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The following list includes four-year and as classified by their selectivity according to criteria developed Barron’s Profile of American Colleges (2015). The list does not include schools designated as “competitive,” “less competitive,” “non-competitive,” and “special.” Please note that “plus” designations have been collapsed (i.e., schools designated as “highly competitive plus” are included with those designated as “highly competitive”).

For selectivity categories, 1 indicates “most competitive,” 2 is “highly competitive,” and 3 is “very competitive.” Name and State Selectivity ALABAMA Auburn Auburn, AL 3 Birmingham, AL 3 Mobile, AL 3 Mobile, AL 3 ALASKA Alaska Anchorage, AK 3 ARIZONA Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott Campus Prescott, AZ 3 Phoenix, AZ 3 Conway, AR 2 John Siloam Springs, AR 3 College Batesville, AR 3 Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, AR 3 at Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR 3 University of Conway, AR 3 La Mirada, CA 3 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 1

California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 2 Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA 1 Concordia University - Irvine Irvine, CA 3 Claremont, CA 1 Riverside, CA 3 Oakland, CA 2 Mount St. Mary's College/Chalon Campus , CA 3 Pacific Angwin, CA 3 Malibu, CA 2 Claremont, CA 1 Point Loma Nazarene University , CA 3 Claremont, CA 1 San Diego State University San Diego, CA 3 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 1 Stanford, CA 1 at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 1 University of California at Davis Davis, CA 2 University of California at Irvine Irvine, CA 3 University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 1 University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA 3 University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 2 University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 3 La Verne, CA 3 Redlands, CA 3 University of San Diego San Diego, CA 2 University of San Francisco, CA 3

University of Los Angeles, CA 1 University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 3 of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA 3 Santa Barbara, CA 2 Colorado Christian University Lakewood, CO 3 Colorado Springs, CO 1 Golden, CO 2 Colorado State University - Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO 3 Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO 1 at Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 3 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 3 CONNECTICUT New , CT 1 Fairfield, CT 3 Hamden, CT 3 Fairfield, CT 3 Trinity College Hartford, CT 2 United States Coast Guard Academy New London, CT 2 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 2 Middletown, CT 1 New Haven, CT 1 DELAWARE Newark, DE 3 St. Petersburg, FL 3

Flagler College St. Augustine, FL 3 Florida Institute of Technology , FL 3 Florida International University Miami, FL 3 Lakeland, FL 3 Tallahassee, FL 2 Sarasota, FL 2 Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 Winter Park, FL 2 DeLand, FL 3 University of Orlando, FL 3 Gainesville, FL 2 Coral Gables, FL 1 University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL 3 University of South Florida/St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, FL 3 Tampa, FL 3 Decatur, GA 3 Mount Berry, GA 2 Lookout Mountain, GA 3 , GA 1 Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA 3 Georgia College and State University Milledgeville, GA 3 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 1 Atlanta, GA 3 Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA 3 Macon, GA 3

Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA 3 Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, GA 3 Atlanta, GA 3 Athens, GA 3 HAWAII /Hawaii Laie, HI 3 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 3 IDAHO The Caldwell, ID 3 Augustana College Rock Island, IL 2 Bradley University Peoria, IL 3 DePaul University , IL 3 Jacksonville, IL 3 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 2 Illinois State University Normal, IL 3 Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL 3 Galesburg, IL 3 Lake Forest, IL 3 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL 3 North Naperville, IL 3 Evanston, IL 1 Chicago, IL 3 Chicago, IL 3 Chicago, IL 1 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 3

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 2 Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 2 Indianapolis, IN 3 Greencastle, IN 3 Richmond, IN 3 Goshen, IN 3 College Hanover, IN 3 Bloomington Bloomington, IN 2 Indiana Wesleyan University Marion, IN 3 University North Manchester, IN 3 /West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 2 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 1 Saint Mary's College Notre Dame, IN 3 Upland, IN 3 , IN 3 Evansville, IN 3 Notre Dame, IN 1 Valparaiso, IN 3 Crawfordsville, IN 3 Central College Pella, IA 3 Cedar Rapids, IA 3 Mount Vernon, IA 2 Dordt College Sioux Center, IA 3 Des Moines, IA 3

Grinnell College Grinnell, IA 2 Dubuque, IA 3 Decorah, IA 3 Maharishi University of Management Fairfield, IA 3 Indianola, IA 3 Iowa City, IA 3 Waverly, IA 3 Atchison, KS 3 , KS 3 Ottawa, KS 3 Wilmore, KY 3 Louisville, KY 3 Berea, KY 2 University Owensboro, KY 3 Danville, KY 2 Kentucky Owensboro, KY 3 Columbia, KY 3 Lexington, KY 3 Louisville, KY 3 , LA 3 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 3 Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA 3 New Orleans, LA 1

