BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SOUTHERN COLLEGES *Public institution °For-profit institution 1 BEREA COLLEGE (KY) 2 Univ. of TX-Rio Grande Valley (TX)* 3 University of North TX-Dallas (TX)* 4 Mississippi Univ. for Women (MS)* Texas A&M International Univ. (TX)* 6 Univ. of Houston-Downtown (TX)* 7 University of the Cumberlands (KY) Vanderbilt University (TN) Texas A&M-San Antonio (TX)* 5 8 9 10 Sam Houston State University (TX)* Le Moyne-Owen College (TN) 11 12 Texas A&M-Texarkana (TX)* 13 Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake (TX)* 14 Northeastern State University (OK)* 15 University of North Texas (TX)* 16 University of Texas-Arlington (TX)* 17 Rust College (MS) 18 Jackson State University (MS)* 19 King University (TN) 20 University of Houston-Victoria (TX)* 21 University of Texas-San Antonio (TX)* 22 University of Texas-El Paso (TX)* 23 Midwestern State University (TX)* 24 Wiley University (TX) 25 Rice University (TX) 26 Christian Brothers University (TN) 27 Paul Quinn College (TX) 28 Texas A&M-College Station (TX)* 29 Texas Woman's University (TX)* 30 Kentucky State University (KY)* 31 East Central University (OK)* 32 Univ. of Texas-Permian Basin (TX)* 33 University of AR-Pine Bluff (AR)* 34 University of Houston (TX)* 35 West Texas A&M University (TX)* 36 Texas State Univ.-San Marcos (TX)* 37 Southeastern OK State Univ. (OK)* 38 Texas College (TX) 39 Northwestern OK State Univ. (OK)* 40 University of Texas-Tyler (TX)* 41 Philander Smith College (AR) 42 Milligan University (TN) 43 Prairie View A&M University (TX)* 44 Grambling State University (LA)* 45 St. Edward's University (TX) 46 Tennessee Wesleyan University (TN) 47 Parker University (TX) 48 Johnson University (TN) 49 Mid-America Christian Univ. (OK) 50 John Brown University (AR) 66 September/October 2024 67% 64 57% 111 54% 66% 63 11 54% 60 47% 112 61% 94% 65% 61% 82 2 17 81 27% 190 53% 72 66% 50 45% 130 60% 88 58% 103 37% 214 45% 185 71% 3 47% 109 53% 134 49% 166 53% 71 39% 98 94% 1 56% 46 27% 188 83% 4 58% 99 34% 139 43% 153 51% 86 39% 101 62% 80 54% 58 62% 78 41% 160 21% 213 33% 209 55% 118 39% 102 66% 12 46% 181 40% 169 63% 21 54% 20 67% 59% 10 35 37% 187 69% 6 51% 58% 46% 52% 55% 49% 51% 94% 52% 54% 30% 45% 52% 31% 60% 58% 26% 37% 55% 48% 60% 52% 52% 30% 98% 55% 34% 77% 55% 29% 43% 54% 30% 69% 53% 61% 34% 28% 46% 56% 33% 64% 41% 35% 69% 54% 56% 54% 34% 61% 1 90 21 5 78 88 8 70 6 13 101 19 2 4 66 60 7 12 3 68 169 116 48 14 121 54 153 15 36 27 72 105 18 176 57 51 20 143 204 71 24 44 23 25 154 64 9 28 38 16 -19% 205 -5% 42 3% 10 3% 11 -2% 28 5% 5 0% 15 -4% 37 -10% 77 -5% 43 1% 35 -9% 76 -8% 63 -13% 121 -3% 34 -2% 22 2% 23 -3% 30 -15% 146 1% 16 -2% 24 -8% 70 -11% 95 -17% 158 -2% 26 2% 14 8% 13 -11% 112 -11% 113 1% 33 -3% 31 -1% 21 -15% 142 -2% 29 -10% 79 -10% 102 -14% 135 13% 5% 3 4 -7% 53 -10% 100 4% 7 -12% 120 -14% 134 2% 12 -11% 114 0% 18 -1% 20 -7% 48 -10% 78 263 2098 227 311 693 1203 640 224 524 1400 81 159 509 592 2319 2235 160 703 399 205 1909 1873 336 264 145 103 26 2278 885 132 237 281 226 2530 607 2239 263 69 106 426 52 64 633 404 300 97 16 74 197 159 41% 1 20% 3 10% 39 5% 72 17% 16 9% 42 8% 41 7% 45 6% 62 1% 121 22% 11 12% 27 4% 71 8% 56 1% 112 3% 89 5% 74 19% 4 7% 60 -4% 159 10% 29 14% 20 -3% 155 12% 37 7% 50 5% 75 21% 14 -3% 151 0% 123 -12% 206 2% 108 -10% 204 6% 67 14% 19 13% 26 -2% 150 1% 114 7% 61 -0% 127 3% 84 12% 35 2% 113 12% 21 20% 7 10% 40 5% 76 23% 5 7% 57 8% 55 1% 115 36974 29966 39713 39847 37722 42313 45274 32876 72582 43805 39172 25283 34050 47171 36003 42745 N/A 38314 41695 46788 36766 75747 N/A 47228 29270 38661 52267 39343 49310 47049 53412 27852 33405 49723 46959 49257 42793 47922 28372 75418 26672 61851 48882 31890 50421 32717 30499 40635 43533 49216 40304 41720 25580 82480 48470 49485 28646 62139 43393 31500 39099 38367 48727 31543 54357 44006 42143 49026 46117 39986 36730 30412 36515 31110 38555 49978 47362 26926 47372 31193 42746 37640 33968 32944 50195 39754 39991 41542 47017 29743 51692 39977 48641 35580 38426 36063 46297 48219 30028 61006 4 29 39 73 100 56 16 27 35 2 15 11 9 20 45 30 169 34 1 19 83 40 3 31 199 112 136 90 7 79 68 76 57 195 52 33 21 70 47 38 14 174 18 23 121 89 210 152 6 69 3647 4637 7269 11262 3853 12781 12380 6745 9468 12256 9212 9917 12995 8692 10743 13577 8586 15858 21202 8649 8833 9158 8457 11474 5069 11985 8758 13846 8948 8148 8554 6758 10547 11504 15808 12549 6922 13861 8736 9346 15296 16962 13186 15986 19816 10904 19917 16798 17566 17179 1 6 13 49 2 75 82 16 26 80 19 30 95 24 57 105 9 137 189 23 32 36 20 44 8 63 15 110 33 12 21 10 29 72 125 85 11 87 25 38 119 142 99 129 179 35 180 140 153 145 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 9 yrs. after entering college Predicted median earnings 9 yrs. after entering college Earnings performance rank Net price of attendance for families <$75,000 income Net price rank