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USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008

A+ Options for B Students: Baccalaureate Colleges--Midwestern

Methodology
  • School
  • Selectivity
  • SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile ('06)
  • Average freshman retention rate
  • % freshmen w/HS GPA > 3.0 ('06)
  • % freshmen w/HS GPA between 2.5-3.5 ('06)
  • Freshmen in top 10% of HS class ('06)
  • Rank
  • Acceptance rate ('06)
  • Graduation rate
  • Average freshman HS GPA ('06)
  • % freshmen w/HS GPA between 2.0-3.0 ('06)
  • Freshman HS GPA 25th-75th percentile ('06)
  • Freshmen in top 25% of HS class ('06)
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Augustana College (SD)
  5 More selective 82.7% 21-27 65.5% 80.0% 3.6 89.0% 11.0% 31.0% 3.3- 3.9 28.0% 57.0%
Bluffton University (OH)
 
Carthage College (WI)
 
Cedarville University (OH)
 
College of the Ozarks (MO)
 
Concordia University (NE)
 
Dordt College (IA)
 
McKendree College (IL)
 
Mount Mercy College (IA)
 
Northwestern College (IA)
 
Northwestern College (MN)
 
Ohio Northern University (OH)
 
Taylor University (IN)
 
  1. School refused to fill out U.S. News statistical survey. Data that appear may be from school in previous years or from the National Center for Education Statistics unless otherwise noted.
  2. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants.
  3. Data not submitted in the form requested by U.S. News.
  4. Data reported to U.S. News in previous years.
  5. Data based on fewer than 51 percent of enrolled freshmen.
  6. Some or all data reported to the NCAA and/or the National Center for Education Statistics.
  7. Data reported to the Council for Aid to Education.
  8. Average graduation or freshman retention rates, normally based on four years of data, are given here for fewer than four years because school didn't report rates for the most recent year or years to U.S. News.
  9. SAT and/or ACT not required by school for some or all applicants, and data not submitted in form requested by U.S. News. Data may be based on fewer than 50 percent of enrolled freshmen.
  10. School refused to fill out U.S. News survey. Data from school's website were used.
  11. School was reclassified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2006 and appeared in a different category of schools in America's Best Colleges 2007.
  12. New to America's Best Colleges rankings or guide this year.
  13. Peer assessment score taken from America's Best Colleges 2007.

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