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Regional College North Rankings

These colleges focus on undergraduate education but grant fewer than half their degrees in liberal arts disciplines. Regional Colleges include Cooper Union, Florida Southern College, Ohio Northern University, and Carroll College.

These rankings are split into 4 regions: North, South, Midwest, and West.

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
#1	Cooper Union New York, NY	$40,250	988	7.7%	94%	84 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#2	United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT	in-state: $0, out-of-state: $0	1,045	16.1%	89%	80 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#3	United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	in-state: $1,500, out-of-state: $1,500	1,034	19.9%	85%	77 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#4	Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA	$36,550	2,389	65.8%	85%	76 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#4	Messiah College Mechanicsburg, PA	$29,460	2,976	64.4%	85%	77 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#6	Lebanon Valley College Annville, PA	$34,470	2,102	67.5%	84%	73 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#7	Elmira College Elmira, NY	$38,150	1,530	75.5%	73% ⁸	62	Locked	Locked
#8	Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME	in-state: $15,925, out-of-state: $21,525	943	64.0%	80%	62 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#8	Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA	N/A	1,368	62.8%	85%	63 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#10	Merrimack College North Andover, MA	$33,920	2,453	87.9%	78%	68 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#11	Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA	$44,915	350	87.2%	75% ⁸	28 ⁸	Locked	Locked
#12	Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA	$25,900	3,988	61.3%	79%	57 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#13	Wilson College Chambersburg, PA	$29,360	745	51.8%	66%	53 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#14	Seton Hill University Greensburg, PA	$29,446	2,137	44.4%	77%	55	Locked	Locked
#15	Champlain College Burlington, VT	$29,865	3,084	84.6%	74%	62 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#16	Cedar Crest College Allentown, PA	$31,596	1,620	62.3%	75%	56	Locked	Locked
#17	Colby-Sawyer College ¹ New London, NH	N/A	N/A	82.9%	72% ⁸	62 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#17	SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY	in-state: $6,782, out-of-state: $16,032	1,823	67.3%	77%	50	Locked	Locked
#17	University of Maine–Farmington Farmington, ME	in-state: $9,137, out-of-state: $18,225	2,269	81.7%	73%	59 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#20	Cazenovia College Cazenovia, NY	$28,022	1,043	70.5%	68%	43 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#20	Delaware Valley College Doylestown, PA	$31,746	2,253	73.6%	74%	52	Locked	Locked
#20	Geneva College Beaver Falls, PA	N/A	1,705	78.8%	76%	61 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#23	College of Our Lady of the Elms ¹ Chicopee, MA	$29,112	N/A	83.1%	84% ⁸	71 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#23	SUNY College of Technology–Alfred Alfred, NY	in-state: $6,874, out-of-state: $16,124	3,617	54.9%	74%	52 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#25	Lasell College Newton, MA	$29,000	1,752	74.1%	69%	47	Locked	Locked
#26	St. Francis College Brooklyn Heights, NY	$19,200	2,744	70.5%	78%	51 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#27	Thiel College Greenville, PA	N/A	1,109	64.5%	60%	39 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#27	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Flushing, NY	$19,380	1,680	83.2%	80%	48 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#29	Concordia College Bronxville, NY	N/A	825	69.5%	70%	44 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#29	La Roche College Pittsburgh, PA	$24,058	1,419	51.4%	67%	55 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#31	Farmingdale State College–SUNY Farmingdale, NY	in-state: $6,793, out-of-state: $16,403	7,633	46.0%	81%	36	Locked	Locked
#32	SUNY College of Technology–Delhi Delhi, NY	in-state: $6,871, out-of-state: $15,181	3,430	56.8%	66%	43 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#33	Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, PA	N/A	5,976	92.0%	67%	42 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#33	Vermont Technical College Randolph Center, VT	in-state: $11,788, out-of-state: $21,892	1,607	62.8%	70%	37 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#33	Wesley College Dover, DE	$21,512	1,931	54.4%	47%	35 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#36	Dean College Franklin, MA	$31,950	1,408	69.1%	73%	45 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#37	Nichols College Dudley, MA	$31,740	1,547	73.9%	67% ⁸	44 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#38	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology–Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY	N/A	2,532	92.0%	76%	41 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#39	Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA	$19,520	1,692	75.9%	61%	35	Locked	Locked
#39	University of Maine–Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME	in-state: $7,575, out-of-state: $17,535	1,077	69.3%	66%	36 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#41	Mount Ida College Newton, MA	$26,929	1,434	75.0%	61%	37 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#41	Paul Smith's College ¹ Paul Smiths, NY	$26,808	N/A	78.5% ⁴	62% ⁸	38 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#43	Hilbert College ¹ Hamburg, NY	N/A	N/A	69.1%	68% ⁸	52 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#44	Keystone College La Plume, PA	$20,400	1,752	92.8%	65%	44 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#44	Unity College ¹ Unity, ME	N/A	N/A	61.5%	71% ⁸	50 ⁶	Locked	Locked
#46	Bay State College ¹ Boston, MA	N/A	N/A	76.0%	75% ⁸	N/A	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	Becker College Worcester, MA	$29,540	1,784	72.5%	64% ⁸	30 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	CUNY–Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NY	N/A	6,966	100.0%	59% ⁸	13 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	CUNY–New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY	in-state: $5,769, out-of-state: $14,889	15,961	87.2%	77%	21 ⁶	Locked	Locked
Rank Not Published	CUNY–York College Jamaica, NY	in-state: $5,496, out-of-state: $11,406	8,242	51.4%	74%	22 ⁶	Locked	Locked

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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

