A+ Schools for B Students | Top Regional Universities North

A+ Schools for B Students Regional Universities (North)

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.

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

U.S. News rank	School	Selectivity	Fall 2011 acceptance rate	SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile
#2	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	more selective	63.4%	1100-1290 ⁹
#4	Providence College Providence, RI	more selective	60.6%	1050-1260 ²
#7	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	more selective	58.6%	1100-1330
#8	Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY	more selective	33.7%	1100-1270 ⁹
#8	St. Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	selective	77.7%	1030-1210
#10	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	more selective	68.2%	1040-1250 ²
#10	University of Scranton Scranton, PA	selective	72.2%	1030-1210
#13	Emerson College Boston, MA	more selective	48.4%	1130-1320
#15	Bryant University Smithfield, RI	selective	76.7%	1035-1220 ²
#15	Simmons College Boston, MA	selective	46.6%	1020-1230

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