Below are our rankings of America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges—our exclusive list of schools ranked according to how well they help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices. The list is created by isolating the social mobility metrics from the main rankings of four-year institutions. Click here for detailed methodology, here for all of our other rankings, and here to download the full data set.
| Rank | Name | 8-year graduation rate | Pell/non-Pell grad rate gap | Number of Pell graduates | Actual vs. predicted Pell enrollment | Percent of graduates above 150% of poverty line | Net price of attendance for families below $75,000 income | Percent of loan principal remaining 5 years later | Predicted principal remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | College of the Ozarks (MO) | 68% | -3% | 126 | 15% | 76% | 9348 | N/A | 82% |
| 2 | University of IL at Urbana-Champaign (IL)* | 86% | -6% | 1211 | 5% | 89% | 10212 | 60% | 69% |
| 3 | Mount Mercy University (IA) | 69% | 4% | 33 | 2% | 92% | 17726 | 73% | 91% |
| 4 | National Louis University (IL) | 58% | 22% | 5 | 13% | 82% | 14649 | 106% | 120% |
| 5 | University of Notre Dame (IN) | 96% | -3% | 211 | 0% | 89% | 13661 | 46% | 57% |
| 6 | Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI) | 64% | -7% | 79 | 17% | 96% | 17577 | 57% | 69% |
| 7 | Northwestern University (IL) | 94% | -2% | 279 | 3% | 87% | 7731 | 55% | 58% |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin at Madison (WI)* | 86% | -7% | 719 | -2% | 89% | 10364 | 59% | 70% |
| 9 | Dordt University (IA) | 68% | -4% | 76 | 5% | 86% | 22638 | 42% | 71% |
| 10 | Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) | 81% | -1% | 126 | 6% | 90% | 14302 | 62% | 64% |
| 11 | MO Univ. of Science & Technology (MO)* | 68% | -12% | 159 | 10% | 94% | 11819 | 61% | 70% |
| 12 | St. Olaf College (MN) | 88% | -2% | 92 | 3% | 85% | 13056 | 50% | 60% |
| 13 | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (MI)* | 92% | -7% | 783 | 1% | 86% | 6318 | 62% | 61% |
| 14 | University of Illinois at Chicago (IL)* | 67% | -5% | 957 | 17% | 85% | 11670 | 79% | 88% |
| 15 | Wisconsin Lutheran College (WI) | 63% | -3% | 52 | 7% | 88% | 16379 | 64% | 77% |
| 16 | Ohio Northern University (OH) | 75% | -16% | 91 | 3% | 93% | 19897 | 63% | 72% |
| 17 | Univ. of Minnesota at Crookston (MN)* | 53% | -8% | 39 | -10% | 90% | 7869 | 78% | 89% |
| 18 | College of Saint Benedict (MN) | 83% | -6% | 104 | 5% | 90% | 18935 | 55% | 70% |
| 19 | University of Northern Iowa (IA)* | 66% | -5% | 255 | 0% | 91% | 13572 | 74% | 79% |
| 20 | Loras College (IA) | 69% | -9% | 56 | -2% | 88% | 15848 | 62% | 73% |
| 21 | Michigan State University (MI)* | 80% | -12% | 1228 | -6% | 89% | 11981 | 76% | 81% |
| 22 | Lake Superior State University (MI)* | 67% | -16% | 62 | -1% | 91% | 9115 | 89% | 86% |
| 23 | Univ. of Minnesota at Duluth (MN)* | 61% | -9% | 270 | -2% | 92% | 9869 | 69% | 74% |
| 24 | Carleton College (MN) | 94% | -3% | 61 | 8% | 81% | 13055 | 42% | 52% |
| 25 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Platteville (WI)* | 53% | -9% | 242 | -2% | 94% | 12726 | 66% | 78% |
| 26 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point (WI)* | 64% | -9% | 278 | 1% | 88% | 11550 | 75% | 81% |
| 27 | Grinnell College (IA) | 87% | 5% | 94 | 9% | 77% | 13802 | 54% | 58% |
| 28 | Beloit College (WI) | 81% | 4% | 60 | 0% | 73% | 9319 | 62% | 72% |
| 29 | Purdue University at Main (IN)* | 72% | -10% | 900 | -6% | 91% | 6731 | 68% | 72% |
| 30 | Truman State University (MO)* | 71% | -9% | 201 | 4% | 86% | 9649 | 72% | 76% |
| 31 | Iowa State University (IA)* | 72% | -12% | 750 | -2% | 91% | 11526 | 68% | 76% |
| 32 | University of Minnesota at Twin Cities (MN)* | 79% | -10% | 855 | 0% | 88% | 9710 | 69% | 73% |
| 33 | Taylor University (IN) | 77% | -5% | 79 | -3% | 84% | 20276 | 60% | 72% |
| 34 | Trine Univ. at Regional/Non-Traditional (IN) | 66% | -21% | 1 | 5% | 90% | 15356 | 79% | 103% |
| 35 | Indiana University at Bloomington (IN)* | 78% | -12% | 984 | -3% | 88% | 7828 | 74% | 76% |
| 36 | Saint Mary's College (IN) | 79% | -3% | 76 | -6% | 91% | 14733 | 65% | 74% |
| 37 | Washington University in St. Louis (MO) | 93% | -3% | 84 | 0% | 84% | 7846 | 53% | 60% |
