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1	Ouachita Baptist University (AR)
	100	3.5	6	76%	58%	6	64%	0%	11/1	93%	3	21-26	58%	63%	19	11	25%
2	Erskine College (SC) 11
	95	3.1	1	74%	68% 6	5	69%	0%	12/1	81%	5	970-1200	62%	68%	18	7	27%
3	LaGrange College(GA)
4	John Brown University(AR)
5	Florida Southern College
6	High Point University(NC)
7	Covenant College(GA)
8	University of the Ozarks(AR)
8	Tuskegee University(AL) 11
10	Claflin University(SC)
11	Milligan College(TN) 11
12	Bryan College(TN)
13	Lenoir - Rhyne College(NC)
14	Coker College(SC)
14	Flagler College(FL)
16	Catawba College(NC)
17	Davis and Elkins College(WV)
18	University of Charleston(WV)
18	Alderson - Broaddus College(WV)
20	King College(TN) 11
21	Winston - Salem State University(NC) *
22	Campbellsville University(KY) 11
22	Shorter College(GA)
22	Southern Adventist University(TN)
25	Stillman College(AL)
26	University of the Cumberlands(KY) 11
26	Univ. of South Carolina—Aiken *
28	Belmont Abbey College(NC)
29	Blue Mountain College(MS)
30	Oakwood College(AL)
31	Brescia University(KY) 1
32	Mars Hill College(NC)
32	Averett University(VA) 11
34	Anderson University(SC)
34	Elizabeth City State Univ.(NC) *
36	U. of South Carolina—Upstate *
37	Louisiana College
37	Concord University(WV) *
39	Kentucky State University 11 *
39	Miles College(AL)
41	Barton College(NC)
41	Lander University(SC) 11 *
43	Methodist University(NC)
43	Newberry College(SC)
45	Shepherd University(WV) *
45	Tennessee Wesleyan College
47	Alice Lloyd College(KY)

• * denotes a public school
• N/A means not available.

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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