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Schools in the National Universities category, such as Columbia University and Stanford University, offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master's and Ph.D. programs. These colleges also are committed to producing groundbreaking research.

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Save U.S. News rank School Tuition Total enrollment Fall 2011 acceptance rate Average freshman retention rate 6-year graduation rate Classes with under 20 students SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
Rank Not Published Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, AZ

N/A 25,364 64.8% 71% 52
Rank Not Published Portland State University

Portland, OR

N/A 28,584 70.1% 70% 35
Rank Not Published Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

N/A 5,915 83.9% 73% N/A
#147 South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, SC

N/A 4,326 95.8% 65% 35
Rank Not Published Spalding University

Louisville, KY

N/A 2,432 42.8% 71% 42
Rank Not Published Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

N/A 9,165 55.3% 64% 34
Rank Not Published Texas A&M University–​Commerce

Commerce, TX

N/A 10,726 59.5% 66% 8 36 6
Rank Not Published Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

N/A 9,730 26.2% 62% 8 12
#165 Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

N/A 32,327 66.3% 81% 61
Unranked Trident University International 1

Cypress, CA

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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