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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
Unranked Argosy University–​Chicago 1

Chicago, IL

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
#189 Ashland University 1

Ashland, OH

N/A N/A 72.3% 71% 8 61 6
Unranked California Institute of Integral Studies

San Francisco, CA

N/A 1,428 N/A N/A N/A
Unranked Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

N/A 36,375 N/A 39% 8 N/A
Unranked Colorado Technical University 1

Colorado Springs, CO

N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Rank Not Published East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

N/A 15,250 85.1% 70% 44
Rank Not Published Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

N/A 29,290 34.8% 78% 43
#97 Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

N/A 41,087 58.5% 91% 74
Rank Not Published Idaho State University 1

Pocatello, ID

N/A N/A N/A 59% 8 30 6
Rank Not Published Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

N/A 4,312 79.9% 76% 47
Rank Not Published Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA

N/A 15,132 58.3% 75% 52
Rank Not Published Jackson State University 1

Jackson, MS

N/A N/A 31.3% 74% 8 43 6
#139 Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

N/A 23,863 98.9% 80% 56
#134 Louisiana State University–​Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

N/A 29,718 79.6% 84% 62
#199 Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA

N/A 11,518 62.1% 74% 49
#72 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

N/A 47,954 72.9% 91% 77
Rank Not Published Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN

N/A 26,442 70.3% 81% 46 6
Rank Not Published National-​Louis University

Chicago, IL

N/A 5,737 29.8% 41% 8 15 8
#32 New York University

New York, NY

N/A 43,911 32.7% 92% 86
Unranked Northcentral University 1

Prescott Valley, AZ

N/A N/A N/A 100% 8 N/A
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

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