University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 3 Lewiston, ME 1 Brunswick, ME 1 Waterville, ME 1 Bar Harbor, ME 2 , MD 3 Baltimore, MD 3 Baltimore, MD 1 Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD 3 McDaniel College Westminster, MD 3 Baltimore, MD 3 University Salisbury, MD 3 St. John's College-Annapolis Annapolis, MD 2 St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary’s City, MD 2 Towson, MD 3 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 1 University of Maryland College Park, MD 2 University of Maryland/Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 3 College Chestertown, MD 3 Amherst, MA 1 Assumption College Worcester, MA 3 Babson College Babson Park, MA 2 at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MA 2

Bentley University Waltham, MA 2 College Chestnut Hill, MA 1 Boston, MA 2 Waltham, MA 2 Worcester, MA 2 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA 1 Chicopee, MA 3 Boston, MA 2 Emmanuel College Boston, MA 3 Gordon College Wenham, MA 3 Amherst, MA 1 / , MA 1 Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Brookline, MA 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 1 South Hadley, MA 2 Boston, MA 1 Simmons College Boston, MA 3 , MA 1 Easton, MA 3 Medford, MA 1 University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 3 Wellesley, MA 1 Wheaton College Norton, MA 2 Williamstown, MA 1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 2

Albion College Albion, MI 3 Alma, MI 3 Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 3 Concordia University, Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 3 Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI 3 Hillsdale, MI 2 Holland, MI 3 Kalamazoo, MI 2 Flint, MI 2 Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI 3 University Livonia, MI 3 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 3 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 3 Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI 3 Rochester, MI 3 /Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 2 University of Michigan/Dearborn Dearborn, MI 3 MINNESOTA Bethel University St. Paul, MN 3 Northfield, MN 1 College of Saint Benedict St. Joseph, MN 3 Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, MN 2 St. Paul, MN 3 St. Paul, MN 1 St. Olaf College Northfield, MN 2 /Morris Morris, MN 3

University of Minnesota/Twin Minneapolis, MN 2 University of Saint Thomas St. Paul, MN 3 MISSISSIPPI Jackson, MS 3 Clinton, MS 3 University of Mississippi University, MS 3 Central Fayette, MO 3 College of the Point Lookout, MO 3 Springfield, MO 3 of Saint Louis St. Louis, MO 3 Missouri State University Springfield, MO 3 Missouri University of and Technology Rolla, MO 3 St. Louis, MO 3 Columbia, MO 3 Kirksville, MO 2 - St. Louis St. Louis, MO 3 University of Missouri/Columbia Columbia, MO 1 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 1 Westminster College Fulton, MO 3 Liberty, MO 3 MONTANA Bozeman, MT 3 Montana Tech of The Butte, MT 3 Omaha, NE 3

Concordia University Nebraska Seward, NE 3 Omaha, NE 3 Doane College Crete, NE 3 Union College Lincoln, NE 3 University of Nebraska at Lincoln Lincoln, NE 3 NEVADA Sierra Nevada College Incline Village, NV 3 Hanover, NH 1 Nashua, NH 3 Manchester, NH 3 University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 3 College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ 2 /College of Liberal Arts Madison, NJ 3 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 3 Princeton, NJ 1 Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Pomona, NJ 3 Glassboro, NJ 3 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey/New Brunswick Piscataway, NJ 3 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 2 NEW New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 2 St. John's College, Santa Fe Santa Fe, NM 2 NEW Garden City, NY 3

Alfred University Alfred, NY 3 Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2 , NY 1 /The State University of New York Binghamton, NY 2 Canisius College Buffalo, NY 3 City University of New York/Baruch College New York, NY 3 , NY 2 , NY 1 College of Mount Saint Vincent Riverdale, NY 1 /City of New York New York, NY 1 Columbia University/School of General Studies New York, NY 1 for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY 1 Ithaca, NY 1 CUNY/City College New York, NY 2 Eugene Lang College/The New School for Liberal Arts New York, NY 3 Bronx, NY 2 Clinton, NY 1 and William Smith Colleges , NY 3 Hempstead, NY 3 Houghton, NY 3 New York, NY 3 Ithaca, NY 2 Syracuse, NY 3 Riverdale, NY 3 Purchase, NY 3 Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY 3

Medaille College Buffalo, NY 3 Metropolitan College of New York New York, NY 3 Nazareth College of Rochester Rochester, NY 3 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY 3 New New York, NY 1 Oswego / State University of New York Oswego, NY 3 New York, NY 3 Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, NY 2 Queens College/The City University of New York Flushing, NY 3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 1 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 3 Bronxville, NY 2 College Loudonville, NY 3 Saratoga Springs, NY 2 St. Joseph's College, New York/Suffolk Campus Patchogue, NY 3 St. Canton, NY 2 State University of New York / College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY 2 / State University of New York Stony Brook, NY 2 SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY 2 SUNY Fredonia/The State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY 3 SUNY Oneonta / State University of New York Oneonta, NY 3 SUNY Plattsburgh / State University of New York Plattsburgh, NY 3 Syracuse, NY 2 The College at Brockport/State University of New York Brockport, NY 3 The College of New Rochelle New Rochelle, NY 3 The State University of New of Agriculture and Tech at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY 3

