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BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK
SOUTHERN COLLEGES

1	

BEREA COLLEGE (KY)	

65%	 58	

2	

Texas A&M Univ.-College Station (TX)*	 81%	 9	

72%	

11	 -6%	 47	 1463	 -2%	 147	 30%	 25%	 76	 56961	 54320	39	 13156	 95	 85%	

3	

Univ. of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (TX)*	

50%	 138	

56%	

132	 -4%	 28	 904	 19%	 4	 54%	 39%	 3	 41415	 39699	54	 3298	

4	

Texas A&M University-Texarkana (TX)*	 63%	 18	

46%	

5	

Rust College (MS)	

24%	205	

49%	

3	 -27%	206	 233	 41%	 1	 39%	 28%	 5	 33666	26938	 2	 2149	

1	 69%	 110	 53%	 5

3	

4	 75%	 8

58%	 162	 54%	 35

4	 -6%	 42	 27	 9%	 42	 47%	 38%	 24	36008	 34158	43	 9678	 35	 59%	 105	 53%	 27

27%	 100	40%	 1	 86	 6%	 62	 46%	48%	168	23719	 26531	152	9900	 28	 27%	 205	24%	 57

6	

Texas A&M International Univ. (TX)*	

51%	 71	

55%	

7	

King University (TN)	

72%	 4	

52%	

105	 -1%	 20	 296	 1%	 101	 49%	 44%	 64	 45192	 42948	32	 4769	

2	

57%	 123	 56%	 87

8	

Vanderbilt University (TN)	

93%	 2	

94%	

9	

Tougaloo College (MS)	

46%	 158	

35%	

10	

Southern Nazarene University (OK)	

40%	 148	

51%	

11	

University of Houston-Victoria (TX)*	

61%	 26	

47%	

8	 -3%	 26	 23	 -5%	 162	 46%	 45%	 125	40590	 41922	121	 8960	 27	 62%	 90	 56%	 37

12	

Tennessee Wesleyan University (TN)	

54%	 22	

52%	

44	 -16%	137	 32	 -6%	 176	44%	 33%	 10	38249	 33217	11	 8382	 7	 67%	 35	 62%	 48

13	

Southeastern OK State Univ. (OK)*	

37%	
168	 29%	 18	-10%	77	83	 2%	 95	46%	37%	20	
35496	
32142	
18	7403	 8	 57%	120	
49%	21

14	

University of Texas-El Paso (TX)*	

50%	141	 48%	 46	-8%	64	684	17%	 7	 41%	38%	88	40165	36646	
27	6989	 19	 57%	 166	56%	76

15	

Trinity University (TX)	

81%	 1	

79%	

48	 -10%	 79	 80	 5%	 67	 18%	 15%	 106	55655	 54816	64	 14639	 106	 92%	

16	

Univ. of Houston-Downtown (TX)*	

42%	 124	

44%	

88	 3%	 9	 149	 0%	 115	 52%	 42%	 21	 44341	 43384	57	 7448	 9	

1	 -12%	94	 36	 7%	 50	51%	35%	 2	42179	39388	
24	18982	169	70%	 33	59%	12
79	 -4%	 30	 197	 3%	

82	 12%	 15%	 169	66055	 65119	 68	 6363	 12	 89%	

3	 89%	 95

9	 -1%	 35	 67	 32%	 2	 29%	 34%	 183	27298	 24163	 22	 12305	 61	 41%	 197	 30%	 7
182	 16%	 2	

61	 -5%	 165	 37%	 43%	 193	47547	 43784	16	 14704	 108	 70%	 36	 64%	 30

1	 87%	 46

51%	 160	 52%	 117

17	

University of Texas-Arlington (TX)*	

55%	 104	

55%	

68	 -0%	 14	 574	 3%	

18	

Sam Houston State University (TX)*	

59%	 85	

54%	

19	 -10%	 78	 432	 -4%	 158	 42%	 38%	 82	 43654	 39876	23	 11250	 70	 65%	 113	 58%	 19
7	

75	 43%	 31%	 8	 48084	 51234	148	 11476	 72	 64%	 118	 56%	 17

19	

University of Holy Cross (LA)	

34%	 183	

48%	

191	 12%	 3	

20	

John Brown University (AR)	

69%	 6	

59%	

12	 -15%	 133	 67	 7%	 51	 29%	 21%	 30	 47225	 44250	21	 18313	 161	 79%	

-9%	 194	 47%	 43%	 79	 40585	 41017	101	 13124	 80	 67%	

54	 54%	 9
7	 73%	 36

21	

Oklahoma Baptist University (OK)	

59%	 8	

55%	

25	 -16%	 134	 87	 4%	 77	 26%	 29%	 170	38812	 34127	 14	 15596	 113	 75%	

13	 72%	 67

22	

Northeastern State University (OK)*	

41%	 133	

33%	

17	 -15%	 127	 137	 11%	 33	 42%	 34%	 36	 36045	 34128	40	 7946	 14	 56%	 126	 54%	 70

23	

Alcorn State University (MS)*	

42%	 129	

39%	

33	 4%	

24	

Wiley College (TX)^	

33%	 147	

29%	

29	 0%	 22	 30	 4%	 79	 45%	 47%	 162	26823	 20641	 5	 14545	 96	 31%	 190	 26%	 47

25	

University of North Texas (TX)*	

61%	80	 60%	 55	-6%	39	872	 5%	 55	35%	30%	73	44442	46176	
118	10536	58	 65%	 116	63%	77

26	

Dillard University (LA)	

