Data to help find reach, match, safety

College Search & Selection
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Lots of questions on this site about finding reach, match, safety. Here is some data that might help. From IPEDS. Sorted by grad rate. Some schools don’t report test scores but you can interpolate based on grad rate because grad rate is highly correlated with SAT. Hope this helps. I’ll post the next 100 schools later.

grad rate, “control” of college (public/private), state, avg net price for middle income, avg net price for upper middle income, SAT CR 25th, SAT CR 75th, SAT math 25th, SAT math 75th, ACT comp 25th, ACT comp 75th

98 15 CT 2 6551 13934 710 800 710 800 32 35 Yale University
97 16 NH 2 10048 16240 670 780 680 780 30 34 Dartmouth College
97 15 MA 2 6577 11222 710 800 720 800 32 35 Harvard University
97 21 CA 2 6975 10346 670 770 670 770 31 34 Pomona College
97 15 NJ 2 4557 12614 690 790 710 800 32 35 Princeton University
96 15 RI 2 12697 22308 680 780 690 790 31 34 Brown University
95 21 NC 2 11982 20977 630 720 620 720 28 33 Davidson College
95 15 NC 2 7880 22049 680 770 700 800 31 34 Duke University
95 15 IN 2 14893 22171 670 760 680 780 32 35 University of Notre Dame
95 15 PA 2 12322 20398 680 770 700 800 32 35 University of Pennsylvania
94 21 ME 2 11057 20976 Bowdoin College
94 15 CA 2 6781 21219 740 800 770 800 34 36 California Institute of Technology
94 15 NY 2 6592 14262 700 790 710 800 32 35 Columbia University in the City of New York
94 15 NY 2 15456 26312 650 750 680 780 31 34 Cornell University
94 15 DC 2 15540 27365 660 760 660 760 30 34 Georgetown University
94 15 IL 2 12763 22983 690 760 710 800 32 34 Northwestern University
94 15 CA 2 4061 12228 680 780 700 800 31 35 Stanford University
94 21 PA 2 12638 17330 645 760 660 770 30 34 Swarthmore College
94 15 IL 2 4536 12069 720 800 730 800 32 35 University of Chicago
94 15 VA 1 620 720 620 740 29 33 University of Virginia-Main Campus
94 15 MO 2 13208 23158 690 770 710 800 32 34 Washington University in St Louis
94 21 MA 2 10448 19245 670 770 660 770 31 34 Williams College
93 21 MA 2 13268 20290 680 775 680 780 31 34 Amherst College
93 15 MA 2 15827 24810 620 720 640 740 30 33 Boston College
93 21 CA 2 18096 30341 650 740 670 750 31 33 Claremont McKenna College
93 21 CA 2 25102 21952 680 780 740 800 32 35 Harvey Mudd College
93 15 MA 2 8633 16544 700 790 760 800 33 35 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
93 21 VT 2 13966 18528 630 740 650 755 30 33 Middlebury College
93 15 TX 2 10080 22435 690 770 720 800 32 35 Rice University
92 21 MN 2 14682 22396 660 770 660 770 30 33 Carleton College
92 21 MA 2 17426 27062 College of the Holy Cross
92 21 NY 2 9788 21029 650 740 650 740 31 33 Hamilton College
92 15 MD 2 14488 24264 690 770 710 800 32 34 Johns Hopkins University
92 15 MA 2 18872 26973 680 750 690 770 31 34 Tufts University
92 15 CA 1 620 750 650 790 31 34 University of California-Berkeley
92 15 CA 2 21751 31583 630 730 650 770 30 33 University of Southern California
92 15 TN 2 8451 14577 700 790 720 800 32 35 Vanderbilt University
92 21 VA 2 8962 18436 660 720 660 740 30 33 Washington and Lee University
91 21 NY 2 16092 20111 640 740 630 730 29 33 Barnard College
91 16 VA 1 630 730 620 740 28 33 College of William and Mary
91 15 GA 2 19348 24324 630 730 660 770 30 33 Emory University
91 15 CA 1 570 710 590 760 28 33 University of California-Los Angeles
91 15 MI 1 640 730 670 770 29 33 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
91 15 NC 1 600 700 610 720 28 33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
91 21 NY 2 12188 23635 670 750 660 750 30 33 Vassar College
91 21 MA 2 12581 23218 660 750 650 750 30 33 Wellesley College
91 21 CT 2 11996 23992 Wesleyan University
91 21 IL 2 19067 22009 590 710 580 690 27 32 Wheaton College
90 15 MA 2 26730 28411 610 710 660 770 29 33 Brandeis University
90 15 PA 2 23449 32345 660 750 720 800 31 34 Carnegie Mellon University
90 21 NY 2 17589 21082 640 720 650 740 30 33 Colgate University
90 21 PA 2 12110 21260 660 760 660 760 31 34 Haverford College
90 21 OH 2 15911 22870 620 730 610 710 29 33 Kenyon College
90 21 CA 2 10786 13829 490 630 580 740 26 30 Soka University of America
90 17 PA 2 29815 31871 600 700 620 720 30 32 Villanova University
89 18 MA 2 27805 30377 510 620 550 670 25 30 Bentley University
89 21 ME 2 17088 20451 630 725 640 745 30 33 Colby College
89 21 PA 2 21404 27682 580 680 620 710 27 31 Lafayette College
89 16 PA 2 18432 28298 590 680 640 740 29 32 Lehigh University
89 18 CA 2 21945 37021 590 680 610 720 28 32 Santa Clara University
89 21 NY 2 15261 24677 560 670 560 660 26 30 Skidmore College
89 21 MA 2 17814 24553 Smith College
88 21 ME 2 12108 20021 Bates College
88 21 PA 2 24514 33570 590 670 610 710 28 32 Bucknell University
88 21 MN 2 17423 23161 630 740 630 750 29 33 Macalester College
88 21 CA 2 14904 26027 Pitzer College
88 21 MN 2 15816 24601 550 700 570 700 26 31 St Olaf College
88 21 VA 2 14515 23205 600 700 620 720 29 32 University of Richmond
88 16 NC 2 13521 25697 Wake Forest University
88 21 WA 2 21821 26877 600 720 600 700 28 32 Whitman College
87 15 MA 2 26232 30023 590 680 630 740 28 32 Boston University
87 21 CO 2 4349 12715 Colorado College
87 22 NY 2 12743 22856 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
87 21 PA 2 16408 23195 Franklin and Marshall College
87 21 PA 2 17683 26936 Gettysburg College
87 17 CA 2 31258 33144 550 650 560 680 26 31 Pepperdine University
87 18 NJ 1 540 640 560 660 25 30 The College of New Jersey
87 21 NY 2 20847 25560 Union College
87 22 CT 1 530 620 530 620 23 28 United States Coast Guard Academy
87 15 CA 1 490 620 570 710 24 30 University of California-Irvine
87 15 CA 1 560 680 610 770 27 33 University of California-San Diego
87 15 FL 1 580 680 600 690 27 31 University of Florida
87 15 MD 1 590 690 620 730 29 33 University of Maryland-College Park
86 21 KY 2 18807 22912 520 650 560 690 26 31 Centre College
86 15 GA 1 640 730 680 770 30 34 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
86 21 IA 2 17563 24776 640 750 680 780 30 33 Grinnell College
86 15 MA 2 17573 25770 650 740 680 770 31 34 Northeastern University
86 15 PA 1 530 630 560 670 25 29 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
86 21 NY 1 580 690 600 700 26 31 United States Military Academy
86 21 MD 1 580 690 600 700 26 31 United States Naval Academy
86 16 MA 2 32307 37163 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
85 21 IN 2 18006 22050 510 620 530 660 24 29 DePauw University
85 15 NY 2 33617 39118 620 720 630 760 29 33 New York University
85 21 OH 2 24134 28091 630 730 620 720 29 33 Oberlin College
85 21 CT 2 14032 21428 Trinity College
85 15 CA 1 510 630 540 700 25 31 University of California-Davis
85 15 IL 1 580 690 705 790 26 32 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
85 15 NY 2 21943 27460 University of Rochester
85 15 WI 1 560 660 640 760 27 31 University of Wisconsin-Madison
84 21 MN 2 20673 25242 450 570 430 560 22 28 College of Saint Benedict