| 38 | Univ. of Wisconsin at La Crosse (WI)* | 68% | -12% | 245 | -3% | 90% | 11050 | 68% | 72% |
| 39 | Illinois State University (IL)* | 73% | -12% | 508 | -4% | 91% | 16171 | 69% | 83% |
| 40 | University of Chicago (IL) | 93% | -3% | 171 | -1% | 83% | 4947 | 52% | 55% |
| 41 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Whitewater (WI)* | 63% | -11% | 325 | -6% | 90% | 11739 | 76% | 80% |
| 42 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Eau Claire (WI)* | 64% | -11% | 300 | -1% | 91% | 12458 | 72% | 75% |
| 43 | Michigan Technological University (MI)* | 68% | -14% | 179 | 2% | 93% | 10513 | 61% | 67% |
| 44 | Northwestern College (IA) | 65% | -15% | 58 | 4% | 88% | 20984 | 49% | 74% |
| 45 | Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney (NE)* | 57% | -7% | 196 | 6% | 89% | 14297 | 81% | 89% |
| 46 | Bradley University (IL) | 74% | -10% | 170 | 0% | 90% | 18920 | 67% | 74% |
| 47 | Augustana University (SD) | 73% | -11% | 59 | 0% | 92% | 19106 | 61% | 74% |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin at Stout (WI)* | 58% | -10% | 215 | -3% | 91% | 12674 | 75% | 78% |
| 49 | Bethel University (IN) | 67% | -10% | 78 | 6% | 88% | 15917 | 86% | 93% |
| 50 | Wheaton College (IL) | 89% | -6% | 102 | 10% | 78% | 18279 | 48% | 57% |
| 51 | Macalester College (MN) | 89% | -3% | 77 | 8% | 75% | 15280 | 46% | 58% |
| 52 | Grand Valley State University (MI)* | 61% | -14% | 750 | 0% | 87% | 13672 | 83% | 80% |
| 53 | Ohio State University at Main (OH)* | 79% | -9% | 1060 | 3% | 88% | 11532 | 81% | 73% |
| 54 | Lewis University (IL) | 68% | -7% | 147 | -3% | 91% | 14946 | 81% | 80% |
| 55 | Eastern Illinois University (IL)* | 63% | -13% | 252 | -6% | 88% | 12150 | 88% | 95% |
| 56 | Winona State University (MN)* | 63% | -12% | 224 | -5% | 92% | 13865 | 75% | 80% |
| 57 | Western Illinois University (IL)* | 60% | -18% | 350 | 3% | 89% | 14369 | 87% | 97% |
| 58 | Illinois Institute of Technology (IL) | 74% | -8% | 97 | 9% | 89% | 18682 | 63% | 72% |
| 59 | Univ. of Wisconsin at River Falls (WI)* | 57% | -8% | 187 | -1% | 90% | 12129 | 77% | 79% |
| 60 | Lake Forest College (IL) | 73% | 5% | 119 | -1% | 82% | 19139 | 74% | 73% |
| 61 | Marquette University (WI) | 79% | -9% | 258 | -1% | 92% | 21625 | 62% | 70% |
| 62 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Oshkosh (WI)* | 55% | -9% | 258 | -12% | 91% | 12701 | 76% | 82% |
| 63 | University of Evansville (IN) | 69% | -11% | 98 | -2% | 88% | 16768 | 69% | 81% |
| 64 | Cedarville University (OH) | 71% | -12% | 109 | 0% | 82% | 18218 | 53% | 74% |
| 65 | Huntington University (IN) | 63% | -7% | 51 | -6% | 86% | 18912 | 71% | 88% |
| 66 | Marietta College (OH) | 62% | -10% | 70 | -7% | 89% | 17597 | 73% | 77% |
| 67 | University of Jamestown (ND) | 48% | -6% | 29 | -8% | 92% | 17265 | 60% | 78% |
| 68 | Calvin University (MI) | 74% | -14% | 166 | 4% | 85% | 21753 | 55% | 74% |
| 69 | John Carroll University (OH) | 74% | -6% | 136 | -2% | 90% | 21411 | 72% | 72% |
| 70 | DePauw University (IN) | 83% | -9% | 99 | -5% | 87% | 16651 | 61% | 67% |
| 71 | Saint John's University (MN) | 77% | -12% | 69 | 1% | 93% | 17001 | 55% | 61% |
| 72 | MN State University at Mankato (MN)* | 55% | -14% | 300 | -8% | 92% | 12654 | 80% | 85% |
| 73 | Greenville University (IL) | 60% | 1% | 54 | 2% | 82% | 18581 | 81% | 93% |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University (KS)* | 60% | -17% | 131 | -10% | 87% | 10772 | 94% | 106% |
| 75 | MidAmerica Nazarene University (KS) | 67% | -9% | 33 | 0% | 91% | 19955 | 86% | 91% |
| 76 | St. Cloud State University (MN)* | 50% | -11% | 254 | -7% | 91% | 12021 | 86% | 91% |
| 77 | University of Minnesota at Morris (MN)* | 60% | -14% | 77 | 7% | 88% | 5201 | 75% | 75% |
| 78 | Illinois College (IL) | 67% | -12% | 63 | 9% | 87% | 13135 | 71% | 78% |
| 79 | University of Illinois at Springfield (IL)* | 55% | -6% | 54 | 0% | 88% | 9841 | 92% | 91% |
| 80 | University of Sioux Falls (SD) | 59% | -7% | 35 | 3% | 89% | 17740 | 73% | 81% |
| 81 | Franciscan Univ. at Steubenville (OH) | 74% | -4% | 75 | 2% | 79% | 19520 | 66% | 77% |
| 82 | Bethel University (MN) | 73% | -12% | 107 | -3% | 91% | 20122 | 65% | 77% |
| 83 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (MN) | 67% | -11% | 61 | 2% | 90% | 15650 | 84% | 84% |
