BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SOUTHERN COLLEGES *Public institution °For-profit institution 1 2 BEREA COLLEGE (KY) Simmons College of Kentucky (KY) 3 Wade College (TX) 4 6 7 Texas A&M International Univ. (TX)* 5 Univ. of TX-Rio Grande Valley (TX)* Vanderbilt University (TN) Texas A&M-College Station (TX)* 8 Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake (TX)* 9 North American University (TX) 10 Tougaloo College (MS) 11 Baptist Univ. of the Americas (TX) 12 Rice University (TX) 13 Univ. of Houston-Downtown (TX)* 14 Grambling State University (LA)* 15 King University (TN) 16 Sam Houston State University (TX)* 17 University of Texas-El Paso (TX)* 18 University of Texas-Arlington (TX)* 19 Midwestern State University (TX)* 20 John Brown University (AR) 21 Rust College (MS) 22 Texas A&M-Texarkana (TX)* 23 Mississippi Valley State Univ. (MS)* 24 Northeastern State University (OK)* 25 Alcorn State University (MS)* 26 Texas State Univ.-San Marcos (TX)* 27 University of Houston-Victoria (TX)* 28 Texas Woman's University (TX)* 29 Bryan College (TN) 30 Univ. of Texas-Permian Basin (TX)* 31 University of Texas-San Antonio (TX)* 32 Sul Ross State University (TX)* 33 Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OK) 34 Wiley College (TX)^ 35 University of Texas-Tyler (TX)* 36 East Central University (OK)* 37 Northwestern OK State Univ. (OK)* 38 Tennessee Wesleyan University (TN) 39 Milligan University (TN) 40 West Texas A&M University (TX)* 41 Alice Lloyd College (KY) 42 University of the Cumberlands (KY) 43 Southwestern Adventist Univ. (TX) 44 Stephen F. Austin State Univ. (TX)* 45 Parker University (TX) 46 University of North TX-Dallas (TX)* 47 Texas Tech University (TX)* 48 Welch College (TN) 49 Jackson State University (MS)* 50 Texas Lutheran University (TX) 70 September/October 2022 66% 69 23% 227 61% 5 52% 66 55% 114 93% 2 82% 7 69% 36 66% 13 41% 198 26% 182 94% 1 43% 131 45% 116 73% 4 60% 85 49% 151 57% 99 51% 80 70% 6 33% 220 53% 56 54% 53 43% 130 37% 180 61% 77 53% 63 56% 105 49% 89 49% 90 49% 152 37% 184 54% 51 42% 67 54% 117 40% 153 31% 211 55% 15 67% 10 52% 70 35% 118 63% 64 48% 32 49% 88 78% 3 35% 192 62% 72 44% 50 45% 183 55% 17 50% 3 -19% 203 287 37% 1 16% 22 44% 2 42% 5 100% 1 1 22 37154 34079 31 4186 20% 9 N/A 25256 15 5656 54% 80 4% 12 672 12% 27 46823 45026 51 3268 58% 110 -5% 49 2106 21% 4 45895 43415 42 3281 93% 59 -4% 35 233 4% 86 79872 76508 24 5741 2 1 58% 106 61% 24 3 N/A 227 87% 69 6% 76 33188 33120 89 17747 162 76% 159 73% 103 67% 107 69% 32 67% 150 72% 6 41% 3 2 4 8 75% 15 -9% 71 2043 -1% 152 66566 65672 72 13547 102 42% 6 51% 54% 10 17% 3 32% 12 8% 18 102 25% 3 43% 210 24% 5 7 41% 61 50% 1 97% 116 -4% 36 163 4% 82 77683 84142 208 6103 -5% 47 506 4% 79 52998 50172 37 9278 36 68% 161 69% 50 29 -1% 146 N/A 48715 90 11139 56 79% 202 69% 217 33291 29258 19 13571 89 87% 226 89% 30 59% 20 64% 11 33% 1 -4% 175 31894 28344 22 8443 11 9 36% 19 47% 107 4% 13 1067 3% 97 49869 47869 47 8242 19 74% 180 69% 153 36% 17 10% 4 399 22% 7 56% 4 -9% 76 