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#18 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#6 Best Value Schools
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#4 Regional Universities Midwest
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#3 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#3 Most Innovative Schools
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#72 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#26 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#167 Business Programs
Bradley University is ranked #4 in Regional Universities Midwest. 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
87
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
5
Graduation and retention rank
5
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
75%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
86%
Social Mobility Rank
72
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
72%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
80%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
74%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
9
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
17
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
81.9%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
81%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
58%
Classes with 50 or more students
3%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
8
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1090-1290
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
64%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
20
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
42
Average alumni giving rate
8.2%
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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%)