| 84 | University of Nebraska at Lincoln (NE)* | 68% | -13% | 560 | -2% | 89% | 14529 | 69% | 78% |
| 85 | Goshen College (IN) | 71% | -21% | 30 | -2% | 83% | 16806 | 63% | 82% |
| 86 | Ashland University (OH) | 61% | -12% | 122 | -3% | 89% | 17554 | 82% | 90% |
| 87 | North Dakota State University at Main (ND)* | 56% | -13% | 250 | -6% | 92% | 13054 | 60% | 76% |
| 88 | Concordia University at Nebraska (NE) | 65% | -5% | 53 | -8% | 82% | 17897 | 67% | 81% |
| 89 | Valley City State University (ND)* | 45% | -17% | 19 | -16% | 91% | 9782 | 68% | 85% |
| 90 | University of Michigan at Dearborn (MI)* | 55% | -6% | 193 | 14% | 84% | 8339 | 98% | 87% |
| 91 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Green Bay (WI)* | 54% | -4% | 135 | -6% | 86% | 11787 | 83% | 85% |
| 92 | University of Iowa (IA)* | 71% | -13% | 509 | -2% | 89% | 13498 | 73% | 78% |
| 93 | Dominican University (IL) | 65% | -7% | 157 | 12% | 85% | 16623 | 86% | 90% |
| 94 | Univ. of Northwestern at St. Paul (MN) | 62% | -7% | 97 | -1% | 80% | 18531 | 61% | 79% |
| 95 | Benedictine College (KS) | 67% | -9% | 73 | 5% | 83% | 20555 | 67% | 71% |
| 96 | Kettering University (MI) | 63% | -13% | 51 | 5% | 98% | 33443 | 51% | 71% |
| 97 | Maranatha Baptist University (WI) | 53% | -11% | 42 | 10% | 72% | 16989 | 58% | 82% |
| 98 | Elmhurst College (IL) | 71% | -12% | 114 | 0% | 89% | 18495 | 76% | 78% |
| 99 | Nebraska Wesleyan University (NE) | 66% | -11% | 50 | 8% | 89% | 20553 | 70% | 77% |
| 100 | Dickinson State University (ND)* | 36% | -7% | 15 | -10% | 87% | 9091 | 67% | 82% |
| 101 | Bemidji State University (MN)* | 49% | -10% | 107 | -2% | 92% | 12132 | 86% | 87% |
| 102 | Hope College (MI) | 79% | -12% | 137 | -5% | 87% | 17869 | 61% | 67% |
| 103 | Knox College (IL) | 77% | -2% | 86 | 6% | 74% | 17770 | 67% | 75% |
| 104 | University of Mount Union (OH) | 59% | -11% | 127 | 2% | 89% | 19962 | 82% | 78% |
| 105 | Augustana College (IL) | 76% | -6% | 114 | -6% | 90% | 19287 | 68% | 69% |
| 106 | Denison University (OH) | 83% | -3% | 96 | -5% | 82% | 16579 | 62% | 65% |
| 107 | Wilberforce University (OH) | 21% | 22% | 23 | 13% | 76% | 13163 | 127% | 132% |
| 108 | McPherson College (KS) | 51% | 1% | 31 | 2% | 89% | 20449 | 87% | 85% |
| 109 | Illinois Wesleyan University (IL) | 81% | -5% | 82 | -1% | 87% | 20464 | 59% | 63% |
| 110 | Grace College & Theological Seminary (IN) | 72% | -8% | 74 | -1% | 77% | 17854 | 70% | 83% |
| 111 | William Jewell College (MO) | 62% | -10% | 47 | 0% | 90% | 18134 | 75% | 72% |
| 112 | Kenyon College (OH) | 90% | 2% | 35 | -9% | 72% | 12566 | 52% | 56% |
| 113 | Olivet College (MI) | 49% | 5% | 65 | -5% | 87% | 19762 | 104% | 96% |
| 114 | Trinity Christian College (IL) | 61% | -16% | 38 | 2% | 88% | 19469 | 76% | 87% |
| 115 | Union Institute & University (OH) | 70% | -14% | 2 | -10% | 87% | 17837 | 96% | 109% |
| 116 | University of Missouri at Columbia (MO)* | 68% | -18% | 777 | -4% | 90% | 13726 | 74% | 79% |
| 117 | Alma College (MI) | 64% | -13% | 76 | -2% | 86% | 18816 | 77% | 78% |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University (IL) | 57% | -19% | 146 | 12% | 89% | 12723 | 93% | 96% |
| 119 | Ball State University (IN)* | 59% | -12% | 746 | 2% | 89% | 11172 | 83% | 85% |
| 120 | Millikin University (IL) | 63% | -17% | 95 | -1% | 87% | 18114 | 88% | 86% |
| 121 | Kalamazoo College (MI) | 84% | -3% | 69 | 2% | 76% | 16769 | 63% | 64% |
| 122 | Grand View University (IA) | 58% | -12% | 53 | 5% | 88% | 17331 | 91% | 86% |
| 123 | Hastings College (NE) | 59% | -10% | 47 | -2% | 87% | 19698 | 73% | 79% |
| 124 | Maryville University of Saint Louis (MO) | 58% | -1% | 66 | -1% | 91% | 22042 | 85% | 90% |
| 125 | Siena Heights University (MI) | 69% | -14% | 49 | -5% | 91% | 18305 | 99% | 95% |
| 126 | St. Norbert College (WI) | 73% | -5% | 110 | -3% | 88% | 20825 | 65% | 67% |
| 127 | Blackburn College (IL) | 46% | 0% | 33 | 13% | 86% | 13330 | 89% | 89% |
| 128 | College of St. Scholastica (MN) | 70% | -13% | 76 | -2% | 94% | 19931 | 81% | 82% |
| 129 | Briar Cliff University (IA) | 50% | -10% | 33 | -6% | 91% | 19022 | 89% | 96% |
| 130 | Manchester University (IN) | 54% | -16% | 65 | -5% | 88% | 16681 | 81% | 87% |
| 131 | Morningside College (IA) | 57% | -9% | 65 | -2% | 93% | 21077 | 75% | 80% |
