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#76 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#29 Best Value Schools
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#13 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#15 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#14 Mechanical
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#109 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#254 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#195 Business Programs
Valparaiso University is ranked #153 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
43
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
179
Graduation and retention rank
150
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
69%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
83%
Social Mobility Rank
254
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
59%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
75%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
69%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.8
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
194
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
324
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
89.7%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
85%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
48.7%
Classes with 50 or more students
4%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
163
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1070-1270
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
29%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
200
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
63
Average alumni giving rate
14.3%
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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%)
