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#22 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#98 Best Value Schools
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#57 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#6 Most Innovative Schools
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#6 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#1 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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#76 First-Year Experiences
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#32 Study Abroad
Spelman College is ranked #57 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
70
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
12
Graduation and retention rank
76
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
76%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
90%
Social Mobility Rank
6
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
69%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
81%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
66%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
9
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
136
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
100
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
87.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
90%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
60.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
11:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
127
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1080-1220
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
10%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
79
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
34
Average alumni giving rate
29.8%
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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%)