| 132 | College of Wooster (OH) | 77% | -2% | 90 | -8% | 85% | 17069 | 65% | 66% |
| 133 | NW Missouri State University (MO)* | 51% | -16% | 225 | -2% | 89% | 10129 | 83% | 85% |
| 134 | Simpson College (IA) | 67% | -11% | 74 | 0% | 91% | 17802 | 72% | 75% |
| 135 | Northland College (WI) | 58% | -8% | 34 | 13% | 79% | 15970 | 79% | 78% |
| 136 | Bethany Lutheran College (MN) | 52% | -5% | 28 | 1% | 84% | 13000 | 69% | 81% |
| 137 | Minot State University (ND)* | 43% | -10% | 31 | -19% | 89% | 8929 | 76% | 89% |
| 138 | Univ. of Saint Francis at Fort Wayne (IN) | 58% | -17% | 64 | 0% | 92% | 15373 | 91% | 92% |
| 139 | Coe College (IA) | 68% | -9% | 70 | 5% | 85% | 16882 | 64% | 71% |
| 140 | Wayne State College (NE)* | 51% | -15% | 117 | 0% | 87% | 11742 | 81% | 88% |
| 141 | Buena Vista University (IA) | 60% | -6% | 50 | 12% | 84% | 15864 | 96% | 90% |
| 142 | Baker University (KS) | 63% | -7% | 33 | -7% | 92% | 19505 | 89% | 90% |
| 143 | Rockhurst University (MO) | 74% | -15% | 56 | -13% | 90% | 18249 | 77% | 76% |
| 144 | University of St. Thomas (MN) | 76% | -10% | 181 | -1% | 91% | 25888 | 64% | 69% |
| 145 | Mayville State University (ND)* | 39% | -11% | 14 | -9% | 89% | 10077 | 87% | 90% |
| 146 | University of Dayton (OH) | 78% | -8% | 169 | -11% | 91% | 25291 | 61% | 69% |
| 147 | University of Mary (ND) | 57% | -13% | 48 | -12% | 92% | 14128 | 67% | 78% |
| 148 | Oakland City University (IN) | 51% | -3% | 20 | -31% | 86% | 12641 | 90% | 88% |
| 149 | Albion College (MI) | 65% | -10% | 56 | -1% | 84% | 12325 | 80% | 81% |
| 150 | Aurora University (IL) | 63% | -16% | 112 | 4% | 90% | 14876 | 87% | 92% |
| 151 | Valparaiso University (IN) | 69% | -14% | 132 | 2% | 89% | 17292 | 73% | 76% |
| 152 | Ferris State University (MI)* | 56% | -13% | 103 | -6% | 89% | 10279 | 92% | 95% |
| 153 | Indiana University at Kokomo (IN)* | 41% | -10% | 56 | -6% | 88% | 6588 | 104% | 87% |
| 154 | Northeastern Illinois University (IL)* | 47% | 3% | 128 | -3% | 81% | 17153 | 96% | 102% |
| 155 | Concordia College at Moorhead (MN) | 72% | -16% | 113 | -5% | 91% | 19632 | 61% | 68% |
| 156 | Hamline University (MN) | 65% | -11% | 125 | 9% | 86% | 17917 | 82% | 78% |
| 157 | Kansas Wesleyan University (KS) | 48% | -3% | 22 | 12% | 92% | 23501 | 92% | 87% |
| 158 | Madonna University (MI) | 63% | -10% | 34 | -7% | 84% | 13899 | 102% | 100% |
| 159 | Viterbo University (WI) | 57% | -15% | 45 | 0% | 92% | 15973 | 78% | 79% |
| 160 | Case Western Reserve University (OH) | 83% | -4% | 181 | -1% | 88% | 20895 | 56% | 52% |
| 161 | Dakota Wesleyan University (SD) | 50% | -10% | 28 | 3% | 92% | 20240 | 83% | 83% |
| 162 | Butler University (IN) | 79% | -8% | 120 | 0% | 88% | 30756 | 63% | 67% |
| 163 | Central Christian College of Kansas (KS) | 38% | -11% | 24 | 9% | 84% | 13715 | 93% | 99% |
| 164 | Pittsburg State University (KS)* | 54% | -20% | 164 | 5% | 89% | 12272 | 89% | 86% |
| 165 | Augsburg University (MN) | 61% | -7% | 109 | 11% | 86% | 20479 | 91% | 85% |
| 166 | Eureka College (IL) | 58% | -19% | 24 | -1% | 89% | 18002 | 82% | 83% |
| 167 | St. Catherine University (MN) | 58% | -12% | 93 | 5% | 91% | 16955 | 87% | 93% |
| 168 | Miami Univ. at Hamilton (OH)* | 23% | -11% | 51 | -8% | 89% | 9494 | 82% | 90% |
| 169 | College of Saint Mary (NE) | 59% | -18% | 13 | 3% | 94% | 12773 | 90% | 85% |
| 170 | Ripon College (WI) | 68% | -7% | 52 | 4% | 83% | 15165 | 79% | 74% |
| 171 | Concordia Univ. at Saint Paul (MN) | 60% | -23% | 46 | 1% | 90% | 14601 | 91% | 91% |
| 172 | Baldwin Wallace University (OH) | 67% | -13% | 151 | 4% | 85% | 18959 | 80% | 78% |
| 173 | North Central University (MN) | 48% | -6% | 52 | 9% | 82% | 18177 | 82% | 82% |
| 174 | Wabash College (IN) | 74% | -7% | 53 | -4% | 87% | 14821 | 77% | 64% |
| 175 | Central Michigan University (MI)* | 60% | -14% | 603 | -5% | 90% | 12729 | 89% | 86% |
| 176 | Indiana State University (IN)* | 42% | -12% | 485 | -2% | 90% | 10962 | 95% | 101% |
| 177 | Miami University at Oxford (OH)* | 79% | -10% | 322 | -6% | 89% | 16016 | 82% | 72% |
| 178 | Central State University (OH)* | 27% | 1% | 105 | 15% | 73% | 11970 | 132% | 133% |
| 179 | Luther College (IA) | 78% | -14% | 85 | -7% | 88% | 18967 | 61% | 66% |
| 180 | Lakeland University (WI) | 53% | -10% | 42 | -7% | 90% | 18350 | 98% | 97% |
