A-plus Schools for B Students Rankings - US National Universities 2016

US News Best Colleges (Undergraduate Rankings)

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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

U.S. News rank School Overall Score Selectivity SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile Fall 2014 acceptance rate
#52

Pepperdine University

(Malibu, CA)

58 more selective 1120-1330 35.5%
#61

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN)

55 more selective 1080-1330 59.2%
#61

Syracuse University

(Syracuse, NY)

55 more selective 1070-1280 53.2%
#66

Fordham University

(New York, NY)

54 more selective 1150-1350 48.1%
#72

Baylor University

(Waco, TX)

51 more selective 24-30 55.4%
#72

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick

(Piscataway, NJ)

51 more selective 1090-1340 3 60.5%
#75

Clark University

(Worcester, MA)

49 more selective 1108-1333 2 54%
#75

Indiana University—​Bloomington

(Bloomington, IN)

49 more selective 1060-1290 76.1%
#75

Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI)

49 more selective 23-28 66.1%
#75

University of Delaware

(Newark, DE)

49 more selective 1100-1300 65.9%
#75

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA)

49 more selective 1120-1310 61.3%
#82

Miami University—​Oxford

(Oxford, OH)

48 more selective 25-30 65.8%
#82

Texas Christian University

(Fort Worth, TX)

48 more selective 24-30 48.9%
#82

University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA)

48 more selective 23-28 81%
#86

Marquette University

(Milwaukee, WI)

47 more selective 25-29 66.7%
#86

University of Denver

(Denver, CO)

47 more selective 25-30 76.5%
#89

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

(Syracuse, NY)

46 more selective 1090-1280 51.1%
#89

University of Colorado—​Boulder

(Boulder, CO)

46 more selective 24-30 84.2%
#89

University of San Diego

(San Diego, CA)

46 more selective 1130-1320 46.3%
#89

University of Vermont

(Burlington, VT)

46 more selective 1080-1290 73.4%
#96

Florida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)

45 more selective 26-29 55.4%
#96

Saint Louis University

(St. Louis, MO)

45 more selective 25-30 60.3%
#99

Drexel University

(Philadelphia, PA)

44 more selective 1090-1300 76%
#99

Loyola University Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

44 more selective 25-29 63.3%
#99

University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY)

44 more selective 1050-1250 57.8%
#102

Auburn University

(Auburn, AL)

43 more selective 24-30 83.5%
#103

University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO)

42 more selective 23-28 77.7%
#103

University of Nebraska—​Lincoln

(Lincoln, NE)

42 more selective 22-28 69.9%
#103

University of New Hampshire

(Durham, NH)

42 selective 1000-1200 80%
#103

University of Oregon

(Eugene, OR)

42 selective 990-1230 74.9%
#108

Iowa State University

(Ames, IA)

41 more selective 21-29 86.9%
#108

University of Dayton

(Dayton, OH)

41 more selective 24-29 59%
#108

University of Oklahoma

(Norman, OK)

41 more selective 23-29 81.3%
#108

University of San Francisco

(San Francisco, CA)

41 more selective 1040-1250 60.1%
#108

University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC)

41 more selective 1110-1300 65.2%
#108

University of the Pacific

(Stockton, CA)

41 more selective 1038-1313 54.9%
#115

Clarkson University

(Potsdam, NY)

40 more selective 1090-1290 62.1%
#115

Duquesne University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

40 selective 1040-1230 2 73.1%
#115

Temple University

(Philadelphia, PA)

40 selective 1010-1230 2 61.7%
#115

University of Kansas

(Lawrence, KS)

40 more selective 22-28 91.4%
#115

University of St. Thomas

(St. Paul, MN)

40 more selective 24-29 86.6%
#115

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

40 more selective 21-28 81.4%
#123

DePaul University

(Chicago, IL)

38 more selective 23-28 2 69.9%
#123

Michigan Technological University

(Houghton, MI)

38 more selective 25-30 75.5%
#123

Seton Hall University

(South Orange, NJ)

38 more selective 1040-1220 75.5%
#127

Colorado State University

(Fort Collins, CO)