40%	 185	

40%	

64	 -8%	 98	 110	 16%	 18	 36%	 37%	 139	34366	 31633	 29	 17262	 149	 52%	 181	 32%	 1

27	

Tarleton State University (TX)*	

52%	 56	

52%	

63	 -6%	 38	 268	 -5%	 167	 43%	 41%	 112	42439	 39735	25	 15426	 117	 65%	 73	 64%	 85

28	

Southwestern Christian Univ. (OK)^	

44%	 61	

40%	

27	 2%	 16	

29	

Univ. of Texas-Permian Basin (TX)*	

47%	 93	

45%	

42	 -2%	 25	 53	 -16%	 205	 46%	 39%	 43	 45288	 46631	122	 8333	 21	 64%	

77	 62%	 71

30	

Bryan College (TN)	

55%	 44	

50%	

26	 -8%	 53	 42	 -1%	 127	 38%	 31%	 48	 37569	 40235	158	 13852	 91	

12	 66%	 15

31	

University of Tennessee-Martin (TN)*	

50%	 73	

50%	

70	 -16%	148	 279	 10%	 34	 41%	 31%	 17	 36354	 35423	58	 8877	 25	 60%	 102	 60%	 101

5	 173	 25%	 3	 33%	 41%	 196	31179	 29426	45	 14776	 109	 33%	 200	 31%	 75

15	

3%	

83	 45%	 40%	 63	 28454	 33965	190	 10344	 32	

54%	 107	 50%	 63

76%	

32	

Randall University (OK)	

38%	190	

36%	

52	 5%	 12	 5	 3%	 86	 43%	 37%	 49	35754	29643	3	 15620	 115	 56%	 172	 56%	100

33	

Alice Lloyd College (KY)	

39%	 99	

47%	

147	 0%	 23	 46	 4%	 72	 46%	 35%	 11	32864	 31262	53	12405	 62	 58%	 88	 63%	 165

34	

Maryville College (TN)	

54%	23	

59%	 114	-7%	57	 75	 13%	 29	33%	26%	41	37657	40174	
140	
16240	125	 76%	 9	 70%	33

35	

East Central University (OK)*	

40%	 142	

35%	

24	 -14%	 120	 79	 -1%	 121	 46%	 39%	 39	 36206	 32993	20	 7595	 11	 53%	 147	 54%	 113

36	

Midwestern State University (TX)*	

50%	

50%	

66	

37	

Rice University (TX)	

92%	 3	

97%	

125	 -4%	 29	 152	 4%	

38	

Texas Woman's University (TX)*	

53%	 119	

52%	

61	 -18%	 173	 216	 -1%	 124	 41%	 39%	 104	45379	 38773	 7	 7637	 26	 64%	 124	 57%	 25

39	

LA State University-Baton Rouge (LA)*	 68%	 40	

67%	

47	 -15%	 147	 624	 -5%	 179	 27%	 26%	 117	48823	 45838	33	 11988	 77	 77%	 28	 72%	 31

78	

-10%	

70	

95	

-7%	

188	

38%	

42%	

173	 40531	

39117		 52	

8262	

18	

64%	

63	 14%	 14%	 142	66106	 73647	197	 8023	 30	 91%	

78	

62%	

74

2	 94%	 144

40	 Grambling State University (LA)*	

49%	 81	

35%	

7	 -6%	 43	 200	 16%	 12	 41%	 50%	 200	28769	 30272	123	 18082	 159	 41%	 188	 29%	 10

41	

66%	 46	

49%	

2	 -7%	 52	 59	 18%	

William Carey University (MS)	

6	 36%	 31%	 72	 35440	 37791	130	18709	 171	 57%	 168	 53%	 45

42	

Mid-America Christian University (OK)	

43%	 118	

42%	

62	 2%	 10	 16	 2%	 91	 50%	 47%	 95	 39365	 38625	67	 16297	 131	 51%	 156	 49%	 69

43	

LeTourneau University (TX)	

54%	 48	

52%	

43	 -3%	 27	 56	 1%	 104	 34%	 28%	 54	49092	45252	15	 19456	 174	 65%	 70	 69%	 158

44	 Mississippi Valley State Univ. (MS)*	

49%	
83	 33%	 6	4%	6	88	10%	35	42%	
48%	
185	
23316	
30591	
205	
14311	101	37%	194	
29%	
24

45	

Louisiana College (LA)	

42%	 131	

48%	

140	 -16%	 144	 36	 1%	 107	 37%	 37%	 133	41644	 36601	 6	 13198	 84	 68%	 44	 58%	 14

46	 Brescia University (KY)	

34%	 140	

50%	

194	-19%	156	 20	 8%	 48	 45%	 33%	 6	 39132	 32429	 4	 11342	 44	 62%	 62	 56%	 44

47	

80%	 10	

85%	

129	 -11%	 96	 1500	 1%	 105	 26%	 24%	 102	56510	 61791	181	 13134	 94	 82%	

48	 University of Texas-Tyler (TX)*	

52%	 123	

54%	

89	 -0%	 13	

49	 Nicholls State University (LA)*	

46%	98	

48%	

81	-19%	165	130	 -3%	 143	47%	34%	 9	36920	39319	150	10176	 40	 71%	 27	 57%	 6

50	

36%	 177	

44%	

158	 -0%	 19	 43	 6%	 58	 47%	 45%	 119	38332	 34261	12	 13589	 88	 49%	 169	 54%	 166

University of Texas-Austin (TX)*	

Sul Ross State University (TX)*	

56  September/October 2020

93	

0%	 110	 39%	 32%	 45	 43800	 48988	179	 10546	 59	

11	 83%	 115

66%	 108	 62%	 49

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