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#2 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#17 Best Value Schools
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#50 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#6 Regional Universities South
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#2 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#2 Most Innovative Schools
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#30 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#3 Top Public Schools
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#224 Business Programs
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#6 First-Year Experiences
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#5 Learning Communities
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#28 Senior Capstone
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#14 Service Learning
Appalachian State University is ranked #6 in Regional Universities South. 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
80
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
2
Graduation and retention rank
3
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
72%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
87%
Social Mobility Rank
30
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
70%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
73%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
64%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
8
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
36
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
4
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
88.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
98%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
34%
Classes with 50 or more students
7%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
16:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
8
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
22-26
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
59%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
90
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
45
Average alumni giving rate
6.3%
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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%)
