Best bang for the buck Southeast colleges.

• Position: Statistical table

BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SOUTHEAST COLLEGES * Public institution ** For-profit institution Predicted grad rate based on % of Pell 6-year recipients, graduation Graduation incoming rate rate rank SATs, etc. 1 University of Mount Olive 42% 87 26% (NC) 2 Georgetown University (DC) 94% 4 92% 3 Washington and Lee 89% 19 93% University (VA) 4 American Public Univ. 33% 193 31% System (WV) ** 5 Salem College (NC) 64% 103 53% 6 University of Florida 86% 18 76% (FL) * 7 Amer. InterCont. Univ.-- 22% 244 11% Atlanta (GA) ** 8 Trinity Washington 37% 176 25% University (DC) 9 Davidson College (NC) 93% 11 88% 10 Columbia College (SC) 45% 115 44% 11 Coker College (SC) 50% 52 40% 12 Warner University (FL) 38% in 30% 13 James Madison 81% 2 71% University (VA) * 14 Georgia Institute of 81% 31 83% Tech.--Main (GA) * 15 Duke University (NC) 95% 3 99% 16 Columbia International 66% 24 54% University (SC) 17 New College of Florida 68% 80 72% (FL) * 18 Mercer University (GA) 62% 96 60% 19 Brenau University (GA) 45% 113 37% 20 Piedmont College (GA) 49% 86 47% 21 University of NC-- 55% 136 54% Greensboro (NC) * 22 University of Richmond (VA) 84% 32 85% 23 Agnes Scott College (GA) 70% 74 64% 24 West Virginia Wesleyan 59% 49 53% College (WV) 25 Citadel: The Military 68% 21 56% College of SC (SC) * 26 Mary Baldwin College (VA) 44% 214 41% 27 Full Sail University 70% 13 41% (FL) ** 28 University of North 51% 77 51% Florida (FL) * 29 University of NC--Chapel 90% 9 85% Hill (NC) * 30 Voorhees College (SC) 32% 161 21% 31 Francis Marion University 41% 142 41% (SC) * 32 Lander University (SC) * 46% 62 45% 33 Shorter University (GA) 46% 60 42% 34 Regent University (VA) 47% 185 37% 35 Georgia Regents University 32% 243 35% (GA) * 36 University of Central 67% 69 61% Florida (FL) * 37 Univ. of North Carolina-- 54% 141 53% Charlotte (NC) * 38 Florida Memorial 39% 108 26% University (FL) 39 Embry--Riddle Aero. U.-- 56% 55 52% Dayt. Beach (FL) 40 University of Mobile (AL) 44% 71 49% 41 Florida State University 77% 41 71% (FL) * 42 University of Virginia-- 94% 5 90% Main (VA) * 43 Converse College (SC) 59% 50 58% 44 VA Polytechnic Inst. & 83% 26 77% State Univ. (VA) * 45 Virginia Military 73% 59 71% Institute (VA) * 46 Mars Hill College (NC) 40% 95 36% 47 University of Georgia 82% 27 78% (GA) * 48 Alderson Broaddus 44% 75 47% College (WV) 49 Univ. of NC--Pembroke 34% 191 34% (NC) * 50 Elizabeth City State 41% 144 30% University (NC) * 51 University of Mary 74% 6 65% Washington (VA) * 52 Chowan University (NC) 25% 210 26% 53 Saint Leo University (FL) 44% 125 38% 54 Radford University (VA) * 59% 47 55% 55 Averett University (VA) 35% 135 40% 56 North Greenville 53% 65 56% University (SC) 57 Digital Media Arts 39% 106 35% College (FL) ** 58 Appalachian State 68% 20 65% University (NC) * 59 Longwood University (VA) * 64% 34 57% 60 Univ. of South Carolina-- 39% 107 41% Upstate (SC) * 61 FL Agricultural & 40% 218 40% Mechanical Univ. (FL) * 62 Florida International 52% 156 50% University (FL) * 63 Southern Polytechnic State 37% 172 51% Univ. (GA) * 64 Winston--Salem State 44% 123 37% University (NC) * 65 College of William and 90% 8 91% Mary (VA) * 66 University of South 41% 