BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SOUTHEAST COLLEGES *Public institution °For-profit institution 1 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIV. (VA) 2 Georgetown University (DC) 3 Duke University (NC) 4 Florida International University (FL)* 5 University of Florida (FL)* Bob Jones University (SC) 6 7 University of Central Florida (FL)* Voorhees College (SC) 8 9 Columbia Southern University (AL)° 10 University of Virginia (VA)* 11 Embry-Riddle Aero. Univ.-Worldwide (FL) 12 Winston-Salem State University (NC)* 13 University of NC-Greensboro (NC)* 14 VA Polytech. Inst. & State Univ. (VA)* 15 Elizabeth City State University (NC)* 16 Florida Atlantic University (FL)* 17 Appalachian State University (NC)* 18 Grace College of Divinity (NC) 19 Bethune-Cookman University (FL) 20 University of NC-Chapel Hill (NC)* 21 George Mason University (VA)* 22 James Madison University (VA)* 23 NC Wesleyan College (NC) 24 Tuskegee University (AL) 25 University of Richmond (VA) 26 Wake Forest University (NC) 27 Davidson College (NC) 28 William & Mary (VA)* 29 Univ. of NC-Pembroke (NC)* 30 Hobe Sound Bible College (FL) 31 Radford University (VA)* 32 Columbia International Univ. (SC) 33 Citadel: The Military Coll. of SC (SC)* 34 Albizu University-Miami (FL) 35 Virginia State University (VA)* 36 East Carolina University (NC)* 37 Baptist College of Florida (FL) 38 GA Institute of Tech.-Main (GA)* 39 Bennett College (NC) 40 Carolina University (NC) 41 Norfolk State University (VA)* 42 University of SC-Upstate (SC)* 43 Old Dominion University (VA)* 44 Longwood University (VA)* 45 Fayetteville State University (NC)* 46 FL National University-Main (FL) 47 George Washington University (DC) 48 Elon University (NC) 49 Virginia Military Institute (VA)* 50 Converse College (SC) 72 September/October 2022 93% 17 94% 2 95% 1 65% 96 88% 9 63% 48 72% 63 39% 139 48% 150 94% 3 36% 242 61% 126 57% 155 85% 18 44% 99 62% 122 73% 12 31% 194 39% 257 90% 6 74% 54 83% 24 61% 23 63% 45 84% 36 88% 7 92% 22 92% 4 45% 176 41% 121 63% 106 71% 21 73% 11 64% 100 49% 142 66% 85 52% 55 88% 8 44% 235 39% 218 40% 206 55% 38 58% 154 68% 29 45% 175 57% 76 82% 27 83% 25 78% 60 55% 88 91% 101 0% 79 48 3% 116 86020 90% 76 -3% 35 256 -5% 201 96375 97% 163 -1% 27 232 3% 111 93115 57% 34 -1% 28 4380 15% 18 54501 83% 60 -4% 55 2701 8% 49 64463 58% 72 -9% 122 226 8% 61 40853 66% 45 -4% 51 4924 8% 52 51912 27% 25 28% 5 99 21% 15 30903 41% 47 -3% 40 819 -16% 274 74398 90% 70 -3% 43 31% 77 -1% 23 38% 1 513 -3% 182 77048 153 -16% 273 77768 -3% 49 495 13% 23 38584 52% 50 -5% 75 1267 10% 38 44195 77% 26 -6% 86 872 -6% 222 73159 35% 46 -5% 113 258 10% 56 35274 56% 49 1% 