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What do the numbers in columns 2 and 4 mean (immediately before/after the state abbreviations)?
They don’t seem to represent “control” of college (public/private) and avg net price for middle income.

What are the ranges (or means) for “middle income” and “upper middle income”?
The price numbers seem to be missing for many rows.

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If the purpose of this list is to help identify reach/match/safeties, then in my opinion the graduation rate may not be the most appropriate sorting key. Of the fields you’ve included, the test scores may be better indicators. For example, Davidson does not seem to be more selective than Caltech or Stanford; BC and MIT are not equally selective.

Thanks for getting this started though. It takes some work.

4

Agreed ^. Many engineering schools have lower graduation rates in 4 years because of co-ops.

5

If I had to choose the most appropriate sorting key from only the fields available here, I think it would be the 75th percentile SAT-M, with the 75th percentile SAT-CR as secondary. Most of the real crap shoot schools are the ones with 800 (or close to it) in at least one of those fields.

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Yeah. And let’s not forget the strengths of ecs recs and essays. Hard to handicap that. Using sat math score is not a great measure. Especially for many LACs and test optional like bowdoin and u Chicago. And there are plenty of genius super pointy math wizs who breeze into MIT and wouldn’t get into many schools looking for slightly different overall strengths. Including my d best friend. Shut out at all the Ivy’s and mit was a yes.

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The numbers in column 2 are Carnegie Classifications. Sorry I didn’t explain properly.
15 Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

16 Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity

17 Doctoral Universities: Moderate Research Activity

18 Master’s Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs

19 Master’s Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

20 Master’s Colleges & Universities: Small Programs

21 Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

22 Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields

The numbers in column 4 are institutional control:
1 Public

2 Private not-for-profit

3 Private for-profit

8

Middle income range is 48K-75K per year. Upper middle income range is 75K-110K per year.

9

The grad rates are after 6 years, not 4. ^ years is the US Department of Education standard for 4-year programs and it captures the vast majority of grads from co-op programs.

I sorted by grad rate because some schools don’t report SAT scores. Not sure what they are trying to hide.
Schools are required by law to report grad rate which is very highly correlated with SAT scores. I suggest you simply interpolate the SAT scores for schools that don’t report SATs. Their SATs are very probably somewhere in between the schools above and below in my list.

Average net price is the average cost after financial gift aid.

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Average net price is missing for public colleges. It is available from IPEDS. I just didn’t include it because I didn’t think price was as critical for the publics.

