1090-1280
#97	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	more selective	82.3%	23-28
#101	Iowa State University Ames, IA	more selective	86.3%	22-28
#101	University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE	more selective	59.3%	22-28
#101	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	more selective	81.9%	23-29
#106	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	more selective	54.9%	25-29
#106	University at Buffalo–SUNY Buffalo, NY	more selective	53.2%	1060-1260

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U.S. News rank

School

Selectivity

Fall 2011 acceptance rate

SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile

#92

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

more selective

75.4%

1090-1280