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#49 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#54 Best Value Schools
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#50 Business Programs
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#45 Accounting
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#214 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#93 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
Villanova University is ranked #46 in National Universities. 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
65
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
17
Graduation and retention rank
30
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
90%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
96%
Social Mobility Rank
214
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
94%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
90%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
85%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
6
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.4
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
110
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
171
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
81.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
88%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
42.3%
Classes with 50 or more students
2%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
40
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1300-1470
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
72%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
110
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
18
Average alumni giving rate
28.7%
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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%)
