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#7 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#11 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#17 Mechanical
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#5 Most Innovative Schools
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#34 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#1 Top Public Schools
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#112 Business Programs
United States Coast Guard Academy is ranked #2 in Regional Colleges North. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
89
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
2
Graduation and retention rank
2
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
84%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
34
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
N/A
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
84%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
80%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
2
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
2
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
96.1%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
46%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
55.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
7:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
2
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1245-1420
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
84%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
5
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
32
Average alumni giving rate
N/A
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