84 21 CT 2 23651 27149 Connecticut College
84 21 PA 2 17286 24696 Dickinson College
84 21 SC 2 23940 27008 Furman
84 15 DC 2 26883 31680 580 695 600 700 27 32 George Washington University
84 18 WA 2 30468 32732 550 650 560 650 25 30 Gonzaga University
84 21 MA 2 17552 21721 Mount Holyoke College
84 15 OH 1 540 670 620 740 27 31 Ohio State University-Main Campus
84 21 CA 2 22738 24214 660 740 630 700 28 32 Scripps College
84 21 NY 2 21695 25937 St Lawrence University
84 15 GA 1 570 670 570 670 26 31 University of Georgia
84 15 WA 1 540 660 580 710 26 32 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
84 15 VA 1 540 640 560 680 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
83 16 NY 1 600 690 630 710 28 31 Binghamton University
83 16 UT 2 12858 15420 580 690 580 690 27 31 Brigham Young University-Provo
83 21 PA 2 17319 22736 610 730 610 720 28 32 Bryn Mawr College
83 21 MI 2 620 750 570 690 28 32 Hillsdale College
83 18 CA 2 34848 39043 550 660 570 670 26 30 Loyola Marymount University
83 18 MD 2 24612 27926 Loyola University Maryland
83 18 NY 2 30096 34600 Marist College
83 21 PA 2 23223 27571 560 660 570 660 26 30 Muhlenberg College
83 18 RI 2 30582 32915 510 610 520 630 23 28 Providence College
83 16 NY 2 28882 32740 610 710 670 770 28 32 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
83 16 NJ 2 31221 34344 600 690 660 750 29 33 Stevens Institute of Technology
83 15 LA 2 27623 31240 620 710 620 700 29 32 Tulane University of Louisiana
83 21 CO 1 600 690 620 720 27 33 United States Air Force Academy
83 15 DE 1 530 640 530 640 22 29 University of Delaware
82 15 OH 2 28484 32694 600 720 680 770 30 34 Case Western Reserve University
82 19 NC 2 25784 34205 550 640 550 640 25 29 Elon University
82 18 CT 2 34414 35789 Fairfield University
82 18 VA 1 510 610 520 610 22 27 James Madison University
82 21 NY 2 24363 25500 620 720 550 680 27 31 Sarah Lawrence College
82 21 TN 2 20042 25533 Sewanee-The University of the South
82 15 NY 2 25109 28579 530 630 560 660 25 29 Syracuse University
82 21 CA 2 18059 21756 600 710 540 650 25 30 Thomas Aquinas College
82 15 CA 1 550 660 570 730 27 32 University of California-Santa Barbara
82 15 CT 1 550 650 570 690 26 31 University of Connecticut
82 15 FL 2 23046 28385 600 680 610 710 28 32 University of Miami
82 19 OR 2 28681 34092 540 660 540 640 University of Portland
82 16 NY 2 29707 33261 540 680 550 680 23 30 Yeshiva University
81 16 DC 2 26394 31632 590 690 560 650 26 31 American University
81 15 SC 1 560 660 590 680 26 31 Clemson University
81 21 PA 2 531 668 529 657 23 29 Grove City College
81 21 MN 2 15979 21848 Gustavus Adolphus College
81 21 IL 2 24434 28283 510 640 620 760 25 29 Illinois Wesleyan University
81 21 MI 2 17916 26543 Kalamazoo College
81 16 WI 2 26781 31178 520 630 520 640 24 29 Marquette University
81 21 CA 2 17877 25494 600 700 600 720 28 31 Occidental College
81 20 NY 1 540 650 550 650 25 29 SUNY College at Geneseo
81 15 TX 1 560 680 580 730 26 32 The University of Texas at Austin
81 15 PA 1 590 680 600 700 27 32 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
80 18 CA 1 560 660 590 700 26 31 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
80 21 OH 2 24233 28187 590 680 600 700 28 32 Denison University
80 18 MA 2 37345 39973 580 680 540 650 25 30 Emerson College
80 15 FL 1 560 640 550 640 25 29 Florida State University
80 16 NY 2 32301 35865 580 680 590 690 27 31 Fordham University
80 15 NJ 1 530 650 580 700 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
80 18 PA 2 30361 31260 520 610 530 620 23 28 Saint Joseph’s University
80 21 MA 2 25186 27687 Stonehill College
80 15 TX 1 520 640 550 670 24 30 Texas A & M University-College Station
80 21 WA 2 36126 36825 University of Puget Sound
80 21 SC 2 23621 23929 520 630 530 640 24 29 Wofford College
79 18 CA 2 34143 47058 550 650 560 650 25 30 Chapman University
79 18 MA 2 29935 32567 Endicott College
79 21 MI 2 20519 25285 490 640 510 630 23 29 Hope College
79 21 WI 2 21074 25053 555 693 578 713 26 31 Lawrence University
79 21 OR 2 25079 31438 600 690 590 680 27 31 Lewis & Clark College
79 21 IA 2 22099 25213 448 573 480 625 23 28 Luther College
79 21 TN 2 24675 26744 580 670 590 690 27 31 Rhodes College
79 21 MN 2 19009 22863 480 550 460 590 22 28 Saint Johns University
79 21 VT 2 26954 28884 Saint Michael’s College
79 16 TX 2 25405 31567 600 700 620 710 28 32 Southern Methodist University
79 16 CO 2 23762 28167 550 660 560 650 26 31 University of Denver
79 18 PA 2 27396 31541 510 600 520 620 23 28 University of Scranton
79 21 MA 2 27031 28414 Wheaton College
78 21 NY 2 29038 31685 Bard College
78 16 OH 1 540 660 590 690 26 31 Miami University-Oxford
78 15 MI 1 450 590 540 670 24 29 Michigan State University
78 15 NC 1 570 660 600 690 26 31 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
78 18 CT 2 32550 36515 490 590 490 600 22 27 Quinnipiac University
78 21 OR 2 17437 24046 660 750 620 730 29 33 Reed College
78 20 CA 2 20278 24228 Touro University Worldwide
78 15 MN 1 560 700 620 750 26 31 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
78 16 NH 1 490 590 500 610 22 27 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
78 17 CA 2 28248 32528 540 650 560 660 26 30 University of San Diego
78 21 PA 2 25367 28139 Ursinus College
78 21 VA 1 530 620 530 620 23 28 Virginia Military Institute
78 21 OR 2 25609 29655 Willamette University
77 21 IL 2 19425 24409 Augustana College
77 19 RI 2 33475 35916 Bryant University
77 22 MI 2 22370 24431 520 635 530 650 23 29 Calvin College
77 16 CO 1 600 690 650 730 29 32 Colorado School of Mines
77 18 IA 2 24280 27402 510 650 540 690 25 30 Drake University
77 16 PA 2 25692 30803 525 610 530 620 24 29 Duquesne University
77 21 NY 2 23818 32857 580 680 580 670 26 30 Hobart William Smith Colleges
77 21 IL 2 20635 23448 Knox College
77 15 IN 1 520 630 550 690 25 31 Purdue University-Main Campus
77 21 IN 2 19659 20840 500 590 480 570 22 28 Saint Mary’s College
77 21 GA 2 35249 37883 500 590 480 580 22 26 Spelman College
77 16 TX 2 26735 34011 530 630 540 650 25 30 Texas Christian University
77 20 TX 2 15470 24241 580 690 580 680 27 31 Trinity University
77 15 CA 1 520 630 540 660 25 30 University of California-Santa Cruz

