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#60 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#35 Best Value Schools
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#38 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#30 Most Innovative Schools
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#137 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#88 First-Year Experiences
Franklin and Marshall College is ranked #38 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
76
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
55
Graduation and retention rank
40
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
86%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
92%
Social Mobility Rank
137
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
82%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
86%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
43
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
32
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
96%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
95%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
67.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
9:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
31
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
59%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
33
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
69
Average alumni giving rate
23%
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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%)
