University Benchmarks

Ranking the Top 100 Academic Universities

UniversityBenchmarks.com ranks the universities that attract and produce the best academic students.

There are many 'University Rankings' on the internet. Most rankings rely heavily on subjective metrics like 'reputation' and 'selectivity'. UniversityBenchmarks is purely an academic ranking model. The rankings are based on the reported academic and financial metrics of the colleges. There are no subjective factors like 'reputation' that are used. The calculations are performed using normal statistical models. All universities are considered equal and there is no weighting of the ranking categories.

The university 2014-2015 dataset is comprised of over 2400 US Universities & Colleges and comes from multiple sources using the most favorable reported metrics for a university.

The universities are ranked against each other in each filtered set. It is an iterative process whereby lower ranking universities are removed and the set is re-ranked until the final set of 100 is reached.

Selecting 'Rank Top 10 Only' will show the Top 10 for each filter category ranked against each other.

The academic rankings of the universities within the major conferences (ACC, Big12, Big10, Pac12, SEC) are available.

The 2017 rankings will be available in August.

Notes:
  • It is possible for universities to be ranked higher/lower than one another depending on the filter set.
  • Conference averages are based on the top 8 schools in the conference.
  • Public Schools are highlighted
  • Clicking on the university's seal icon will take you to the university's website.

Ranking Fields

Rank - Overall rank based on the average of the ranking fields (Scores, Difficulty, Smartest, Brainpower, Faculty and Research).

Scores - SAT & ACT scores. The university's test scores are corrected for dropout rate when score level is Good, Excellent or Elite. This will slightly boost scores for highly competitive schools.

Difficulty - Academic rigor is estimated based on how difficult it is to get an "A" at the university. An estimated GPA at the university is calculated for the average US Student. University grade inflation, average GPA, and STEM density are factors.

Smartest - University that can field the highest scoring students based on the average US University size. Higher Smartest Rank = "Smartest for the Average University"

Brainpower - The average "smartest" rank using 5 reference populations (CalTech, MIT, Stanford, GaTech and Berkeley). Higher Brainpower Rank = "Higher Density of Smart Students". The university ranked higher can mathematically field 'X' number of smarter students than universities ranked below them.

Faculty - Ranking based on number of % of faculty with awards and academy membership.

Research - Ranking is achieved by iteratively ranking the average of 3 research metrics (r-pop, r-stem, r-other ). The lowest ranked college is then removed and the new set is re-ranked. The result is the schools with potentially the strongest research environments per student bubble up to the top regardless of size or research budget.

  • r-pop - Average research spending for student population
  • r-stem - STEM research spending
  • r-other - Other/Medical/Health research spending

Salary ROI - "Salary Return on Investment" is not used in the overall ranking but is provided for additional information. Using the undergraduate average starting and mid-career salaries, the rank is based on a 20yr salary accumulation (with raises) minus the cost of a 4 year education at the university. Salaries are normalized across the country using the average COLA for the university's geo-economic region (7 regions total). The COLA effect is diminished by the level of the university. Elite, Excellent and Good universities have a greater distribution of graduates across the country and a diminishing COLA effect. The resultant value would be the graduate's spending potential over the 20yr period.

Overall ROI - "Overall Return on Investment" is not used in the overall ranking but is provided for additional information. The average of Overall Rank and Salary ROI. This would be the "Best academic bang for the buck". Colleges that produce the best education, at the best price, with the best return will be ranked higher.

Color Key - ranks are colorized as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50 100

The 2016 University Academic Rankings

Beloit College

2016 University Academic Rankings
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, Beloit is the oldest continuously operated college in Wisconsin. It is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and has an enrollment of roughly 1,300 undergraduate students.

History

Beloit College was founded by the group Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from New England who, soon after their arrival in Wisconsin Territory, agreed that a college needed to be established. The group raised funds for a college in their new town and convinced the territorial legislature to enact the charter for Beloit College on February 2, 1846. The first building (then called Middle College) was built in 1847, and it remains in operation today. Classes began in the fall of 1847, with the first degrees awarded in 1851.

The college remained very small for almost its entire first century with enrollment topping 1,000 students only with the influx of World War II veterans in 1945-1946. The "Beloit Plan" was a year-round curriculum introduced in 1964 that comprises three full terms and a "field term" of off-campus study. The trustees decided to return to the two semester program in 1978.

Campus

The campus is host to "20 conical, linear, and animal effigy mounds built between about AD 400 and 1200", created by Native Americans identified by archaeologists as Late Woodland people. One of the mounds, in the shape of a turtle, inspired Beloit's symbol and unofficial mascot. The mounds on Beloit's campus are "catalogued" burial sites, and therefore may not be disturbed without an official permit from the Wisconsin Historical Society. Several of the Beloit College sites have been partially excavated and restored, and material found within them-including pottery and tool fragments-are now held in the College's Logan Museum of Anthropology.

