A+ Schools for B Students National Universities
A+ Schools for B Students Methodology
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.
| Save | U.S. News rank | School | Selectivity | Fall 2011 acceptance rate | SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #54 |
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA |
more selective | 31.6% | 1100-1330 | |
| #58 |
Fordham University
New York, NY |
more selective | 42.4% | 1150-1340 | |
| #58 |
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
more selective | 49.4% | 1050-1270 | |
| #65 |
Purdue University–West Lafayette
West Lafayette, IN |
more selective | 68.3% | 1040-1300 | |
| #68 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–New Brunswick
Piscataway, NJ |
more selective | 61.1% | 1080-1310 | |
| #72 |
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI |
more selective | 72.9% | 23-28 | |
| #72 |
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA |
more selective | 79.8% | 23-28 | |
| #75 |
University of Delaware
Newark, DE |
more selective | 58.2% | 1100-1300 | |
| #77 |
Baylor University
Waco, TX |
more selective | 39.7% | 24-29 | |
| #77 |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY |
more selective | 46.8% | 1100-1270 | |
| #77 |
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL |
more selective | 43.5% | 22-29 | |
| #83 |
Clark University
Worcester, MA |
more selective | 67.9% | 1080-1310 2 | |
| #83 |
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA |
more selective | 57.5% | 1100-1310 | |
| #83 |
Indiana University–Bloomington
Bloomington, IN |
more selective | 72.3% | 1050-1280 | |
| #83 |
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI |
more selective | 56.8% | 24-29 | |
| #89 |
Auburn University
Auburn University, AL |
more selective | 70.0% | 24-30 | |
| #89 |
Miami University–Oxford
Oxford, OH |
more selective | 74.1% | 24-29 | |
| #92 |
St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO |
more selective | 61.3% | 25-30 | |
| #92 |
Stony Brook University–SUNY
Stony Brook, NY |
more selective | 39.2% | 1130-1330 | |
| #92 |
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX |
more selective | 37.7% | 24-29 | |
| #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 |
