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#40 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#66 Best Value Schools
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#68 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#1 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Cornell College is ranked #68 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
65
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
47
Graduation and retention rank
110
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
70%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
81%
Social Mobility Rank
1
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
78%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
71%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
70%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
56
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
96
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
84.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
97%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
77%
Classes with 50 or more students
0%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
12:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
78
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
22%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
115
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
105
Average alumni giving rate
17.5%
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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%)
