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OV ER A *Public institution °For-profit institution L Stu L SC de nt O R E lo a Gr nd ad e ua t i o f au l t r at Gr a n r a t e e du ati on rat Stu ep de er f nts or m rec an e ivi ce Ne (al t pr ng P ell l s t i ce Gra ud en nts ts) Ne (an t pr nu ice al f am ily inc Ne om (an t pr e$ nu ice 0- al f $30 am ,00 ily Ne inc 0) (an t pr o nu ice me $ al 30, f am 00 0- ily Pe $75 inc rce ,00 om nt 0) of e ab ap o p AC v l e i can T/S $7 5, 0 AT ts a 25t 00 dm ) hp i t AC ted erc T/S e nti AT le s 75t cor hp e erc en tile sco re BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SOUTHEAST COLLEGES 1 East Carolina University (NC)* 12 3% 58% 9% 31% 9609 6601 10221 16739 66% 963 1107 2 North Carolina State Univ.-Raleigh (NC)* 12 2% 72% 4% 22% 9957 4846 8748 16304 54% 1087 1240 3 University of Georgia (GA)* 12 3% 82% 9% 23% 10561 5376 9079 11956 59% 1123 1313 4 University of Florida (FL)* 12 2% 84% 9% 30% 11891 4710 5290 12215 44% 1167 1340 5 Coker College (SC) 12 5% 53% 7% 61% 12907 12705 NA NA 54% 883 1080 6 Columbia International University (SC) 12 3% 64% 10% 51% 14291 10262 11727 15711 64% 1000 1267 7 Univ. of NC-Pembroke (NC)* 11 7% 35% 11% 53% 7424 5646 8020 13396 74% 837 987 8 University of NC-Greensboro (NC)* 11 4% 53% 1% 39% 7868 5154 8672 15169 66% 923 1120 9 Appalachian State University (NC)* 11 3% 66% 1% 25% 8681 5339 8571 14768 64% 1053 1227 10 Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte (NC)* 11 3% 54% -1% 38% 9325 6615 9446 15459 72% 973 1120 11 University of NC-Chapel Hill (NC)* 11 1% 89% 8% 20% 10378 4247 8762 17673 33% 1203 1400 12 Radford University (VA)* 11 3% 58% 6% 26% 10753 8393 11906 18012 77% 920 1100 13 University of Virginia-Main (VA)* 11 2% 93% 7% 12% 12005 4195 11862 21600 32% 1240 1433 14 James Madison University (VA)* 11 2% 81% 11% 13% 13030 9057 13024 19551 61% 1063 15 Florida State University (FL)* 11 5% 74% 8% 29% 13090 8938 12958 16311 57% 25 16 University of Mary Washington (VA)* 11 1% 74% 8% 14% 13289 9135 13476 19064 76% 1040 1280 17 Elizabeth City State University (NC)* 10 14% 43% 16% 70% 1225 416 1874 6990 67% 760 907 18 Fayetteville State University (NC)* 10 12% 32% 5% 65% 4985 3837 5453 11188 65% 767 900 19 North Carolina Central Univ. (NC)* 10 12% 40% 6% 63% 7123 6114 8433 14614 64% 773 920 20 Georgia Inst. of Technology-Main (GA)* 10 2% 79% -4% 18% 8643 2149 7758 11006 54% 1243 1373 NA 21 Voorhees College (SC) 10 11% 30% 6% 82% 9687 8945 10486 15031 65% NA 22 Albany State University (GA)* 10 11% 42% 10% 77% 9715 9381 11141 13901 42% 793 927 23 Gallaudet University (DC) 10 6% 36% 8% 49% 11032 7647 8358 14907 62% 15 20 24 Claflin University (SC) 10 8% 43% 9% 78% 11682 12905 12489 12306 36% 778 987 25 10 1% 90% 5% 12% 12356 4207 10826 21618 33% 1250 1467 26 Virginia Military Institute (VA)* 10 3% 70% 7% 17% 12409 5153 9830 18216 50% 1047 1233 27 10 3% 69% 17% 23% 13800 8926 14015 17948 71% 977 1160 28 Presbyterian College (SC) 10 2% 67% 8% 22% 15047 9488 11926 16749 64% 988 1189 29 Salem College (NC) 10 5% 58% 4% 58% 15348 23848 24640 23643 62% 940 1213 30 Mount Olive College (NC) 10 5% 41% 10% 50% 15663 14808 13837 16717 55% 827 987 31 Univ. of South Carolina-Columbia (SC)* 10 2% 70% 0% 23% 15691 9438 14385 18035 66% 1093 1273 32 Erskine College and Seminary (SC) 10 2% 61% 9% 30% 16402 11874 13440 15092 69% 913 1157 33 Clemson University (SC)* 10 2% 79% 6% 17% 16929 9931 13552 15753 61% 1137 1293 1280 College of William and Mary (VA)* Citadel: The Military College of SC (SC)* 34 VA Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (VA)* 10 2% 82% 7% 17% 16981 9765 15028 21303 68% 1113 35 Saint Thomas University (FL) 10 6% 37% 5% 52% 17426 11933 17271 19396 54% 784 958 36 Howard University (DC) 10 7% 72% 10% 43% 19125 17628 22922 24249 54% 940 1213 37 NA Carlos Albizu University-Miami (FL) 10 0% 44% 13% 62% 23195 22919 NA NA 58% NA 38 North Carolina A&T State University (NC)* 9 11% 41% 5% 57% 6139 4940 7210 13125 64% 803 960 39 9 10% 39% 3% 58% 6977 6056 8340 13885 58% 817 947 9 14% 32% 1% 74% 8504 7930 9770 13056 80% 800 940 1287 Winston-Salem State University (NC)* 40 Savannah State University (GA)* 41 34 1247 28 9 5% 57% -5% 29% 9187 6207 8554 14351 74% 1067 42 Univ. of NC-Wilmington (NC)* 9 4% 67% 1% 26% 10053 5565 9549 15540 56% 1087 1240 43 9 9% 43% 7% 40% 10411 8485 11070 14564 79% 833 1053 Univ. of North Carolina-Asheville (NC)* Univ. of Virginia's College-Wise (VA)* 44 Florida Memorial University (FL) 9 15% 41% 9% 83% 11522 14921 15170 15750 55% NA NA 45 9 12% 40% 7% 66% 11745 10027 12034 15518 69% 783 933 46 University of South Carolina-Upstate (SC)* 9 5% 39% 1% 43% 12078 9268 12476 15264 68% 877 1047 47 9 2% 64% -1% 27% 12543 9484 12754 18040 53% 1050 1240 Virginia State University (VA)* George Mason University (VA)* 48 University of Central Florida (FL)* 9 5% 64% 2% 31% 12691 7323 10952 14815 46% 1083 1260 49 Southern Wesleyan University (SC) 9 8% 45% 7% 48% 14797 13386 14885 16744 96% 857 1040 50 Longwood University (VA)* 9 3% 60% 5% 21% 16299 11908 15377 20293 75% 943 1120 September/October 2015 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings-2015/best-bang-for-buck-southeast-rank.php http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings-2015/best-bang-for-buck-southeast-name.php http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings-2015/best-bang-for-buck-southeast-act.php

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