| 181 | Ctrl. Meth. U. at Lib. Arts & Sciences (MO) | 53% | -9% | 52 | 13% | 87% | 19290 | 95% | 83% |
| 182 | Wilmington College (OH) | 57% | -12% | 62 | 5% | 84% | 18776 | 92% | 85% |
| 183 | Quincy University (IL) | 53% | -14% | 55 | -2% | 87% | 14436 | 92% | 82% |
| 184 | University of St. Francis (IL) | 67% | -15% | 45 | -6% | 91% | 15377 | 79% | 84% |
| 185 | McKendree University (IL) | 57% | -11% | 60 | -2% | 87% | 17239 | 90% | 92% |
| 186 | Cornerstone University (MI) | 63% | -13% | 65 | 0% | 82% | 18003 | 86% | 92% |
| 187 | Bluffton University (OH) | 53% | -12% | 50 | -5% | 92% | 24219 | 83% | 85% |
| 188 | Monmouth College (IL) | 58% | -13% | 88 | -2% | 88% | 14033 | 78% | 79% |
| 189 | Olivet Nazarene University (IL) | 63% | -16% | 128 | -5% | 89% | 17017 | 81% | 81% |
| 190 | Bellevue University (NE) | 44% | 0% | 3 | -10% | 88% | 12989 | 99% | 92% |
| 191 | University of Central Missouri (MO)* | 54% | -19% | 277 | -3% | 88% | 11926 | 93% | 88% |
| 192 | Carroll University (WI) | 58% | -14% | 111 | -1% | 92% | 20085 | 72% | 73% |
| 193 | Drake University (IA) | 77% | -14% | 85 | -3% | 89% | 24331 | 60% | 69% |
| 194 | MN State Univ. Moorhead (MN)* | 50% | -13% | 133 | -3% | 88% | 13545 | 83% | 84% |
| 195 | Missouri Southern State Univ. (MO)* | 37% | -17% | 99 | 11% | 83% | 8547 | 104% | 91% |
| 196 | Emporia State University (KS)* | 50% | -14% | 101 | 4% | 89% | 12594 | 95% | 89% |
| 197 | Walsh University (OH) | 60% | -16% | 90 | -1% | 91% | 15905 | 90% | 83% |
| 198 | Concordia University at Chicago (IL) | 56% | -14% | 70 | 6% | 85% | 15037 | 89% | 90% |
| 199 | Southeast MO State University (MO)* | 48% | -19% | 251 | 1% | 87% | 10700 | 92% | 89% |
| 200 | University of Dubuque (IA) | 53% | -16% | 77 | 7% | 88% | 20630 | 94% | 99% |
| 201 | Spring Arbor University (MI) | 60% | -9% | 89 | 2% | 81% | 16946 | 91% | 91% |
| 202 | Rochester College (MI) | 55% | -11% | 18 | -5% | 80% | 14715 | 98% | 96% |
| 203 | Malone University (OH) | 56% | -15% | 70 | 3% | 85% | 17366 | 81% | 88% |
| 204 | North Central College (IL) | 69% | -10% | 83 | -10% | 85% | 20119 | 73% | 76% |
| 205 | Bethany College (KS) | 43% | 4% | 28 | 7% | 87% | 24702 | 93% | 89% |
| 206 | Metropolitan State University (MN)* | 58% | -9% | 14 | 1% | 86% | 14537 | 104% | 105% |
| 207 | Hanover College (IN) | 66% | -4% | 73 | 0% | 85% | 17230 | 77% | 71% |
| 208 | Mount St. Joseph University (OH) | 55% | -12% | 45 | -4% | 89% | 15022 | 92% | 87% |
| 209 | Wartburg College (IA) | 67% | -14% | 72 | -6% | 92% | 18202 | 67% | 71% |
| 210 | South Dakota State University (SD)* | 52% | -14% | 280 | -8% | 91% | 17300 | 71% | 83% |
| 211 | Hiram College (OH) | 59% | -10% | 73 | 0% | 76% | 19658 | 95% | 94% |
| 212 | Southern IL Univ. at Edwardsville (IL)* | 53% | -19% | 274 | 4% | 88% | 10888 | 86% | 91% |
| 213 | University of Southern Indiana (IN)* | 44% | -16% | 226 | -10% | 89% | 10518 | 89% | 87% |
| 214 | University of North Dakota (ND)* | 50% | -14% | 191 | -12% | 92% | 12684 | 71% | 80% |
| 215 | Graceland University at Lamoni (IA) | 62% | -21% | 47 | 4% | 89% | 16413 | 97% | 95% |
| 216 | Harris-Stowe State University (MO)* | 16% | -6% | 22 | 8% | 81% | 9744 | 119% | 134% |
| 217 | Sterling College (KS) | 43% | -7% | 35 | -3% | 84% | 18186 | 88% | 91% |
| 218 | Mt. Vernon Nazarene Univ. (OH) | 57% | -12% | 70 | 2% | 86% | 19441 | 85% | 86% |
| 219 | Bethel College (KS) | 53% | -22% | 19 | 1% | 88% | 21019 | 74% | 87% |
| 220 | Chadron State College (NE)* | 43% | -6% | 65 | 0% | 82% | 12863 | 88% | 91% |
| 221 | St. Ambrose University (IA) | 63% | -13% | 75 | -1% | 91% | 23312 | 81% | 78% |
| 222 | Heidelberg University (OH) | 46% | -13% | 62 | 4% | 90% | 19911 | 87% | 83% |
| 223 | Hannibal-LaGrange University (MO) | 52% | -11% | 22 | -2% | 87% | 19206 | 90% | 85% |
| 224 | Carthage College (WI) | 58% | -17% | 102 | 5% | 89% | 24619 | 80% | 78% |
| 225 | Indiana Wesleyan University (IN) | 65% | -14% | 135 | -6% | 89% | 16385 | 94% | 81% |
| 226 | Union College (NE) | 52% | -15% | 26 | 10% | 89% | 20382 | 86% | 84% |
| 227 | Lake Erie College (OH) | 55% | -12% | 38 | -12% | 89% | 18001 | 89% | 91% |
| 228 | Kansas State University (KS)* | 60% | -19% | 431 | 0% | 88% | 15454 | 74% | 80% |
