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#11 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#74 Best Value Schools
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#5 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#66 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#30 Most Innovative Schools
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#72 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#43 First-Year Experiences
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#2 Senior Capstone
College of Wooster is ranked #66 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. 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
66
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
100
Graduation and retention rank
76
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
77%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
87%
Social Mobility Rank
72
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
75%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
74%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
79%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.4
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
56
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
44
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
92.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
95%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
71%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
55
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
25-30
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
45%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
82
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
100
Average alumni giving rate
18.3%
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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%)
