Top Colleges by Quality 2026 — Page 40
Ranks 1951–2000 of 2,129 colleges
#
University
Quality
Value
Grad Rate
1951
Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TX · public
16.7
25
27%
1952
ECPI University
Virginia Beach, VA · for-profit
16.7
20
44%
1953
Concord University
Athens, WV · public
16.6
44
41%
1954
Northern New Mexico College
Espanola, NM · public
16.6
40
30%
1955
Eureka College
Eureka, IL · private
16.5
31
41%
1956
University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME · public
16.5
23
25%
1957
South Texas College
McAllen, TX · public
16.4
100
27%
1958
Ohio Dominican University
Columbus, OH · private
16.4
29
44%
1959
Southwestern College
Winfield, KS · private
16.4
16
35%
1960
Quincy College
Quincy, MA · public
16.4
12
16%
1961
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus
Zanesville, OH · public
16.3
45
20%
1962
University of South Carolina Beaufort
Bluffton, SC · public
16.3
30
36%
1963
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN · public
16.3
23
33%
1964
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY · private
16.3
18
32%
1965
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX · public
16.2
50
42%
1966
Chamberlain University-Texas
Houston, TX · for-profit
16.2
18
25%
1967
Tabor College
Hillsboro, KS · private
16.1
22
33%
1968
University of Advancing Technology
Tempe, AZ · for-profit
16.1
16
37%
1969
Veritas Baptist College
Lawrenceburg, IN · private
16.1
0
36%
1970
Boise Bible College
Boise, ID · private
16
23
41%
1971
Coker University
Hartsville, SC · private
16
19
38%
1972
Grace Christian University
Wyoming, MI · private
15.9
39
46%
1973
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR · public
15.9
29
40%
1974
New Hope Christian College-Eugene
Eugene, OR · private
15.9
16
44%
1975
Calumet College of Saint Joseph
Whiting, IN · private
15.9
14
26%
1976
South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary
Deerfield Beach, FL · private
15.9
13
25%
1977
Ohio State University-Lima Campus
Lima, OH · public
15.8
24
21%
1978
Carolina University
Winston-Salem, NC · private
15.8
10
24%
1979
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Goodwell, OK · public
15.7
36
23%
1980
Nevada State University
Henderson, NV · public
15.7
30
32%
1981
Randall University
Moore, OK · private
15.7
15
23%
1982
Post University
Waterbury, CT · for-profit
15.7
13
29%
1983
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Portales, NM · public
15.6
83
42%
1984
Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs, CO · public
15.6
38
27%
1985
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas, NM · public
15.6
20
26%
1986
Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus
Mansfield, OH · public
15.6
14
15%
1987
Strayer University-Global Region
Washington, DC · for-profit
15.6
13
23%
1988
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid
Far Rockaway, NY · private
15.6
0
36%
1989
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX · public
15.5
42
35%
1990
North Carolina Wesleyan University
Rocky Mount, NC · private
15.5
27
41%
1991
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO · public
15.5
26
31%
1992
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH · private
15.4
15
44%
1993
University of the Southwest
Hobbs, NM · private
15.4
15
23%
1994
Mid-South Christian College
Memphis, TN · private
15.4
0
60%
1995
Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA · public
15.3
26
36%
1996
Providence Christian College
Pasadena, CA · private
15.3
17
36%
1997
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN · for-profit
15.3
16
27%
1998
Fisher College
Boston, MA · private
15.3
13
28%
1999
Kent State University at Ashtabula
Ashtabula, OH · public
15.2
24
25%
2000
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS · public
15.2
17
41%