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BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK
MIDWEST COLLEGES

1	

COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS (MO)	

68%	 11	

48%	

6	 -2%	 27	 119	 14%	 12	 33%	 27%	 45	33295	 29715	57	 9894	 24	 100%	 1	 69%	 1

2	
3	

National Louis University (IL)	

61%	 245	

42%	

University of Illinois-Chicago (IL)*	

67%	 192	

63%	

100	 -6%	 54	 930	 19%	

4	

Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign (IL)*	 86%	 21	

79%	

37	 -6%	 61	 1176	 5%	

62	 24%	 20%	 74	 59780	 57858	103	 11179	 70	 82%	

5	

University of Notre Dame (IN)	

85	 79%	 92

96%	 3	

93%	

101	 -3%	 21	 213	 -0%	 169	 10%	 15%	 303	74872	 70271	46	 12492	 107	 95%	

6	

Milwaukee School of Engineering (WI)	 60%	128	

3	 90%	 72

7	

Ohio Northern University (OH)	

73%	 2	

62%	

28	 -17%	266	 94	 2%	 129	 24%	 23%	 136	62775	 50865	 4	 20075	 304	 85%	 18	 82%	 137

8	

College of Saint Benedict (MN)	

83%	 68	

75%	

36	 -4%	 83	 107	 4%	 101	 18%	 19%	 192	50960	 44085	 13	 18518	 250	 94%	 64	 87%	 38

3	 17%	 1	

5	 10%	 23	 48%	 42%	 42	44069	 33347	 8	 14279	 139	 53%	 348	 46%	 28
1	 42%	 32%	 18	 53631	 49164	48	 11530	 85	 73%	 221	 67%	 40

68%	 329	 -9%	 110	 79	 16%	 7	 25%	 17%	 29	69581	57686	3	 17135	 200	 84%	 20	 80%	104

9	

Wilberforce University (OH)	

19%	 365	

26%	

314	 23%	 2	

10	

Illinois State University (IL)*	

74%	 117	

62%	

15	 -11%	 160	 504	 -1%	 208	 29%	 30%	 191	47003	 37368	 9	 16220	 194	 79%	 129	 71%	 21

27	 7%	 48	 44%	 45%	 203	32967	 28753	 45	 12912	 75	 39%	 342	 21%	 2

11	

Michigan State University (MI)*	

80%	 57	

68%	

13	 -12%	 192	 1252	 -3%	 259	 21%	 27%	 319	52742	 47696	36	 11582	 88	 77%	 167	 74%	 106

12	

Western Illinois University (IL)*	

61%	 116	

53%	

42	 -15%	 252	 357	 4%	 83	 37%	 39%	 246	42812	 37069	 15	 14533	 126	 72%	 160	 61%	 15

13	

Goshen College (IN)	

70%	 6	

58%	

24	 -15%	230	 30	 -3%	 240	39%	 31%	 22	38300	 36211	93	15449	 140	 83%	 25	 67%	 5

14	

Truman State University (MO)*	

71%	 23	

67%	

109	 -9%	 100	 201	 3%	 104	 21%	 20%	 142	44655	 43462	117	 9746	 30	 84%	

15	

Lake Forest College (IL)	

73%	 161	

67%	

55	 4%	 15	 111	 2%	 140	 25%	 26%	 193	50018	 46705	56	 18341	 243	 86%	 152	 80%	 50

16	

Eastern Illinois University (IL)*	

63%	 88	

53%	

31	 -11%	 156	 268	 -4%	 261	 34%	 40%	 315	41585	 35354	12	 12361	 79	 69%	 205	 65%	 115

17	

MO Univ. of Science & Technology (MO)*	 68%	 180	

64%	

99	 -12%	 188	 154	 9%	 25	 22%	 20%	 122	68855	 61665	19	 12002	 96	 87%	

41	 79%	 23

18	

Northwestern University (IL)	

94%	 4	

94%	

196	 -1%	 16	 275	 1%	 136	 14%	 16%	 232	 67817	 67654	155	 9998	 48	 90%	

15	 90%	 199

19	

Buena Vista University (IA)	

61%	 121	

57%	

114	 -3%	 23	 47	 12%	 19	 36%	 33%	116	39853	35106	23	16710	190	 72%	 156	68%	108

22	 80%	 111

20	

Dominican University (IL)	

65%	 70	

62%	

135	 -5%	 48	 145	 13%	

13	 50%	 34%	

5	 46030	 46645	210	 16192	 173	 72%	

155	 63%	 25

21	

Wisconsin Lutheran College (WI)	

61%	 38	

60%	

169	 6%	

49	 29%	 26%	 101	 40968	 42708	243	 16342	 170	 82%	

35	 76%	 65

22	

Metropolitan State University (MN)*	

60%	 262	

45%	

7	 -0%	 14	 16	

23	

Beloit College (WI)	

79%	100	

73%	

52	 7%	 6	 58	 -1%	 197	17%	 21%	300	41435	44735	
296	8614	 11	 84%	 172	82%	151

24	

Univ. of Nebraska-Kearney (NE)*	

57%	 164	

54%	

122	 -7%	 76	 218	 2%	 127	 36%	 32%	 92	 40354	 37428	58	 14212	 119	 76%	 95	 67%	 27

25	

Kettering University (MI)	

62%	 96	

67%	

277	 -11%	 161	 55	 5%	 69	 18%	 20%	 215	80492	 59024	 1	 33233	 372	 89%	

26	

Illinois Institute of Technology (IL)	