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77 21 CA 2 28323 31901 520 650 520 630 23 29 Westmont College
76 21 PA 2 21123 26677 Allegheny College
76 18 MN 2 20206 25726 530 655 460 608 21 28 Bethel University
76 15 IN 1 520 630 540 660 24 30 Indiana University-Bloomington
76 18 OH 2 24155 26647 490 590 500 610 22 27 John Carroll University
76 21 PA 2 24264 26199 Juniata College
76 20 PA 2 22336 26663 480 600 490 620 21 28 Lebanon Valley College
76 20 MA 1 460 560 490 590 20 26 Massachusetts Maritime Academy
76 22 PA 2 23514 26053 510 630 510 640 22 29 Messiah College
76 21 MD 2 22968 28653 610 730 570 710 27 33 St. John’s College
76 22 IN 2 20637 25914 470 630 480 620 22 29 Taylor University
76 21 OH 2 22025 25066 520 670 550 680 24 30 The College of Wooster
76 22 NY 1 570 660 620 690 26 30 United States Merchant Marine Academy
76 15 MA 1 550 650 580 680 25 30 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
76 17 MN 2 25188 30832 500 660 550 630 24 29 University of St Thomas
76 21 PA 2 19864 28201 Washington & Jefferson College
75 16 AL 1 530 620 530 640 24 30 Auburn University
75 20 VA 1 530 630 530 620 23 28 Christopher Newport University
75 17 MA 2 20467 24490 Clark University
75 19 OH 2 22207 24713 540 670 500 630 22 28 Franciscan University of Steubenville
75 18 NY 2 30696 32635 Ithaca College
75 16 IL 2 31302 34673 520 630 510 630 24 29 Loyola University Chicago
75 17 MO 2 24551 27337 440 550 460 600 22 27 Maryville University of Saint Louis
75 18 NY 2 26793 28263 490 580 490 590 21 26 Molloy College
75 18 WA 2 30783 32995 540 640 530 650 25 30 Seattle University
75 21 NY 2 23041 26933 Siena College
75 21 NH 2 26874 19672 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
75 21 KY 2 19447 23982 Transylvania University
75 16 OH 2 25546 25804 500 610 520 630 24 29 University of Dayton
74 19 MA 2 26790 28604 Assumption College
74 16 TX 2 29433 32721 550 650 570 660 26 30 Baylor University
74 19 IL 2 21455 27170 480 620 480 620 22 28 Bradley University
74 18 IN 2 28740 30845 530 630 530 638 25 30 Butler University
74 19 SC 2 19300 20120 460 610 468 590 20 26 Columbia International University
74 21 PA 2 25144 29133 500 610 490 550 21 28 Elizabethtown College
74 15 IA 1 460 610 520 660 22 28 Iowa State University
74 19 PA 2 21693 24248 470 570 480 570 22 26 Misericordia University
74 22 OH 2 22159 24326 510 600 520 635 23 28 Ohio Northern University
74 16 MO 2 25110 28875 540 660 570 670 25 31 Saint Louis University
74 18 MA 2 24712 28923 550 650 530 610 24 29 Simmons College
74 17 NY 1 520 630 550 630 23 27 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
74 18 NY 1 480 560 510 580 22 25 SUNY Cortland
74 21 PA 2 20948 25041 Susquehanna University
74 15 NY 1 520 610 550 660 24 29 University at Buffalo
74 18 CA 2 27429 31896 490 590 490 600 22 27 University of Redlands
74 16 VT 1 550 650 550 650 25 30 University of Vermont
73 21 TX 2 20050 24685 540 660 550 660 23 29 Austin College
73 21 WI 2 9213 12537 520 680 545 690 24 30 Beloit College
73 18 CA 2 29003 31039 493 590 500 610 22 27 California Lutheran University
73 21 MN 2 19186 22124 Concordia College at Moorhead
73 18 NE 2 24458 28011 520 630 530 650 24 30 Creighton University
73 17 IL 2 28291 30995 DePaul University
73 19 MA 2 30361 31561 Merrimack College
73 19 NJ 1 480 590 490 600 21 26 Ramapo College of New Jersey
73 17 NY 2 25259 27128 480 560 490 590 22 26 Saint John Fisher College
73 18 CA 2 28811 35830 480 590 470 570 22 28 Saint Mary’s College of California
73 21 WI 2 21194 26209 450 620 510 610 22 27 Saint Norbert College
73 21 PA 2 19838 22503 470 580 470 580 20 26 Saint Vincent College
73 18 AL 2 27761 30207 520 620 500 618 23 29 Samford University
73 16 CA 1 490 600 510 620 23 28 San Diego State University
73 21 MD 1 510 640 490 610 23 29 St Mary’s College of Maryland
73 15 CA 1 460 580 480 610 21 27 University of California-Riverside
73 15 SC 1 560 650 560 650 25 30 University of South Carolina-Columbia
73 16 OK 2 23822 24399 550 690 550 700 26 33 University of Tulsa
73 21 MD 2 28178 30714 Washington College
73 20 WA 2 22906 29831 500 640 500 620 22 29 Whitworth University
72 18 NC 1 510 620 520 620 23 27 Appalachian State University
72 17 CA 2 29007 31419 480 610 470 610 21 27 Biola University
72 22 OH 2 18107 20918 540 660 540 650 23 29 Cedarville University
72 19 CA 2 30366 32199 450 563 468 560 21 25 Dominican University of California
72 16 IL 1 21 26 Illinois State University
72 18 FL 2 29572 30820 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
72 21 PA 2 17435 22754 470 550 470 570 20 25 Lycoming College
72 21 MS 2 19745 25316 523 610 523 630 23 28 Millsaps College
72 18 MO 2 22646 23627 518 593 468 573 23 28 Rockhurst University
72 18 FL 2 27837 31828 Rollins College
72 21 NH 2 26871 30061 520 610 530 610 23 28 Saint Anselm College
72 21 TX 2 19789 23460 530 650 520 630 23 28 Southwestern University
72 18 NY 2 16100 19562 450 550 450 560 20 25 St. Joseph’s College-New York
72 18 NY 1 500 600 510 600 23 27 State University of New York at New Paltz
72 15 NY 1 550 660 600 710 26 31 Stony Brook University
72 20 NY 1 490 580 490 580 22 26 SUNY Oneonta
72 19 MO 1 550 680 520 650 24 30 Truman State University
72 15 IA 1 480 640 540 680 23 28 University of Iowa
72 18 VA 1 510 620 500 590 22 27 University of Mary Washington
72 18 NC 1 560 630 570 630 22 26 University of North Carolina Wilmington
72 15 OR 1 490 610 490 610 22 27 University of Oregon
72 17 CA 2 26514 35662 510 620 520 630 23 28 University of San Francisco
72 21 IN 2 16151 22242 490 590 530 640 23 28 Wabash College
72 18 OH 2 26358 27427 490 580 520 610 23 28 Xavier University
71 21 MI 2 15786 20820 430 590 450 620 20 26 Albion College
71 22 SD 2 17044 20873 440 610 490 620 23 29 Augustana University
71 18 NY 2 20090 23393 480 590 490 600 22 28 Canisius College
71 17 NY 2 26110 30590 520 620 560 663 24 29 Clarkson University
71 21 IN 2 21256 23847 Earlham College
71 21 IN 2 21420 25848 470 580 470 570 22 27 Hanover College
71 21 NY 2 18984 22039 480 630 483 610 21 28 Houghton College
71 16 IL 2 21317 24732 510 640 620 720 26 31 Illinois Institute of Technology
71 22 IA 2 15426 18437 483 633 455 613 20 25 Loras College
71 19 NY 2 31904 32737 490 590 510 620 23 28 Manhattan College
71 18 NY 3 15927 16565 Monroe College

