Best bang for the buck Southern colleges.

BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK SOUTHERN COLLEGES 6-year Graduation graduation rate rank rate 1 Berea College (KY) 62% 75 2 Texas Woman's 42% 157 University (TX) * 3 Texas A&M Univ.-College 79% 14 Station (TX) * 4 Texas A&M International 43% 89 Univ. (TX) * 5 Univ. of Science & 42% 164 Arts of Okla. (OK) * 6 William Carey 58% 24 University (MS) 7 Tougaloo College (MS) 48% 137 8 University of 46% 71 Tennessee-Martin (TN) * 9 Arkansas Tech 44% 83 University (AR) * 10 John Brown 63% 13 University (AR) 11 Blue Mountain 51% 23 College (MS) 12 Sam Houston State 51% 111 University (TX) * 13 Tennessee Wesleyan 45% 43 College (TN) 14 Louisiana College (LA) 40% 102 15 University of Oklahoma- 66% 49 Norman (OK) * 16 Henderson State 33% 143 University (AR) * 17 University of Texas- 39% 167 El Paso (TX) * 18 Southeastern OK 30% 160 State Univ. (OK) * 19 East Central 34% 134 University (OK) * 20 Williams Baptist 40% 60 College (AR) 21 Brescia University (KY) 28% 131 22 Oklahoma Baptist 53% 16 University (OK) 23 Austin Peay State 36% 124 University (TN) * 24 Tusculum College (TN) 35% 129 25 Trinity University (TX) 82% 1 26 Our Lady of Holy Cross 31% 116 College (LA) 27 Oklahoma State 61% 65 University-Main (OK) * 28 Murray State 51% 50 University (KY) * 29 Dillard University (LA) 40% 173 30 Tennessee State 36% 174 University (TN) * 31 So. Arkansas Univ.- 32% 149 Campus (AR) * 32 Bryan College-Dayton (TN) 57% 25 33 Southern Nazarene 46% 69 University (OK) 34 King College (TN) 50% 52 35 Southwestern Christian 47% 31 University (OK) 36 LeTourneau 52% 45 University (TX) 37 University of Arkansas- 27% 142 Pine Bluff (AR) * 38 Northeastern State 29% 165 University (OK) * 39 Campbellsville 39% 110 University (KY) 40 Georgetown College (KY) 56% 100 41 Lane College (TN) 29% 127 42 Central Baptist 35% 93 College (AR) 43 Tennessee Technological 51% 112 Univ. (TN) * 44 Oklahoma Wesleyan 46% 76 University (OK) 45 Christian Brothers 55% 35 University (TN) 46 Nicholls State 42% 94 University (LA) * 47 University of 43% 86 Texas-Tyler (TX) * 48 Midwestern State 44% 81 University (TX) * 49 Texas A&M University- 46% 132 Commerce (TX) * 50 St. Mary's University 56% 27 (TX) Predicted Grad rate grad rate performance based on % of rank Pell recipients, incoming SATs, etc. 1 Berea College (KY) 47% 1 2 Texas Woman's 44% 96 University (TX) * 3 Texas A&M Univ.-College 70% 6 Station (TX) * 4 Texas A&M International 34% 9 Univ. (TX) * 5 Univ. of Science & 36% 14 Arts of Okla. (OK) * 6 William Carey 44% 3 University (MS) 7 Tougaloo College (MS) 35% 2 8 University of 44% 43 Tennessee-Martin (TN) * 9 Arkansas Tech 37% 20 University (AR) * 10 John Brown 57% 26 University (AR) 11 Blue Mountain 45% 29 College (MS) 12 Sam Houston State 46% 25 University (TX) * 13 Tennessee Wesleyan 48% 110 College (TN) 14 Louisiana College (LA) 42% 86 15 University of Oklahoma- 60% 13 Norman (OK) * 16 Henderson State 40% 154 University (AR) * 17 University of Texas- 37% 39 El Paso (TX) * 18 Southeastern OK 23% 21 State Univ. (OK) * 19 East Central 32% 49 University (OK) * 20 Williams Baptist 42% 94 College (AR) 21 Brescia University (KY) 47% 196 22 Oklahoma Baptist 50% 47 University (OK) 23 Austin Peay State 35% 58 University (TN) * 24 Tusculum College (TN) 39% 114 25 Trinity University (TX) 77% 32 26 Our Lady of Holy Cross 34% 111 College (LA) 27 Oklahoma State 54% 10 University-Main (OK) * 28 Murray State 49% 45 University (KY) * 29 Dillard University (LA) 41% 93 30 Tennessee State 31% 18 University (TN) * 31 So. Arkansas Univ.- 36% 120 Campus (AR) * 32 Bryan College-Dayton (TN) 45% 5 33 Southern Nazarene 47% 77 University (OK) 34 King College (TN) 48% 44 35 Southwestern Christian 32% 4 University (OK) 36 LeTourneau 52% 63 University (TX) 37 University of Arkansas- 32% 138 Pine Bluff (AR) * 38 Northeastern State 29% 72 University (OK) * 39 Campbellsville 37% 51 University (KY) 40 Georgetown College (KY) 59% 127 41 Lane College (TN) 21% 12 42 Central Baptist 32% 38 College (AR) 43 Tennessee Technological 52% 89 Univ. (TN) * 44...