We ranked colleges on various measures like diversity, enrollment growth, graduation rates, faculty pay, largest endowments, and research spending. Explore more than two dozen tables to see where your institution stands relative to its peers.
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Fastest-Growing Colleges
Of the 20 fastest-growing public doctoral institutions, 12 were in the Southwest or Southeast. -
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Fastest-Growing Private Nonprofit Colleges With the Highest Rates of Advertising Spending
The country’s fastest-growing institution reported that it spent more than $130 million on advertising and marketing in 2016-17. -
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Colleges With the Highest and Lowest 4-Year Graduation Rates
Only four institutions had four-year graduation rates that exceeded 90 percent. -
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Colleges With the Highest and Lowest 6-Year Graduation Rates
Two colleges in Virginia had the highest six-year graduation rates among public institutions. -
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2-Year Colleges With the Highest and Lowest 3-Year Graduation Rates
Five of the 25 two-year public institutions with the best three-year graduation rates were in Kansas -
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Colleges With the Greatest Percentage Change in the Number of Black Students, 2010 to 2017
Fast-growing Southern New Hampshire University had the greatest jump by far in African-American enrollment. -
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Colleges With the Greatest Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Students
Colleges with the greatest diversity tended to be concentrated in California and Hawaii, with a scattering in other states like Georgia and Michigan. -
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Colleges With the Greatest Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Faculty Members
Three historically black colleges and universities were among the 10 four-year public institutions with the greatest faculty diversity. -
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Colleges With the Greatest Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Managers
Five campuses of City University of New York were among the 10 four-year public institutions with the most-diverse managerial staff. -
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Colleges With the Most Students Enrolled Exclusively in Distance Education
Many public and private nonprofit institutions have joined their for-profit counterparts to offer exclusively online degrees. -
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Universities That Granted the Most Research Doctorates, Over All and by Field
The most doctorates in one field were granted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, which awarded 345 research doctorates in engineering. -
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U.S. Institutions With the Most Foreign Students
Of the top 25 master’s institutions with the highest numbers of international students, six were California State University campuses. -
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Colleges With the Most Students Receiving Military-Service or Veterans Education Benefits
Colleges with online offerings predominated among institutions that had the highest number of students receiving the education benefits. -
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Colleges With the Largest Enrollments
Institutions with significant online enrollments stood out in their categories for their exceptionally high student counts. -
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Colleges With the Highest Average Pay for Full Professors
Institutions with “very high research activity” predominated among colleges that paid their full professors the most. -
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Highest-Paid Chief Executives at Public Colleges
Seventeen presidents or chancellors of public universities or systems had total compensation of $1 million or more in the 2018 calendar year. -
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Highest-Paid Chief Executives at Private Nonprofit Colleges
Kenneth W. Starr, of Baylor University, was the highest-paid chief, with most of his compensation originating from a severance agreement. -
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Colleges With the Fewest and Most Students per Tenured or Tenure-Track Professor
At certain small liberal-arts colleges, students were very likely to encounter and be taught by tenured or tenure-track professors. -
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Colleges With the Largest Endowments
Thirteen institutions had endowments valued at $10 billion or more, compared with 10 the previous year. -
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Largest Private Gifts to Higher Education
Thirty-two private gifts valued at $50 million or more were announced by colleges in the United States and abroad from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019. -
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Colleges That Raised the Most in Private Donations
Four campuses of the University of California were among the top 20 public institutions for the amount raised. -
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Colleges With the Highest Overall Spending on Research and Development
Four of the 12 institutions that spent more than $1 billion on research and development in the 2017 fiscal year were in California. -
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Colleges With the Highest Spending on Research and Development, by Field
The University of California at San Francisco spent the most in any single field: $1.3 billion on life sciences. -
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Colleges With the Greatest Gaps Between Instruction Spending and Tuition Revenue
Colleges with high shares of online students tended to take in far more in tuition and fees than they spent on instruction. -
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Most-Expensive 4-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions
More than half of the 100 colleges that had the greatest overall cost for tuition, fees, and room and board were in three states. -
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Most-Expensive 4-Year Public Institutions
Relatively high room-and-board costs helped put nine University of California campuses near the top of the list.