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71 19 MD 2 29920 31858 480 580 460 580 19 24 Mount St. Mary’s University
71 19 WA 2 22065 27022 490 610 490 620 22 28 Pacific Lutheran University
71 18 CA 2 27290 31553 510 620 520 620 23 28 Point Loma Nazarene University
71 17 NJ 1 500 600 520 630 22 27 Rowan University
71 17 WA 2 26150 29247 500 620 490 610 21 27 Seattle Pacific University
71 15 PA 1 Temple University
71 18 MD 1 490 580 490 580 21 25 Towson University
71 21 PA 2 19024 22027 470 580 470 580 20 26 Westminster College
70 21 GA 2 20105 22822 Agnes Scott College
70 17 CA 2 25432 27897 450 560 450 570 20 26 Azusa Pacific University
70 18 TN 2 32539 35629 530 630 510 620 24 29 Belmont University
70 21 VT 2 21196 34645 Bennington College
70 16 DC 2 32876 32454 Catholic University of America
70 16 PA 2 31935 37318 520 630 560 670 25 30 Drexel University
70 15 VA 1 530 620 530 630 24 29 George Mason University
70 21 MA 2 24078 27393 450 600 440 610 22 29 Gordon College
70 21 IL 2 22265 25773 Lake Forest College
70 21 OR 2 24397 26444 460 590 460 560 20 24 Linfield College-McMinnville Campus
70 18 NJ 2 28334 32704 460 550 470 570 21 25 Monmouth University
70 19 NE 2 22449 24623 470 590 480 640 21 27 Nebraska Wesleyan University
70 21 AR 2 18120 20410 470 610 480 590 21 28 Ouachita Baptist University
70 18 IL 2 21233 20830 Robert Morris University Illinois
70 18 MA 2 21471 26898 450 550 450 570 24 28 Springfield College
70 18 NJ 1 470 570 490 590 19 24 Stockton University
70 15 CO 1 520 640 550 670 25 30 University of Colorado Boulder
70 18 PA 1 480 570 490 580 21 25 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
69 18 CA 1 440 560 460 600 20 27 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
69 18 CA 1 440 550 440 550 19 24 California State University-Chico
69 18 CA 1 460 570 470 590 20 26 California State University-Long Beach
69 18 SC 1 470 580 480 580 20 25 Citadel Military College of South Carolina
69 18 SC 1 500 600 500 590 22 27 College of Charleston
69 22 MO 2 13135 13052 525 566 500 593 21 25 College of the Ozarks
69 22 IA 2 20167 23237 450 600 470 600 22 27 Dordt College
69 19 IL 2 15642 18794 450 590 450 580 20 26 Elmhurst College
69 21 AR 2 19313 22982 550 690 550 670 26 32 Hendrix College
69 21 PA 2 24398 28901 450 560 450 560 21 25 Moravian College
69 18 NY 2 27722 30795 Nazareth College
69 19 IL 2 20222 24724 480 590 500 580 22 27 North Central College
69 22 PA 1 440 540 460 570 20 24 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
69 18 MD 1 Salisbury University
69 21 VT 2 35494 35530 Sterling College
69 16 AL 1 490 610 490 620 23 31 The University of Alabama
69 15 TN 1 520 620 520 630 24 30 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
69 15 FL 1 540 630 540 640 24 28 University of Central Florida
69 20 IN 2 21359 24430 490 600 500 620 23 29 University of Evansville
69 21 IA 2 20396 24676 422 520 480 550 21 26 Wartburg College
69 18 WA 1 500 620 490 600 23 28 Western Washington University
68 17 NY 2 30041 31353 500 600 510 610 22 27 Adelphi University
68 21 AL 2 23126 24161 500 610 490 570 23 28 Birmingham Southern College
68 21 IA 2 24362 26834 475 655 495 620 23 29 Cornell College
68 18 PA 2 23168 25970 480 590 460 590 22 27 DeSales University
68 22 IN 2 14309 17850 430 623 440 573 22 29 Goshen College
68 21 IL 2 15852 20939 Illinois College
68 18 NY 2 26565 28687 450 550 440 550 20 25 Iona College
68 21 MD 2 18839 22457 490 600 490 610 21 28 McDaniel College
68 21 IL 2 490 620 480 620 22 28 Principia College
68 18 CO 2 21516 25052 480 600 470 570 22 26 Regis University
68 21 WI 2 17632 21262 440 580 420 580 21 26 Ripon College
68 17 NY 2 23874 25082 550 650 590 680 26 31 Rochester Institute of Technology
68 19 RI 2 19060 21229 Salve Regina University
68 18 PA 1 450 540 460 550 19 23 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
68 18 NY 1 450 550 470 570 20 25 SUNY College at Brockport
68 20 CA 2 22833 25037 490 630 460 580 21 28 The Master’s University and Seminary
68 16 NY 2 35586 42599 520 640 510 640 23 28 The New School
68 17 TN 2 25156 27760 530 660 490 640 23 30 Union University
68 18 MI 2 20933 23234 460 620 500 660 22 27 University of Detroit Mercy
68 15 MO 1 500 640 520 650 23 29 University of Missouri-Columbia
68 15 OK 1 520 665 540 680 23 29 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
68 17 CA 2 28898 37650 500 630 530 670 23 30 University of the Pacific
68 19 WI 1 22 26 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
68 18 WI 1 23 27 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
68 21 OH 2 21804 24065 Wittenberg University
68 22 NE 2 14227 17191 410 500 400 470 17 23 York College
67 21 MI 2 19746 21959 420 590 460 593 21 26 Alma College
67 17 AZ 1 480 590 480 590 21 26 Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
67 15 AZ 1 500 630 520 650 22 28 Arizona State University-Tempe
67 18 OH 2 19775 23388 Baldwin Wallace University
67 21 IA 2 18945 22303 510 620 510 650 22 28 Coe College
67 15 CO 1 510 620 510 630 23 28 Colorado State University-Fort Collins
67 18 NE 2 19577 20790 440 535 450 568 20 27 Concordia University-Nebraska
67 21 GA 2 20701 23293 540 670 510 630 24 29 Covenant College
67 21 MA 2 27335 30767 520 600 510 600 23 27 Emmanuel College
67 17 PA 2 25409 26570 440 550 420 530 18 23 Immaculata University
67 18 NY 2 21935 23976 490 600 510 610 22 28 Le Moyne College
67 16 MI 1 500 655 568 680 25 30 Michigan Technological University
67 18 NY 2 18955 20850 460 560 470 570 21 25 Niagara University
67 21 OH 2 22841 28300 Ohio Wesleyan University
67 18 PA 2 22628 26099 480 570 480 590 20 27 Saint Francis University
67 15 TX 1 550 670 590 710 25 31 The University of Texas at Dallas
67 15 OH 1 510 640 520 650 23 28 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
67 18 TX 2 19035 25464 520 660 520 630 23 30 University of Dallas
67 15 NE 1 480 630 510 650 22 28 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
67 15 FL 1 530 620 540 630 24 28 University of South Florida-Main Campus
67 18 WA 1 440 570 470 600 20 25 University of Washington-Bothell Campus
67 19 NY 2 25971 32060 Wagner College
67 15 WA 1 460 580 470 585 20 26 Washington State University
66 20 GA 2 20416 23613 530 630 530 610 24 29 Berry College
66 20 IN 2 18680 22049 440 560 470 590 20 25 Bethel College-Indiana
66 21 VA 2 18008 20988 460 560 450 550 20 26 Bridgewater College
66 22 MT 2 22529 25351 490 600 500 620 22 28 Carroll College
66 18 NY 1 550 640 600 690 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