15 2267 6% 71 50478 63% 31 30% 121 50% 3 2 0 71018 5 3924 672 3 2 5 0 79182 3 10468 50 39% 5 0 85403 9 0 54938 125 6006 9 0 66723 179 3622 0 42465 159 11315 33% 13 90 43 36% 2 113 51 69% 191 33 54% 62 217 39% 1 1 0 57036 236 8260 30 63% 135 136 0 27314 47 16831 136 85% 245 54 0 56085 2 0 73069 44 11857 63 0 54282 1 57 18677 171 59% 58 39 0 35793 62 11274 57 80% 267 16 0 39249 28 9931 44 63% 142 23 0 67756 24 14885 108 40% 6 0 34257 93 2325 -8% 111 859 3% 115 45602 -21% 277 N/A 37% 102 -1% 87 338 19% 12 36302 86% 74 -3% 37 899 4% 94 61915 65% 22 -3% 36 1402 6% 69 66148 72% 12 -6% 88 589 -11% 259 61268 38% 4 -14% 215 525 -2% 166 41989 47% 9 62% 1 88% 207 2% 57 874 -5% 206 44419 145 4% 99 69310 86% 100 -4% 59 127 -9% 242 74968 86% 55 -0% 83 87% 56 -2% 32 57 -6% 211 71671 192 -2% 173 64723 35% 33 -3% 41 474 9% 53 39279 38% 98 -11% 187 6 28% 4 27271 60% 88 -5% 64 548 2% 120 50383 49% 3 59 -0% 158 38933 -8% 102 54 -6% 221 36834 55% 6 -9% 128 138 -12% 257 67770 52% 11 68% 1 37% 16 -10% 150 559 20% 6 41987 56% 13 -9% 133 1341 -2% 172 47403 35% 10 -15% 225 108 7% 88 34057 90% 167 -6% 89 649 -1% 163 88196 29% 7 18% 8 38% 113 5% 9 87 27 38% 105 3% 10 421 1 0 51917 154 7800 22 1 0 51030 241 10132 39 48% 11 38397 121 10024 27 10122 38 70% 160 234 38% 4 26 80% 220 140 67% 174 95 35 65% 87 103 0 28496 10 16088 123 87% 285 115 0 68161 245 6919 17 43% 17 62 0 63623 69 17100 156 51% 47 66 0 56603 32 16336 144 41% 10 0 39478 67 14338 79 9 75% 171 128 0 43634 98 35539 283 81% 247 100 0 66850 71 10855 36 41% 34 145 0 69823 26 10075 46 43% 16 102 0 67883 46 8240 10 42% 36 175 40% 7 55 58% 37 51 0 71314 254 6760 15 0 39757 126 10011 37 69% 154 41 0 26458 96 9926 25 0 44461 22 13818 95 0 38931 173 16378 130 54% 29 12302 60 51% 21 0 64701 51 54% 66 34 6 132 0 41553 186 22422 239 78% 252 242 0 37706 37 15936 116 81% 251 32 0 44583 61 0 30924 50 9435 5% 91 33473 14% 26 34596 18% 16 39696 42% 24 -7% 131 522 -6% 204 42949 48% 19 -8% 121 1207 3% 105 49678 58% 28 -6% 81 209 -12% 252 45952 38% 57 -1% 21 479 2% 122 36409 40% 8 11% 6 150 21% 5 29148 83% 146 -5% 67 298 -7% 229 80606 75% 32 -2% 33 117 -15% 275 64238 75% 96 -5% 140 53 -16% 270 71910 60% 214 -5% 71 59 9% 48 38109 13131 80 58% 97 47 67% 100 192 105 21 0 88001 115 11895 64 38% 3 0 28550 30 20170 206 86% 282 50 0 31858 60 14206 90 71% 167 94 0 38176 82 13453 73 84% 271 111 0 46730 214 14231 76 68% 107 109 0 46608 53 13764 93 65% 152 40 0 45594 112 15669 110 51% 23 0 38590 178 5549 27 7 79% 236 112 0 37652 278 20867 205 78% 231 63 0 74462 19 18844 182 43% 18 48 0 57625 15 26043 261 41% 9 0 69889 75 9888 26 14 37% 24 29 0 31208 12 16914 143 63% 96 85 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