| 229 | IN Univ.-Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis (IN)* | 50% | -12% | 498 | -1% | 87% | 7628 | 99% | 93% |
| 230 | Northern State University (SD)* | 45% | -14% | 49 | -16% | 90% | 13644 | 86% | 88% |
| 231 | Webster University (MO) | 62% | -8% | 98 | 3% | 86% | 19924 | 96% | 87% |
| 232 | Wittenberg University (OH) | 71% | -14% | 87 | 0% | 87% | 20397 | 75% | 73% |
| 233 | Edgewood College (WI) | 63% | -10% | 67 | -3% | 90% | 20606 | 79% | 81% |
| 234 | Southwest MN State Univ. (MN)* | 48% | -14% | 66 | -27% | 90% | 12183 | 88% | 89% |
| 235 | Muskingum University (OH) | 51% | -18% | 83 | 2% | 90% | 16463 | 88% | 86% |
| 236 | Herzing University (WI)° | 33% | 7% | 10 | 14% | 77% | 23373 | 116% | 126% |
| 237 | University of Kansas (KS)* | 63% | -19% | 404 | 2% | 87% | 15456 | 77% | 80% |
| 238 | Clarke University (IA) | 63% | -5% | 36 | -6% | 90% | 25417 | 77% | 78% |
| 239 | Rockford University (IL) | 57% | -17% | 18 | 4% | 91% | 20213 | 94% | 93% |
| 240 | Dakota State University (SD)* | 40% | -17% | 34 | -7% | 92% | 15710 | 82% | 85% |
| 241 | University of Nebraska at Omaha (NE)* | 50% | -9% | 224 | 3% | 86% | 11405 | 92% | 91% |
| 242 | Indiana University at Southeast (IN)* | 38% | -9% | 106 | -4% | 85% | 8081 | 105% | 98% |
| 243 | Judson University (IL) | 59% | -7% | 29 | -3% | 77% | 17425 | 86% | 92% |
| 244 | Trine University (IN) | 56% | -15% | 73 | -20% | 90% | 19945 | 79% | 83% |
| 245 | Alverno College (WI) | 52% | -21% | 50 | 13% | 90% | 15210 | 105% | 101% |
| 246 | Central College (IA) | 67% | -16% | 61 | -6% | 90% | 18440 | 68% | 69% |
| 247 | Tabor College (KS) | 48% | -6% | 25 | -3% | 84% | 22914 | 87% | 89% |
| 248 | Southwest Baptist University (MO) | 49% | -17% | 83 | 5% | 86% | 16448 | 93% | 94% |
| 249 | Capital University (OH) | 61% | -14% | 125 | 0% | 89% | 19436 | 84% | 75% |
| 250 | Ohio Wesleyan University (OH) | 69% | -9% | 83 | -2% | 85% | 21658 | 73% | 72% |
| 251 | North Park University (IL) | 58% | -12% | 86 | -1% | 84% | 18004 | 85% | 86% |
| 252 | Indiana University at South Bend (IN)* | 32% | -8% | 113 | -3% | 85% | 6624 | 105% | 99% |
| 253 | Western Michigan University (MI)* | 60% | -17% | 495 | -5% | 87% | 14948 | 91% | 89% |
| 254 | Fontbonne University (MO) | 56% | -5% | 19 | 2% | 88% | 16998 | 109% | 90% |
| 255 | Culver-Stockton College (MO) | 50% | -21% | 48 | -5% | 89% | 18178 | 93% | 89% |
| 256 | Ursuline College (OH) | 57% | -17% | 19 | 4% | 89% | 15675 | 105% | 95% |
| 257 | University of Cincinnati at Main (OH)* | 65% | -13% | 575 | -1% | 89% | 18874 | 88% | 79% |
| 258 | Cornell College (IA) | 69% | 0% | 76 | 4% | 79% | 22070 | 76% | 67% |
| 259 | University of Wisconsin at Parkside (WI)* | 35% | -9% | 97 | -2% | 84% | 8975 | 100% | 92% |
| 260 | University of Detroit Mercy (MI) | 62% | -15% | 93 | -4% | 89% | 16560 | 87% | 87% |
| 261 | University of Missouri at St. Louis (MO)* | 54% | -12% | 97 | -6% | 85% | 8105 | 104% | 101% |
| 262 | Crown College (MN) | 58% | -11% | 41 | 1% | 82% | 22495 | 85% | 90% |
| 263 | Northern Michigan University (MI)* | 51% | -16% | 169 | -8% | 83% | 11313 | 90% | 86% |
| 264 | Lawrence University (WI) | 78% | -12% | 59 | 8% | 78% | 17408 | 68% | 63% |
| 265 | Missouri State Univ at Springfield (MO)* | 57% | -18% | 410 | 0% | 85% | 13883 | 88% | 91% |
| 266 | Franklin College (IN) | 62% | -13% | 62 | -4% | 89% | 17435 | 85% | 77% |
| 267 | Avila University (MO) | 57% | -17% | 31 | -1% | 87% | 17788 | 98% | 97% |
| 268 | Indiana University at East (IN)* | 42% | -11% | 71 | -12% | 84% | 6198 | 111% | 99% |
| 269 | Oberlin College (OH) | 86% | -5% | 58 | -11% | 68% | 16462 | 55% | 58% |
| 270 | William Penn University (IA) | 44% | -16% | 36 | 2% | 87% | 19198 | 102% | 98% |
| 271 | Saint Louis University at Main (MO) | 67% | -13% | 218 | -7% | 89% | 21161 | 75% | 76% |
| 272 | Ohio University at Main (OH)* | 63% | -15% | 563 | -4% | 89% | 19231 | 93% | 86% |
| 273 | Lincoln University (MO)* | 25% | -21% | 41 | -2% | 89% | 8782 | 118% | 114% |
| 274 | Waldorf University (IA)° | 38% | -20% | 13 | 5% | 89% | 19262 | 91% | 100% |
| 275 | Saginaw Valley State University (MI)* | 46% | -18% | 222 | -4% | 89% | 12891 | 98% | 89% |
| 276 | Oakland University (MI)* | 52% | -13% | 356 | -4% | 86% | 8686 | 95% | 89% |