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Average net price for publics may not take into account in-state versus out-of-state differences, or blend them together to obscure what may be the average in-state net price and average out-of-state net price.

But for many students and parents, net price, even for in-state publics, is critical in their ability to afford the school.

However, the best way to assess whether a college is in financial reach is generally its own net price calculator.

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Don’t forget the high school academic record (some combination of courses, grades, GPA, rank), which is often the single most important aspect in many colleges’ frosh admissions criteria.

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Good point.

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I find that acceptance rate to be a much better metric for reach/match/safety.

I also think that some of the schools not reporting SAT’s are test optional so they don’t thing its important.

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Not necessarily. The strength of the applicant pool matters. For example, CSUDH has a lower admission rate than UIUC, but it is not likely that UIUC is easier to get into than CSUDH.

Also, a school may have different admission rates for different buckets of applicants. UT Austin is an example: 100% admission rate for those who meet the automatic admission criteria, much lower for all others (overall admission rate of 39% is a blend of all of the buckets); there is also admission to majors.

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There are always exceptions…

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Some schools have higher acceptances rates because of the self selected but high quality pools. And adding 10000 unqualified applications to the pile based on common app and reputation does not make it more or less competitive. Your competition will be from the 25 to 75 stat range. You must be stand out from the others in that group unless you have advantages of legacy diversity or athletics

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Here is the data for top 100 publics (by grad rate) with average net price included.