37 more selective 22-27 80.5%
#127

New School

(New York, NY)

37 selective 990-1240 2 65.9%
#129

Arizona State University—​Tempe

(Tempe, AZ)

36 selective 1020-1270 2 84.3%
#129

Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge

(Baton Rouge, LA)

36 more selective 23-28 76.6%
#129

University at Albany—​SUNY

(Albany, NY)

36 selective 1010-1180 55.8%
#129

University of Arkansas

(Fayetteville, AR)

36 more selective 23-28 62%
#129

University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

36 selective 22-27 3 72.7%
#129

University of Kentucky

(Lexington, KY)

36 more selective 22-28 72.2%
#135

George Mason University

(Fairfax, VA)

35 more selective 1050-1250 2 66.7%
#135

Hofstra University

(Hempstead, NY)

35 selective 1050-1230 2 61.6%
#135

Howard University

(Washington, DC)

35 selective 990-1220 48.4%
#135

Ohio University

(Athens, OH)

35 selective 22-26 74.3%
#135

Oregon State University

(Corvallis, OR)

35 selective 980-1230 77.8%
#140

New Jersey Institute of Technology

(Newark, NJ)

34 more selective 1080-1300 63.5%
#140

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

34 selective 23-28 76%
#140

University of Mississippi

(University, MS)

34 selective 21-27 2 81.2%
#146

Kansas State University

(Manhattan, KS)

33 selective 22-28 2 94.9%
#149

Oklahoma State University

(Stillwater, OK)

32 more selective 22-28 75%
#149

San Diego State University

(San Diego, CA)

32 more selective 1000-1220 34.5%
#149

University of Alabama—​Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)

32 more selective 21-27 85.7%
#153

Adelphi University

(Garden City, NY)

31 selective 1010-1220 9 72.4%
#153

St. John's University

(Queens, NY)

31 selective 990-1210 62.5%
#156

University of Maryland—​Baltimore County

(Baltimore, MD)

30 more selective 1110-1310 59.6%
#156

University of Massachusetts—​Lowell

(Lowell, MA)

30 selective 1050-1240 62%
#156

University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL)

30 more selective 1070-1250 47.5%
#156

Virginia Commonwealth University

(Richmond, VA)

30 selective 1000-1210 2 68.9%
#161

Biola University

(La Mirada, CA)

28 selective 980-1240 75.4%
#161

Florida Institute of Technology

(Melbourne, FL)

28 more selective 1020-1260 61.6%
#161

Maryville University of St. Louis

(St Louis, MO)

28 more selective 23-27 72%
#161

Mississippi State University

(Mississippi State, MS)

28 more selective 21-28 71%
#161

University of Hawaii—​Manoa

(Honolulu, HI)

28 selective 980-1190 3 77.9%
#161

University of Rhode Island

(Kingston, RI)

28 selective 1010-1200 3 75.7%
#168

Ball State University

(Muncie, IN)

27 selective 1000-1190 2 59.9%
#168

Texas Tech University

(Lubbock, TX)

27 selective 1000-1200 66.1%
#168

University of Central Florida

(Orlando, FL)

27 more selective 1090-1280 49.6%
#168

University of Louisville

(Louisville, KY)

27 selective 22-28 3 71.9%
#168

University of Wyoming

(Laramie, WY)

27 selective 22-27 97.7%
#175

Andrews University

(Berrien Springs, MI)

26 more selective 20-27 37.3%
#175

Azusa Pacific University

(Azusa, CA)

26 selective 980-1080 81.8%
#175

Edgewood College

(Madison, WI)

26 selective 20-25 76.2%
#175

Kent State University

(Kent, OH)

26 selective 20-25 84.4%
#175

West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV)

26 selective 21-26 85.8%
#185

North Dakota State University

(Fargo, ND)

24 selective 21-26 3 82.7%
#187

University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL)

23 more selective 24-30 82%
#187

University of Houston

(Houston, TX)

23 selective 1040-1250 63%
#194

University of North Carolina—​Charlotte

(Charlotte, NC)

22 selective 1000-1170 64.1%
#199

Louisiana Tech University

(Ruston, LA)

21 more selective 21-27 65%

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