| 277 | Kuyper College (MI) | 54% | -16% | 9 | -15% | 74% | 16353 | 77% | 87% |
| 278 | Mount Mary University (WI) | 55% | -8% | 33 | 12% | 81% | 16904 | 105% | 99% |
| 279 | University of South Dakota (SD)* | 48% | -16% | 156 | -9% | 91% | 16001 | 84% | 89% |
| 280 | Aquinas College (MI) | 59% | -10% | 76 | -10% | 82% | 14454 | 86% | 82% |
| 281 | Adrian College (MI) | 52% | -15% | 93 | -11% | 86% | 24282 | 85% | 85% |
| 282 | Creighton University (NE) | 77% | -9% | 116 | -6% | 87% | 26164 | 67% | 65% |
| 283 | Holy Cross College (IN) | 39% | 0% | 19 | 13% | 86% | 19724 | 92% | 73% |
| 284 | DePaul University (IL) | 68% | -8% | 522 | 2% | 84% | 26237 | 82% | 80% |
| 285 | Upper Iowa University (IA) | 53% | -16% | 29 | 0% | 87% | 21384 | 105% | 104% |
| 286 | Marian University (WI) | 50% | -20% | 50 | -7% | 94% | 18603 | 91% | 88% |
| 287 | Miami Univ. at Middletown (OH)* | 20% | -16% | 30 | -14% | 89% | 11649 | 82% | 88% |
| 288 | Lindenwood University (MO) | 54% | -7% | 165 | 2% | 87% | 15463 | 102% | 90% |
| 289 | Black Hills State University (SD)* | 39% | -7% | 53 | -10% | 84% | 14632 | 94% | 90% |
| 290 | Purdue University Fort Wayne (IN)* | 30% | -11% | 176 | -8% | 87% | 9251 | 102% | 93% |
| 291 | Univ. of Wisconsin at Superior (WI)* | 45% | -9% | 47 | -1% | 85% | 10984 | 97% | 89% |
| 292 | Otterbein University (OH) | 59% | -18% | 95 | -3% | 88% | 20035 | 80% | 73% |
| 293 | Midland University (NE) | 51% | -16% | 47 | -11% | 92% | 21111 | 86% | 84% |
| 294 | Xavier University (OH) | 69% | -19% | 116 | -9% | 90% | 27646 | 73% | 71% |
| 295 | Southwestern College (KS) | 48% | -20% | 18 | 1% | 89% | 21608 | 100% | 100% |
| 296 | Westminster College (MO) | 63% | -14% | 42 | 2% | 88% | 18524 | 82% | 73% |
| 297 | University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (WI)* | 48% | -13% | 448 | -1% | 87% | 14490 | 89% | 87% |
| 298 | Northern Illinois University (IL)* | 59% | -21% | 484 | -2% | 88% | 18341 | 88% | 90% |
| 299 | Defiance College (OH) | 44% | -21% | 33 | -4% | 91% | 24011 | 90% | 91% |
| 300 | University of Saint Mary (KS) | 52% | -18% | 17 | 0% | 89% | 18245 | 97% | 88% |
| 301 | Concordia University at Wisconsin (WI) | 56% | -13% | 78 | -4% | 90% | 21397 | 94% | 89% |
| 302 | York College (NE) | 49% | -21% | 17 | 3% | 74% | 15241 | 89% | 90% |
| 303 | Loyola University at Chicago (IL) | 73% | -11% | 414 | 5% | 86% | 29577 | 77% | 72% |
| 304 | Friends University (KS) | 51% | -8% | 30 | -1% | 83% | 19472 | 101% | 91% |
| 305 | Wright State Univ. at Lake Campus (OH)* | 29% | -14% | 11 | -8% | 87% | 9316 | 99% | 81% |
| 306 | Grantham University (KS)° | 25% | -21% | 14 | 7% | 83% | 9310 | 112% | 117% |
| 307 | Missouri Western State University (MO)* | 32% | -16% | 118 | -5% | 86% | 9389 | 102% | 94% |
| 308 | Southern IL University at Carbondale (IL)* | 54% | -21% | 369 | 2% | 86% | 14418 | 95% | 90% |
| 309 | Doane University (NE) | 62% | -10% | 53 | -2% | 89% | 22174 | 83% | 71% |
| 310 | Anderson University (IN) | 55% | -22% | 72 | -6% | 85% | 20223 | 85% | 88% |
| 311 | University of Michigan at Flint (MI)* | 47% | -11% | 96 | -4% | 84% | 9428 | 110% | 101% |
| 312 | Purdue University Northwest (IN)* | 38% | -12% | 179 | -19% | 85% | 8561 | 110% | 97% |
| 313 | Kent State University at Kent (OH)* | 57% | -16% | 729 | -2% | 85% | 15822 | 101% | 89% |
| 314 | Eastern Michigan University (MI)* | 50% | -13% | 478 | -5% | 85% | 13692 | 108% | 99% |
| 315 | Iowa Wesleyan University (IA) | 41% | -14% | 12 | 7% | 85% | 25663 | 94% | 95% |
| 316 | Mount Marty University (SD) | 48% | -22% | 20 | -16% | 90% | 17808 | 90% | 87% |
| 317 | University of Findlay (OH) | 56% | -11% | 96 | -12% | 87% | 20741 | 82% | 84% |
| 318 | Peru State College (NE)* | 44% | -20% | 25 | -7% | 83% | 12814 | 99% | 94% |
| 319 | Evangel University (MO) | 54% | -13% | 76 | 11% | 78% | 20580 | 93% | 85% |
| 320 | Wichita State University (KS)* | 49% | -18% | 175 | 7% | 85% | 12809 | 101% | 94% |
| 321 | Marian University (IN) | 58% | -22% | 53 | -13% | 90% | 16342 | 94% | 80% |
| 322 | Concordia University at Ann Arbor (MI) | 35% | -6% | 20 | -10% | 90% | 22973 | 94% | 84% |
| 323 | Cardinal Stritch University (WI) | 49% | -27% | 26 | -5% | 90% | 16452 | 100% | 106% |
| 324 | William Woods University (MO) | 58% | -18% | 32 | -5% | 88% | 21675 | 81% | 84% |