91 43% Carolina--Aiken (SC) * 67 University of South 62% 92 59% Florida--Main (FL) * 68 Emmanuel College (GA) 42% 81 39% 69 Edward Waters College (FL) 21% 234 23% 70 Univ. of Virginia's 42% 228 41% College--Wise (VA) * 71 Spelman College (GA) 71% 64 63% 72 Marshall University (WV) * 44% 119 45% 73 Clearwater Christian 47% 56 50% College (FL) 74 George Mason University 67% 72 66% (VA) * 75 Stetson University (FL) 63% 36 65% 76 Old Dominion University 51% 163 47% (VA) * 77 Everglades University (FL) 57% 25 34% 78 Virginia State University 44% 122 30% (VA) * 79 Talladega College (AL) 51% 48 35% 80 Georgia State University 52% 152 49% (GA) * 81 Bluefield College (VA) 43% 78 38% 82 William Peace University 37% 242 42% (NC) 83 East Carolina University 58% n8 59% (NC) * 84 Catawba College (NC) 52% 43 46% 85 Flagler College--St. 62% 10 58% Augustine (FL) 86 Lenoir--Rhyne University 51% 79 50% (NC) 87 Clemson University (SC) * 82% 28 77% 88 Oglethorpe University (GA) 56% 149 62% 89 Limestone College (SC) 36% 131 38% 90 West Virginia University 57% 124 57% (WV) * 91 Clayton State University 30% 215 33% (GA) * 92 Univ. of NC--Wilmington 70% 14 67% (NC) * 93 Florida Gulf Coast 46% 109 51% University (FL) * 94 Barton College (NC) 47% 58 41% 95 North Carolina Wesleyan 31% 167 30% College (NC) 96 Wake Forest University (NC) 87% 16 87% 97 West Virginia Univ. Inst. 21% 231 40% of Tech. (WV) * 98 University of Montevallo 45% 114 52% (AL) * 99 DeVry University--Florida 39% 158 24% (FL) ** 100 Univ. of S. Florida--St. 36% 180 47% Petersburg (FL) * Predicted % Pell Students based on Grad rate receiving ACT/SAT performance Pell and admin rank Grants rates 1 University of Mount Olive 6 53% 58% (NC) 2 Georgetown University (DC) 81 13% 17% 3 Washington and Lee 179 10% 15% University (VA) 4 American Public Univ. 76 32% 30% System (WV) ** 5 Salem College (NC) 9 58% 35% 6 University of Florida 7 32% 24% (FL) * 7 Amer. InterCont. Univ.-- 17 81% 62% Atlanta (GA) ** 8 Trinity Washington 15 67% 56% University (DC) 9 Davidson College (NC) 56 13% 18% 10 Columbia College (SC) 101 60% 38% 11 Coker College (SC) 27 57% 51% 12 Warner University (FL) 32 66% 63% 13 James Madison 19 14% 28% University (VA) * 14 Georgia Institute of 163 19% 13% Tech.--Main (GA) * 15 Duke University (NC) 194 14% 13% 16 Columbia International 10 50% 36% University (SC) 17 New College of Florida 180 29% 17% (FL) * 18 Mercer University (GA) 79 42% 27% 19 Brenau University (GA) 31 47% 46% 20 Piedmont College (GA) 87 51% 44% 21 University of NC-- 91 44% 42% Greensboro (NC) * 22 University of Richmond (VA) 131 19% 20% 23 Agnes Scott College (GA) 38 44% 34% 24 West Virginia Wesleyan 43 36% 35% College (WV) 25 Citadel: The Military 14 24% 32% College of SC (SC) * 26 Mary Baldwin College (VA) 70 52% 47% 27 Full Sail University 1 63% 36% (FL) ** 28 University of North 124 34% 31% Florida (FL) * 29 University of NC--Chapel 47 21% 24% Hill (NC) * 30 Voorhees College (SC) 23 85% 71% 31 Francis Marion University 113 56% 49% (SC) * 32 Lander University (SC) * 112 49% 54% 33 Shorter University (GA) 67 46% 48% 34 Regent University (VA) 8 51% 34% 35 Georgia Regents University 173 43% 38% (GA) * 36 University of Central 30 37% 30% Florida (FL) * 37 Univ. of North Carolina-- 100 40% 37% Charlotte (NC) * 38...