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#60 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#93 Best Value Schools
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#72 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#210 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Muhlenberg College is ranked #72 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
64
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
82
Graduation and retention rank
46
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
84%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
91%
Social Mobility Rank
210
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
80%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
82%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
80%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
80
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
71
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
84.9%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
88%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
74%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
61
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
40%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
91
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
105
Average alumni giving rate
17.9%
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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%)
