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#4 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#8 Best Value Schools
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#42 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#12 Regional Universities West
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#8 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#7 Most Innovative Schools
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#107 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#110 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#380 Business Programs
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#9 First-Year Experiences
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#11 Learning Communities
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#4 Service Learning
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#35 Study Abroad
Abilene Christian University is ranked #12 in Regional Universities West. 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
41
Graduation and retention rank
23
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
63%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
77%
Social Mobility Rank
107
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
53%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
71%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
68%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
38
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
47
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
79.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
77%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
46.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
8%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
15:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
15
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1040-1230
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
56%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
10
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
9
Average alumni giving rate
10.8%
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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%)