| 325 | University of Indianapolis (IN) | 53% | -15% | 150 | -3% | 88% | 17065 | 98% | 90% |
| 326 | Stephens College (MO) | 53% | -15% | 35 | 14% | 76% | 19897 | 91% | 93% |
| 327 | Newman University (KS) | 55% | -25% | 21 | -19% | 88% | 12848 | 96% | 84% |
| 328 | Ottawa University at Ottawa (KS) | 42% | -13% | 24 | 1% | 86% | 22245 | 104% | 91% |
| 329 | Lawrence Technological Univ. (MI) | 53% | -25% | 35 | -9% | 92% | 28247 | 78% | 84% |
| 330 | Cleveland State University (OH)* | 50% | -18% | 284 | 6% | 84% | 14600 | 106% | 98% |
| 331 | Bowling Green State Univ. (OH)* | 58% | -18% | 576 | -10% | 88% | 16455 | 94% | 84% |
| 332 | University of Missouri at Kansas City (MO)* | 51% | -19% | 157 | -5% | 86% | 12893 | 95% | 92% |
| 333 | Benedictine University (IL) | 61% | -7% | 108 | 0% | 86% | 22368 | 93% | 77% |
| 334 | Missouri Baptist University (MO) | 53% | -20% | 29 | -23% | 85% | 18108 | 101% | 95% |
| 335 | University of Toledo (OH)* | 42% | -25% | 494 | 1% | 89% | 14463 | 95% | 92% |
| 336 | Earlham College (IN) | 69% | -17% | 45 | 3% | 65% | 15797 | 66% | 71% |
| 337 | Missouri Valley College (MO) | 31% | -12% | 43 | -16% | 85% | 18690 | 105% | 96% |
| 338 | Notre Dame College (OH) | 39% | -18% | 52 | -9% | 86% | 18923 | 100% | 97% |
| 339 | Indiana University at Northwest (IN)* | 29% | -15% | 67 | -9% | 84% | 5099 | 115% | 100% |
| 340 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph (IN) | 43% | -15% | 13 | -13% | 80% | 9584 | 115% | 102% |
| 341 | Youngstown State University (OH)* | 34% | -26% | 292 | 0% | 85% | 9978 | 110% | 95% |
| 342 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (IN) | 43% | -26% | 16 | 4% | 83% | 14487 | 101% | 99% |
| 343 | Park University (MO) | 28% | -14% | 12 | -11% | 84% | 15582 | 105% | 105% |
| 344 | Washburn University (KS)* | 48% | -21% | 80 | -6% | 86% | 12214 | 101% | 96% |
| 345 | Wright State University (OH)* | 43% | -21% | 290 | 0% | 87% | 14398 | 99% | 93% |
| 346 | Ohio Dominican University (OH) | 44% | -19% | 49 | -1% | 85% | 18403 | 102% | 91% |
| 347 | Chicago State University (IL)* | 31% | -16% | 32 | 8% | 74% | 11847 | 127% | 129% |
| 348 | Roosevelt University (IL) | 52% | -8% | 74 | 4% | 84% | 20988 | 105% | 92% |
| 349 | Wayne State University (MI)* | 44% | -17% | 426 | 6% | 82% | 11662 | 112% | 97% |
| 350 | Lourdes University (OH) | 35% | -16% | 34 | 3% | 87% | 15529 | 114% | 93% |
| 351 | Finlandia University (MI) | 38% | -12% | 11 | -8% | 73% | 20259 | 100% | 96% |
| 352 | Indiana Inst. of Technology (IN) | 37% | -21% | 64 | 1% | 84% | 20817 | 111% | 105% |
| 353 | Baker College (MI) | 21% | -15% | 25 | -1% | 78% | 12569 | 113% | 109% |
| 354 | University of Akron at Main (OH)* | 41% | -22% | 399 | -1% | 88% | 16220 | 101% | 90% |
| 355 | Shawnee State University (OH)* | 30% | -23% | 84 | 4% | 82% | 14410 | 105% | 93% |
| 356 | Davenport University (MI) | 29% | -23% | 47 | -4% | 86% | 16868 | 113% | 100% |
| 357 | Martin University (IN) | 6% | -28% | 2 | 18% | 71% | 15227 | 125% | 142% |
| 358 | Drury University (MO) | 63% | -27% | 70 | 14% | 73% | 16758 | 106% | 84% |
| 359 | Trinity International University at Illinois (IL) | 48% | -9% | 33 | 1% | 75% | 17854 | 99% | 88% |
| 360 | DeVry University at Columbus (GA)° | 24% | -19% | 16 | 11% | 82% | 25161 | 116% | 109% |
| 361 | Maharishi International University (IA) | 47% | -5% | 9 | 26% | 48% | 14397 | 108% | 103% |
| 362 | Capella University (MN)° | 12% | -26% | 0 | 4% | 86% | 14417 | 114% | 123% |
| 363 | Columbia College (MO) | 34% | -22% | 46 | -5% | 81% | 25736 | 116% | 113% |
| 364 | DeVry University at Chicago (IL)° | 18% | -16% | 60 | 7% | 82% | 28605 | 116% | 115% |
| 365 | East-West University (IL) | 30% | -8% | 11 | 6% | 69% | 21347 | 123% | 116% |
| 366 | Columbia College at Chicago (IL) | 49% | -14% | 320 | -1% | 73% | 28810 | 98% | 84% |
| 367 | Andrews University (MI) | 51% | -13% | 55 | -5% | 78% | 18357 | 104% | 84% |
| 368 | Ohio Christian University (OH) | 39% | -17% | 25 | 4% | 66% | 25385 | 112% | 110% |
| 369 | Tiffin University (OH) | 20% | -17% | 68 | -9% | 81% | 19613 | 114% | 99% |
| 370 | Walden University (MN)° | 23% | -50% | 0 | 11% | 87% | 21277 | 120% | 126% |
| 371 | Purdue University Global-Davenport (IA)* | 27% | -83% | 0 | 12% | 73% | 17032 | 119% | 138% |