Cooper Union

New York, NY

$40,250

988

7.7%

94%

84 ⁶

Locked

United States Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT

in-state: $0, out-of-state: $0

1,045

16.1%

89%

80 ⁶

Locked

United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

in-state: $1,500, out-of-state: $1,500

1,034

19.9%

85%

77 ⁶

Locked

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

$36,550

2,389

65.8%

85%

76 ⁶

Locked

Messiah College

Mechanicsburg, PA

$29,460

2,976

64.4%

85%

77 ⁶

Locked

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

$34,470

2,102

67.5%

84%

73 ⁶

Locked

Elmira College

Elmira, NY

$38,150

1,530

75.5%

73% ⁸

Locked

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

in-state: $15,925, out-of-state: $21,525

943

64.0%

80%

62 ⁶

Locked

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, MA

N/A

1,368

62.8%

85%

63 ⁶

Locked

#10

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

$33,920

2,453

87.9%

78%

68 ⁶

Locked

#11

Bard College at Simon's Rock

Great Barrington, MA

$44,915

350

87.2%

75% ⁸

28 ⁸

Locked

#12

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, MA

$25,900

3,988

61.3%

79%

57 ⁶

Locked

#13

Wilson College

Chambersburg, PA

$29,360

745

51.8%

66%

53 ⁶

Locked

#14

Seton Hill University

Greensburg, PA

$29,446

2,137

44.4%

77%

Locked

#15

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

$29,865

3,084

84.6%

74%

62 ⁶

Locked

#16

Cedar Crest College

Allentown, PA

$31,596

1,620

62.3%

75%

Locked

#17

Colby-Sawyer College ¹

New London, NH

N/A

82.9%

72% ⁸

62 ⁶

Locked

#17

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

in-state: $6,782, out-of-state: $16,032

1,823

67.3%

77%

Locked

#17

University of Maine–Farmington

Farmington, ME

in-state: $9,137, out-of-state: $18,225

2,269

81.7%

73%

59 ⁶

Locked

#20

Cazenovia College

Cazenovia, NY

$28,022

1,043

70.5%

68%

43 ⁶

Locked

#20

Delaware Valley College

Doylestown, PA

$31,746

2,253

73.6%

74%

Locked

#20

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, PA

N/A

1,705

78.8%

76%

61 ⁶

Locked

#23

College of Our Lady of the Elms ¹

Chicopee, MA

$29,112

N/A

83.1%

84% ⁸

71 ⁶

Locked

#23

SUNY College of Technology–Alfred

Alfred, NY

in-state: $6,874, out-of-state: $16,124

3,617

54.9%

74%

52 ⁶

Locked

#25

Lasell College

Newton, MA

$29,000

1,752

74.1%

69%

Locked

#26

St. Francis College

Brooklyn Heights, NY

$19,200

2,744

70.5%

78%

51 ⁶

Locked

#27

Thiel College

Greenville, PA

N/A

1,109

64.5%

60%

39 ⁶

Locked

#27

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

Flushing, NY

$19,380

1,680

83.2%

80%

48 ⁶

Locked

#29

Concordia College

Bronxville, NY

N/A

825

69.5%

70%

44 ⁶

Locked

#29

La Roche College

Pittsburgh, PA

$24,058

1,419

51.4%

67%

55 ⁶

Locked

#31

Farmingdale State College–SUNY

Farmingdale, NY

in-state: $6,793, out-of-state: $16,403

7,633

46.0%

81%

Locked

#32

SUNY College of Technology–Delhi

Delhi, NY

in-state: $6,871, out-of-state: $15,181

3,430

56.8%

66%

43 ⁶

Locked

#33

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, PA

N/A

5,976

92.0%

67%

42 ⁶

Locked

#33

Vermont Technical College

Randolph Center, VT

in-state: $11,788, out-of-state: $21,892

1,607

62.8%

70%

37 ⁶

Locked

#33

Wesley College

Dover, DE

$21,512

1,931

54.4%

47%

35 ⁶

Locked

#36

Dean College

Franklin, MA

$31,950

1,408

69.1%

73%

45 ⁶

Locked

#37

Nichols College

Dudley, MA

$31,740

1,547

73.9%

67% ⁸

44 ⁶

Locked

#38

SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology–Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY

N/A

2,532

92.0%

76%

41 ⁶

Locked

#39

Mount Aloysius College

Cresson, PA

$19,520

1,692

75.9%

61%

Locked

#39

University of Maine–Fort Kent

Fort Kent, ME

in-state: $7,575, out-of-state: $17,535

1,077

69.3%

66%

36 ⁶

Locked

#41

Mount Ida College

Newton, MA

$26,929

1,434

75.0%

61%

37 ⁶

Locked

#41

Paul Smith's College ¹

Paul Smiths, NY

$26,808

N/A

78.5% ⁴

62% ⁸

38 ⁶

Locked

#43

Hilbert College ¹

Hamburg, NY

N/A

69.1%

68% ⁸

52 ⁶

Locked

#44

Keystone College

La Plume, PA

$20,400

1,752

92.8%

65%

44 ⁶

Locked

#44

Unity College ¹

Unity, ME

N/A

61.5%

71% ⁸

50 ⁶

Locked

#46

Bay State College ¹

Boston, MA

N/A

76.0%

75% ⁸

N/A

Locked

Rank Not Published

Becker College

Worcester, MA

$29,540

1,784

72.5%

64% ⁸

30 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

CUNY–Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY

N/A

6,966

100.0%

59% ⁸

13 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

CUNY–New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY

in-state: $5,769, out-of-state: $14,889

15,961

87.2%

77%

21 ⁶

Locked

Rank Not Published

CUNY–York College

Jamaica, NY

in-state: $5,496, out-of-state: $11,406

8,242

51.4%

74%

22 ⁶

Locked

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