94 15 1 VA 14374 21087 620 720 620 740 29 33 University of Virginia-Main Campus
92 15 1 CA 13920 20858 620 750 650 790 31 34 University of California-Berkeley
91 16 1 VA 10238 20384 630 730 620 740 28 33 College of William and Mary
91 15 1 CA 12416 19939 570 710 590 760 28 33 University of California-Los Angeles
91 15 1 MI 10106 16677 640 730 670 770 29 33 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
91 15 1 NC 12074 19370 600 700 610 720 28 33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
87 18 1 NJ 25666 30386 540 640 560 660 25 30 The College of New Jersey
87 22 1 CT 530 620 530 620 23 28 United States Coast Guard Academy
87 15 1 CA 13820 21596 490 620 570 710 24 30 University of California-Irvine
87 15 1 CA 13367 20277 560 680 610 770 27 33 University of California-San Diego
87 15 1 FL 8732 11716 580 680 600 690 27 31 University of Florida
87 15 1 MD 16013 20346 590 690 620 730 29 33 University of Maryland-College Park
86 15 1 GA 12284 14690 640 730 680 770 30 34 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
86 15 1 PA 26481 31105 530 630 560 670 25 29 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
86 21 1 NY 580 690 600 700 26 31 United States Military Academy
86 21 1 MD 580 690 600 700 26 31 United States Naval Academy
85 15 1 CA 14186 20416 510 630 540 700 25 31 University of California-Davis
85 15 1 IL 16782 24097 580 690 705 790 26 32 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
85 15 1 WI 16445 21835 560 660 640 760 27 31 University of Wisconsin-Madison
84 15 1 OH 15463 20029 540 670 620 740 27 31 Ohio State University-Main Campus
84 15 1 GA 14556 16305 570 670 570 670 26 31 University of Georgia
84 15 1 WA 8984 18765 540 660 580 710 26 32 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
84 15 1 VA 17684 21740 540 640 560 680 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
83 16 1 NY 18547 21787 600 690 630 710 28 31 Binghamton University
83 21 1 CO 600 690 620 720 27 33 United States Air Force Academy
83 15 1 DE 13909 17736 530 640 530 640 22 29 University of Delaware
82 18 1 VA 17369 22359 510 610 520 610 22 27 James Madison University
82 15 1 CA 14176 21037 550 660 570 730 27 32 University of California-Santa Barbara
82 15 1 CT 18522 23635 550 650 570 690 26 31 University of Connecticut
81 15 1 SC 16863 18563 560 660 590 680 26 31 Clemson University
81 20 1 NY 18480 21620 540 650 550 650 25 29 SUNY College at Geneseo
81 15 1 TX 16718 22554 560 680 580 730 26 32 The University of Texas at Austin
81 15 1 PA 25729 29414 590 680 600 700 27 32 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
80 18 1 CA 16165 20865 560 660 590 700 26 31 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
80 15 1 FL 16097 18922 560 640 550 640 25 29 Florida State University
80 15 1 NJ 19937 26125 530 650 580 700 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
80 15 1 TX 15969 21589 520 640 550 670 24 30 Texas A & M University-College Station
78 16 1 OH 22132 22438 540 660 590 690 26 31 Miami University-Oxford
78 15 1 MI 18143 22871 450 590 540 670 24 29 Michigan State University
78 15 1 NC 13244 18226 570 660 600 690 26 31 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
78 15 1 MN 12781 19554 560 700 620 750 26 31 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
78 16 1 NH 22656 27331 490 590 500 610 22 27 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
78 21 1 VA 8798 18241 530 620 530 620 23 28 Virginia Military Institute
77 16 1 CO 22525 28699 600 690 650 730 29 32 Colorado School of Mines
77 15 1 IN 10828 17605 520 630 550 690 25 31 Purdue University-Main Campus
77 15 1 CA 15083 23467 520 630 540 660 25 30 University of California-Santa Cruz
76 15 1 IN 12796 19209 520 630 540 660 24 30 Indiana University-Bloomington
76 20 1 MA 10235 15960 460 560 490 590 20 26 Massachusetts Maritime Academy
76 22 1 NY 8535 8535 570 660 620 690 26 30 United States Merchant Marine Academy