71%	 135	

70%	

152	 -8%	 103	 101	 11%	 14	 32%	 22%	 19	 70881	 66180	43	 18449	 268	 85%	 50	 73%	 3

27	

Univ. of Wisconsin-Green Bay (WI)*	

54%	210	

54%	 189	-3%	 24	 145	 -4%	 253	36%	 32%	 69	40050	38642	
105	11641	 55	 78%	 71	 72%	 49

28	

University of Illinois-Springfield (IL)*	

57%	 178	

51%	

78	 -4%	 36	 48	 2%	 128	 37%	 32%	 62	 44311	 42702	97	 10005	 34	 67%	 224	 64%	 149

57%	

39	 -15%	243	 131	 -4%	 254	48%	 32%	 3	 49100	40030	5	 15832	 161	 63%	 267	 67%	280

9	

59	

7%	

3%	 93	 37%	 37%	 172	47297	 45007	94	 14610	 149	 65%	 295	 58%	 26

5	 81%	 34

29	

Indiana Wesleyan University (IN)	

66%	 62	

30	

Fort Hays State University (KS)*	

62%	102	 40%	

31	

Illinois College (IL)	

72%	167	 59%	 10	-11%	263	60	 5%	 72	 31%	27%	60	40814	40116	
131	13552	99	 85%	 165	73%	 6

5	 -16%	270	132	-9%	332	39%	35%	94	38431	38143	
148	
10826	45	 69%	 196	58%	13

32	

University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI)*	

85%	 24	

80%	

61	 -5%	 51	 721	 -3%	 264	 17%	 21%	 269	 55119	 58076	269	 11622	 89	

33	

Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)	

81%	 82	

76%	

74	 -0%	 38	 126	 5%	

34	

Indiana University-Bloomington (IN)*	

78%	 67	

70%	

30	 -12%	 199	 992	 -5%	 291	 22%	 24%	 237	 47130	 46867	151	 8113	

26	 78%	 150	 76%	 140

261	 -4%	 29	 186	 -1%	 195	 16%	 15%	 146	 67242	 71360	302	 4339	

4	

35	

University of Chicago (IL)	

93%	 5	

97%	

36	

Bethel University (IN)	

68%	 51	

53%	

67%	 60	

37	

University of Northern Iowa (IA)*	

38	

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (MI)*	 92%	 9	

39	

Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)*	

88%	

31	 81%	 35

78	 15%	 18%	 282	50705	 49339	113	 14806	 122	 88%	 120	 89%	 227

90%	

19	 90%	 220

11	 -9%	 117	 82	 8%	 44	 34%	 36%	 213	 36815	 35373	102	16438	 180	 70%	 184	 65%	 80

64%	

144	 -6%	 58	 257	 -0%	 175	 23%	 28%	 298	44034	 41395	 63	 13714	 111	 78%	

89%	

138	 -7%	 69	 797	 -0%	 180	 18%	 19%	 186	 61544	 64170	262	 6353	

76	 78%	 209

10	 80%	 109	 86%	 331

63%	 91	

61%	

146	 -8%	 87	 286	 3%	 117	 31%	 31%	 184	 40231	 43155	294	 11232	 49	 83%	

40	 Millikin University (IL)	

63%	 25	

56%	

60	 -16%	254	 97	 3%	 105	 31%	 30%	 155	43263	 36832	20	 18160	 233	 74%	 103	 70%	 127

41	

70%	32	

56%	 14	-8%	86	 30	 0%	 157	30%	35%	314	
44920	42877	
80	18108	237	78%	 70	72%	57

Mount Mercy University (IA)	

8	

29	 75%	 31

42	

Univ. of Minnesota-Crookston (MN)*	

51%	 146	

45%	

83	 -6%	 70	 41	 -11%	 347	 30%	 29%	 153	 42583	 42539	159	 8561	

43	

Saint Mary's College (IN)	

80%	 93	

72%	

43	 -4%	 90	 70	 -5%	 269	 18%	 21%	 274	47255	 44458	67	 14959	 129	 89%	 102	 85%	 81

74%	 104	 70%	 133

44	 Herzing University (WI)°	

34%	 347	

29%	

89	 12%	 3	

45	

62%	 111	

44%	

8	

46	 Hiram College (OH)	

61%	 39	

48%	

17	 -5%	 65	

75	

0%	 158	 40%	 32%	 26	 40166	 40398	174	 20567	 320	 69%	 169	 60%	 36

47	

68%	 10	

60%	

44	 -5%	 68	

55	

-2%	 218	 18%	 28%	 364	 43898	 44623	208	 14941	 127	 87%	

59%	 59	

59%	

193	 -9%	 121	 37	 7%	 52	 36%	 28%	 30	42858	37916	31	 19578	 293	 75%	 82	 67%	 39

49	 Purdue University-Main (IN)*	

71%	 142	

74%	

268	 -9%	 120	 910	 -8%	 342	 20%	 26%	 333	 55962	 55308	137	 6753	 14	 83%	

50	

67%	 212	

61%	

Madonna University (MI)	

Loras College (IA)	

48	 Trinity Christian College (IL)	

Ripon College (WI)	

52  September/October 2020

13	 17%	 5	 53%	 51%	 127	41020	 32353	 6	 23305	 350	 35%	 363	 39%	 282

-3%	 22	 36	 -5%	 283	 41%	 36%	 56	 39975	 40055	165	 12923	 95	

57%	 300	 58%	 211

11	 84%	 131

73	 79%	 68

57	 -5%	 106	 53	 4%	 94	 30%	 25%	 47	44709	42252	75	 15460	 141	 82%	 199	 77%	 78
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