281 12% 32 48892 42599 3 33961 34133 93 17667 161 87% 222 88% 53 21152 192 63% 66 61% 97 54% 24 -6% 50 1214 1% 124 50125 43746 4 11760 73 65% 131 66% 39 50% 74 -9% 84 1841 20% 5 44770 42953 52 8008 25 71% 182 75% 16 54% 40 -2% 30 2197 5% 65 54633 54408 85 12450 90 65% 135 67% 35 50% 55 -8% 63 278 -6% 198 50396 43024 1 8617 61% 19 -11% 91 163 6% 66 51785 49520 44 19107 177 49% 5 24 65% 85 66% 45 54% 9 27% 26 14% 8 130 5% 77 27058 31103 172 10095 29 81% 212 86% 3 45% 20 -11% 88 156 12% 28 39992 37219 35 8925 28 70% 141 69% 78 37% 6 -1% 23 1029 11% 37 29502 35250 195 14465 105 86% 219 85% 74 30% 8 -13% 125 617 9% 47 40170 40813 101 8572 22 71% 151 69% 90 40% 93 -0% 22 249 27% 2 33444 32664 75 15425 124 84% 213 87% 21 59% 43 -10% 93 2057 -2% 158 50671 49754 71 11832 75 61% 90 63% 26 49% 33 -6% 48 220 1% 128 47294 45699 56 8186 18 71% 152 67% 144 53% 41 -14% 154 870 2% 104 49724 44759 10 7487 52% 96 -7% 56 62 51% 81 -0% 144 46301 46121 86 14244 103 51% 7 21 68% 158 70% 31 58% 2 5% 10 256 -13% 226 50006 53344 159 9324 31 61% 56 62% 51 61% 215 1% 17 1916 10% 36 50810 53101 130 10330 55 65% 137 64% 87 46% 170 1% 16 212 4% 83 43314 38755 13 11655 65 42% 11 -6% 51 160 -0% 141 48309 44709 20 24000 214 59% 37 64% 10 30% 13 -21% 187 319 13% 35 32763 28747 18 15729 122 86% 209 84% 101 54% 58 -5% 44 410 3% 101 49446 51251 121 9239 34 62% 100 64% 33 37% 38 -11% 95 252 44% 204 -4% 34 113 56% 67 -13% 133 91 63% 31 3% 102 40737 37629 27 8905 27 -2% 159 40371 39544 73 8577 -2% 29 85 54% 85 -12% 111 545 45% 169 16% 11 51% 50% 70 1% 38 67 0% 21 23 71% 155 70% 80 59% 39 66% 5 8% 59 42004 43285 111 10851 33 62% 34 57% 157 5% 74 44068 49782 193 17955 165 54% 13 53% 66 7% 61 45739 44923 74 11025 52 65% 86 61% 134 46 -0% 140 38419 36406 48 13558 82 68% 77 59% 204 7 -12% 117 528 1% 120 41506 38520 33 14758 123 65% 129 62% 108 -2% 157 47194 42825 16 18416 171 69% 91 65% 132 55% 122 -11% 90 840 0% 132 45914 45235 76 10321 40 67% 111 62% 170 54% 1 43% 157 -2% 28 162 28 15% 16 44974 50522 192 24146 216 76% 192 66% 213 7% 55 N/A 41080 102 7562 14 N/A 196 76% 91 66% 127 -10% 96 1387 -6% 202 58435 55209 26 12938 98 57% 60 56% 79 47% 90 19% 7 14 -10% 210 38815 39792 106 19820 182 60% 26 58% 98 35% 9 -12% 129 628 18% 8 34946 34656 84 14909 126 85% 225 89% 13 56% 75 -14% 137 99 -4% 179 51215 48045 25 16991 144 59% 19 57% 88 ^ Under heightened financial monitoring by the U.S. Department of Education 72% 157 68% 123 8-year graduation rate Graduation rate rank Predicted graduation rate based on percent of Pell recipients, incoming SATs, etc. Graduation rate performance rank Pell/non-Pell graduation rate gap Pell graduation gap rank Number of Pell graduates Actual vs. predicted Pell enrollment Pell performance rank Median earnings 10 yrs. after entering college Predicted median earnings 10 yrs. after entering college Earnings performance rank Net price of attendance for families <$75,000 income Net price rank % of loan principal remaining 5 yrs. later Repayment rank Predicted principal remaining Repayment rate performance rank