Best bang for the buck Midwest colleges.

BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK MIDWEST COLLEGES 6-year Graduation graduation rate rate rank 1 College of the Ozarks (MO) 67% 6 2 Bethel College-Mishawaka (IN) 67% 47 3 Ripon College (WI) 70% 172 4 University of Illinois at 59% 246 Chicago (IL) * 5 Kettering University (MI) 57% 117 6 Eastern Illinois 59% 103 University (IL) * 7 Southwestern College (KS) 50% 199 8 Illinois Institute of 67% 177 Technology (IL) 9 Western Illinois 54% 146 University (IL) * 10 College of Saint Benedict (MN) 83% 66 11 Wilberforce University (OH) 41% 221 12 Milwaukee School of 59% 106 Engineering (WI) 13 Illinois College (IL) 70% 173 14 Illinois State 72% 125 University (IL)* 15 Univ. of 55% 139 Nebraska-Kearney (NE) * 16 Hanover College (IN) 69% 180 17 Truman State 72% 30 University (MO) * 18 Mount Mercy University (IA) 70% 34 19 Monmouth College (IL) 57% 276 20 Missouri Southern 34% 280 State Univ. (MO) * 21 MO Univ. of Science & 64% 210 Technology (MO) * 22 Muskingum University (OH) 51% 192 23 University of 52% 182 Michigan-Dearborn (MI) * 24 Millikin University (IL) 60% 90 25 Central Christian College of 36% 259 Kansas (KS) 26 Wabash College (IN) 72% 156 27 Baker University (KS) 57% 122 28 Cardinal Stritch 49% 308 University (WI) 29 University of Notre Dame (IN) 96% 8 30 Tiffin University (OH) 43% 266 31 University of Illinois- 47% 238 Springfield (IL) * 32 Mt. Vernon Nazarene Univ. (OH) 58% 109 33 Blackburn College (IL) 42% 206 34 Saint Johns University (MN) 79% 96 35 Lake Superior State 42% 211 University (MI) * 36 Michigan State 78% 77 University (MI) * 37 Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens 61% 89 Point (WI) * 38 University of IL-Urbana- 84% 45 Champaign (IL)* 39 Buena Vista University (IA) 50% 111 40 Ohio Northern University (OH) 66% 9 41 Spring Arbor University (MI) 54% 152 42 Hamline University (MN) 65% 56 43 Goshen College (IN) 70% 4 44 College of Saint 67% 53 Scholastica (MN) 45 Fort Hays State 42% 269 University (KS) * 46 Dominican University (IL) 62% 76 47 DePauw University (IN) 80% 81 48 Michigan Technological 65% 196 University (MI) * 49 Pittsburg State 48% 229 University (KS) * 50 Ottawa University-Ottawa (KS) 37% 251 Predicted Grad rate grad rate performance based on % of rank Pell recipients, incoming SATs, etc. 1 College of the Ozarks (MO) 42% 1 2 Bethel College-Mishawaka (IN) 47% 2 3 Ripon College (WI) 60% 12 4 University of Illinois at 59% 189 Chicago (IL) * 5 Kettering University (MI) 63% 295 6 Eastern Illinois 54% 59 University (IL) * 7 Southwestern College (KS) 30% 4 8 Illinois Institute of 66% 136 Technology (IL) 9 Western Illinois 49% 63 University (IL) * 10 College of Saint Benedict (MN) 74% 19 11 Wilberforce University (OH) 24% 7 12 Milwaukee School of 64% 294 Engineering (WI) 13 Illinois College (IL) 58% 8 14 Illinois State 67% 44 University (IL)* 15 Univ. of 51% 81 Nebraska-Kearney (NE) * 16 Hanover College (IN) 63% 43 17 Truman State 69% 115 University (MO) * 18 Mount Mercy University (IA) 54% 9 19 Monmouth College (IL) 55% 120 20 Missouri Southern 37% 229 State Univ. (MO) * 21 MO Univ. of Science & 65% 196 Technology (MO) * 22 Muskingum University (OH) 47% 91 23 University of 48% 86 Michigan-Dearborn (MI) * 24 Millikin University (IL) 58% 111 25 Central Christian College of 36% 154 Kansas (KS) 26 Wabash College (IN) 65% 28 27 Baker University (KS) 49% 36 28 Cardinal Stritch 46% 109 University (WI) 29 University of Notre Dame (IN) 97% 211 30 Tiffin University (OH) 35% 31 31 University of Illinois- 48% 203 Springfield (IL) * 32 Mt. Vernon Nazarene Univ. (OH) 51% 40 33 Blackburn College (IL) 46% 261 34 Saint Johns University (MN) 72% 27 35 Lake Superior State 38% 89 University (MI) * 36 Michigan State 72% 33 University (MI) * 37 Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens 58% 116 Point (WI) * 38 University of IL-Urbana- 82% 105 Champaign (IL)* 39 Buena Vista University (IA) 53% 230 40 Ohio Northern University (OH) 64% 126 41 Spring Arbor University (MI) 50% 77 42 Hamline University (MN) 65% 164 43 Goshen College (IN) 55%...

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