Touro College New York, NY 3 Union College Schenectady, NY 1 United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY 2 United States West Point, NY 1 University at Albany / SUNY Albany, NY 3 / The State University of New York Buffalo, NY 3 Rochester, NY 1 Poughkeepsie, NY 1 Staten Island, NY 3 Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY 1 Aurora, NY 3 Yeshiva University New York, NY 3 Appalachian State University Boone, NC 3 Davidson, NC 1 Durham, NC 1 Elon, NC 2 Montreat, NC 3 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 2 Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC 3 Winston Salem, NC 3 University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, NC 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 1 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC 3 Winston Salem, NC 1 Asheville, NC 3

OHIO Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH 3 Columbus, OH 3 Case Western Reserve University , OH 1 Cedarville, OH 3 Wooster, OH 3 Granville, OH 2 Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH 3 Hiram, OH 3 Gambier, OH 1 Marietta, OH 3 , OH 2 South Euclid, OH 3 Oberlin, OH 1 Northern University Ada, OH 3 at Marion Marion, OH 1 Athens, OH 3 The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 1 University of Cincinnati, OH 3 Dayton, OH 3 University Springfield, OH 3 Cincinnati, OH 3 Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK 3 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, OK 3 Oklahoma Christian University , OK 3

Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK 3 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 3 Norman, OK 3 University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha, OK 3 Tulsa, OK 2 OREGON Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR 3 Portland, OR 1 Eugene, OR 3 Portland, OR 3 Salem, OR 3 Meadville, PA 2 Bryn Mawr, PA 1 Lewisburg, PA 1 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 1 Pittsburgh, PA 3 , PA 2 Philadelphia, PA 2 Pittsburgh, PA 3 Elizabethtown, PA 3 Elizabethtown College School of Continuing and Professional Studies Elizabethtown, PA 3 Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA 1 Gettysburg, PA 2 Grove City, PA 2 Haverford, PA 1

Juniata College Huntingdon, PA 3 Easton, PA 2 , PA 1 Messiah College Mechanicsburg, PA 3 Bethlehem, PA 3 Allentown, PA 2 Penn State University/University Park, PA 3 's University Philadelphia, PA 3 Swarthmore, PA 1 Philadelphia, PA 3 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 1 at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2 Scranton, PA 3 University of the Philadelphia, PA 3 Collegeville, PA 3 Villanova, PA 1 Washington and Jefferson College Washington, PA 3 RHODE ISLAND Brown University Providence, RI 1 Smithfield, RI 3 Providence, RI 2 Newport, RI 3 Clemson, SC 2 Charleston, SC 3 Greenville, SC 2

Presbyterian College Clinton, SC 3 University of South Carolina at Columbia Columbia, SC 3 Rock Hill, SC 3 Spartanburg, SC 3 SOUTH DAKOTA Augustana College Sioux Falls, SD 3 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD 3 TENNESSEE Nashville, TN 3 Christian Brothers University Memphis, TN 2 Freed-Hardeman University Henderson, TN 3 Nashville, TN 3 Maryville, TN 3 Memphis, TN 2 Sewanee: The University of the South Sewanee, TN 2 Jackson, TN 3 at Knoxville Knoxville, TN 3 University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 3 Nashville, TN 1 Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX 3 Sherman, TX 2 Waco, TX 2 Houston, TX 1 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 1 Georgetown, TX 3

St. Edward's University Austin, TX 3 Texas A&M University College Station, TX 3 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 2 San Marcos, TX 3 Trinity University San Antonio, TX 2 Irving, TX 3 Houston, TX 3 University of St. Thomas - Houston Houston, TX 3 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 2 University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 2 UTAH Brigham Young University Provo, UT 2 Salt Lake City, UT 3 Westminster College Salt Lake City, UT 3 VERMONT Bennington, VT 2 Burlington, VT 3 Goddard College Plainfield, VT 3 Marlboro College Marlboro, VT 3 Middlebury, VT 1 Saint Michael's College , VT 3 Burlington, VT 3 Front Royal, VA 3 Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA 3 College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA 1

Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA 3 Fairfax, VA 3 Roanoke, VA 3 Harrisonburg, VA 3 Lynchburg, VA 3 Washington Fredericksburg, VA 3 Richmond, VA 1 Charlottesville, VA 1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 2 Washington and Lexington, VA 1 WASHINGTON Spokane, WA 2 Pacific Lutheran University Tacoma, WA 3 Pacific University Seattle, WA 3 Seattle, WA 3 University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA 2 Seattle, WA 3 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 3 Walla Walla, WA 1 Spokane, WA 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. Washington, D.C. 2 University Washington, D.C. 1 Washington, D.C. 1 The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 3

Beloit College Beloit, WI 2 Lawrence University Appleton, WI 2 , WI 3 Milwaukee School of Milwaukee, WI 3 St. Norbert College De Pere, WI 3 University of Wisconsin/Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI 3 University of Wisconsin/La Crosse La Crosse, WI 3 University of Wisconsin/Madison Madison, WI 2 Wisconsin Lutheran College Milwaukee, WI 3