76 15 1 MA 14823 20963 550 650 580 680 25 30 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
75 16 1 AL 23286 24591 530 620 530 640 24 30 Auburn University
75 20 1 VA 20285 23631 530 630 530 620 23 28 Christopher Newport University
74 15 1 IA 12602 15676 460 610 520 660 22 28 Iowa State University
74 17 1 NY 16523 19296 520 630 550 630 23 27 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
74 18 1 NY 19572 21965 480 560 510 580 22 25 SUNY Cortland
74 15 1 NY 18971 21721 520 610 550 660 24 29 University at Buffalo
74 16 1 VT 15687 20255 550 650 550 650 25 30 University of Vermont
73 19 1 NJ 21844 25816 480 590 490 600 21 26 Ramapo College of New Jersey
73 16 1 CA 14896 19468 490 600 510 620 23 28 San Diego State University
73 21 1 MD 15744 20823 510 640 490 610 23 29 St Mary’s College of Maryland
73 15 1 CA 11685 18190 460 580 480 610 21 27 University of California-Riverside
73 15 1 SC 19581 20815 560 650 560 650 25 30 University of South Carolina-Columbia
72 18 1 NC 13590 17798 510 620 520 620 23 27 Appalachian State University
72 16 1 IL 20682 24959 21 26 Illinois State University
72 18 1 NY 18547 21556 500 600 510 600 23 27 State University of New York at New Paltz
72 15 1 NY 16227 19165 550 660 600 710 26 31 Stony Brook University
72 20 1 NY 17210 20232 490 580 490 580 22 26 SUNY Oneonta
72 19 1 MO 11969 14940 550 680 520 650 24 30 Truman State University
72 15 1 IA 13418 16607 480 640 540 680 23 28 University of Iowa
72 18 1 VA 20021 24554 510 620 500 590 22 27 University of Mary Washington
72 18 1 NC 17014 19628 560 630 570 630 22 26 University of North Carolina Wilmington
72 15 1 OR 14086 20313 490 610 490 610 22 27 University of Oregon
71 17 1 NJ 22834 27296 500 600 520 630 22 27 Rowan University
71 15 1 PA 20449 22795 Temple University
71 18 1 MD 16901 20975 490 580 490 580 21 25 Towson University
70 15 1 VA 18989 21584 530 620 530 630 24 29 George Mason University
70 18 1 NJ 19630 22554 470 570 490 590 19 24 Stockton University
70 15 1 CO 21439 27315 520 640 550 670 25 30 University of Colorado Boulder
70 18 1 PA 20434 23842 480 570 490 580 21 25 West Chester University of Pennsylvania
69 18 1 CA 13335 18239 440 560 460 600 20 27 California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
69 18 1 CA 15054 19178 440 550 440 550 19 24 California State University-Chico
69 18 1 CA 11271 15460 460 570 470 590 20 26 California State University-Long Beach
69 18 1 SC 19229 19652 470 580 480 580 20 25 Citadel Military College of South Carolina
69 18 1 SC 18699 21653 500 600 500 590 22 27 College of Charleston
69 22 1 PA 23115 26907 440 540 460 570 20 24 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
69 18 1 MD 18298 21096 Salisbury University
69 16 1 AL 22425 23666 490 610 490 620 23 31 The University of Alabama
69 15 1 TN 21552 23942 520 620 520 630 24 30 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
69 15 1 FL 16163 18882 540 630 540 640 24 28 University of Central Florida
69 18 1 WA 15270 20572 500 620 490 600 23 28 Western Washington University
68 18 1 PA 18074 21911 450 540 460 550 19 23 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
68 18 1 NY 16899 19277 450 550 470 570 20 25 SUNY College at Brockport
68 15 1 MO 15203 19545 500 640 520 650 23 29 University of Missouri-Columbia
68 15 1 OK 17879 21165 520 665 540 680 23 29 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
68 19 1 WI 14995 18217 22 26 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
68 18 1 WI 14121 16793 23 27 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
67 17 1 AZ 13744 16178 480 590 480 590 21 26 Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
67 15 1 AZ 14194 15564 500 630 520 650 22 28 Arizona State University-Tempe
67 15 1 CO 15705 22814 510 620 510 630 23 28 Colorado State University-Fort Collins
67 16 1 MI 12080 17643 500 655 568 680 25 30 Michigan Technological University