A+ Schools for B Students Regional Universities (North)

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.

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
#42	CUNY–Queens College Flushing, NY	selective	30.7%	1020-1200
#44	New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	selective	69.1%	1020-1210
#44	Towson University Towson, MD	selective	54.2%	990-1170
#47	Emmanuel College Boston, MA	selective	55.7%	980-1170
#47	Misericordia University Dallas, PA	selective	57.3%	980-1160 ³
#47	Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	selective	52.8%	1070-1220 ⁹
#47	SUNY College–Oneonta Oneonta, NY	selective	43.4%	1060-1180 ³
#55	CUNY–Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	selective	28.2%	1010-1210
#61	SUNY–Oswego Oswego, NY	selective	48.3%	1060-1200 ³
#68	College at Brockport–SUNY Brockport, NY	selective	46.1%	980-1150
#70	Philadelphia University Philadelphia, PA	selective	70.8%	980-1180
#70	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	selective	46.5%	990-1160
#91	SUNY–Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	selective	48.1%	980-1150 ³

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U.S. News rank

School

Selectivity

Fall 2011 acceptance rate

SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile

#42

CUNY–Queens College

Flushing, NY

selective

30.7%

1020-1200

#44

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY

selective

69.1%

1020-1210

#44

Towson University

Towson, MD

selective

54.2%

990-1170

#47

Emmanuel College

Boston, MA

selective

55.7%

980-1170

#47

Misericordia University

Dallas, PA

selective

57.3%

980-1160 ³

#47

Salisbury University

Salisbury, MD

selective

52.8%

1070-1220 ⁹

#47

SUNY College–Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

selective

43.4%

1060-1180 ³

#55

CUNY–Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

selective

28.2%

1010-1210

#61

SUNY–Oswego

Oswego, NY

selective

48.3%

1060-1200 ³

#68

College at Brockport–SUNY

Brockport, NY

selective

46.1%

980-1150

#70

Philadelphia University

Philadelphia, PA

selective

70.8%

980-1180

#70

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA

selective

46.5%

990-1160

#91

SUNY–Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY

selective

48.1%

980-1150 ³