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#8 Best Value Schools
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#12 Regional Colleges North
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#4 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#14 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#177 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is ranked #12 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
46
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
18
Graduation and retention rank
13
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
51%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
77%
Social Mobility Rank
14
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
39%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
52%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
40%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
14
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
18
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
45.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
57%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
65.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
16:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
16
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
N/A
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
12
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
12
Average alumni giving rate
4.6%
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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%)