Beloit College completed a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) Center for the Sciences in the fall of 2008. The building was awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification. It also won a Design Excellence Honor Award in Interior Architecture from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on October 30, 2009.

In the fall of 2010, Beloit College opened the Hendricks Center for the Arts, a 58,000-square-foot (5,400 m2) structure that holds dance, music and theater facilities. The building previously held the Beloit Post Office and later the Beloit Public Library. The renovation and expansion of the facility is the largest single gift in the college's history. The building is named after Diane Hendricks, chair of ABC Supply of Beloit, and her late husband and former college trustee Ken Hendricks.

Two Beloit campus museums open to the public are run by college staff and students. The Logan Museum of Anthropology and the Wright Museum of Art were both founded in the late 19th century. The Logan Museum, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, curates over 300,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects from 125 countries and over 600 cultural groups. The Wright Museum's holdings of over 8,000 objects include a large collection of original prints and Asian art. Both museums feature temporary special exhibitions year round.

The Beloit College campus also houses two sculptures by artist Siah Armajani, his "Gazebo for One Anarchist: Emma Goldman 1991" and "The Beloit College Poetry Garden."

Academics

Beloit College's curriculum retains many aspects of the Beloit Plan from the 1960s, emphasizing experiential learning, learner agency, and reflective connection-making between out-of-classroom and in-classroom learning experiences, or "the liberal arts in practice." Academic strengths include field-oriented disciplines such as a ... [more on wikipedia]

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Beloit College Details

Beloit College Details
detail value
stateWisconsin
conferenceMidwest Conference
publicPrivate
scores1830/1220/27
levelGood
rank[250
overall ROI rank[233
sizesmall
undergrads1303
grads0
price52270
drop23
stem19
research0
scores validTrue
Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Beloit College?

1. number 250 for Academics.

2. number 233 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Beloit College?

1. Centre College

2. Kalamazoo College

3. Westmont College

4. Bryn Mawr College

5. University of Dallas

6. Austin College

7. Hendrix College


National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Beloit College National Academic Rankings

Beloit College National Academic Rankings
category rank scores difficulty smartest brainpower faculty research salary ROI overall ROI
Top250250138159248245153159177233
Mid West Region472229866942428770
State of Wisconsin633181064168
Top Ten Top250250138159248245153159177233
Top Ten State of Wisconsin433774475


Peer Universities / Similar Universities

(mathematically similar student body, size, academics, stem, salary... etc)

Beloit College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Beloit College

Beloit College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Beloit College
match image university state conference public level rank overall ROI
86.26
Centre CollegeKentuckySouthern Athletic AssociationPrivateGood244198
85.95
Kalamazoo CollegeMichiganMichigan Intercollegiate Athle...PrivateGood285415
79.98
Westmont CollegeCaliforniaGolden State Athletic ConferencePrivateAboveAverage311400
79.97
Bryn Mawr CollegePennsylvaniaCentennial ConferencePrivateExcellent137205
79.88
University of DallasTexasSouthern Collegiate Athletic C...PrivateAboveAverage282175
79.87
Austin CollegeTexasSouthern Collegiate Athletic C...PrivateAboveAverage291415
79.78
Hendrix CollegeArkansasSouthern Athletic AssociationPrivateAboveAverage294425
79.66
Reed CollegeOregonNo Conference AffiliationPrivateExcellent106144
79.40
Birmingham Southern CollegeAlabamaSouthern Athletic AssociationPrivateAboveAverage376268
79.39
Coe CollegeIowaIowa Intercollegiate Athletic ConfPrivateAboveAverage375340
79.25
Washington CollegeMarylandCentennial ConferencePrivateAboveAverage424482
79.13
Whitman CollegeWashingtonNorthwest ConferencePrivateExcellent153154
78.89
Cornell CollegeIowaMidwest ConferencePrivateAboveAverage339327
78.74
Lake Forest CollegeIllinoisMidwest ConferencePrivateAboveAverage481495
78.69
Berea CollegeKentuckyIndependent Southeast RegionPrivateAboveAverage497494
78.69
Simmons CollegeMassachusettsGreat Northeast Athletic ConferencePrivateAboveAverage376452
78.67
William Jewell CollegeMissouriGreat Lakes Valley ConferencePrivateAboveAverage387344
78.67
University of the SciencesPennsylvaniaCentral Atlantic Collegiate ConfPrivateAboveAverage338272
78.57
Wofford CollegeSouth CarolinaSouthern ConferencePrivateAboveAverage340211
78.56
Kenyon CollegeOhioNorth Coast Athletic ConferencePrivateExcellent14791
78.52
Transylvania UniversityKentuckyHeartland Collegiate Athletic ...PrivateAboveAverage378417
78.50
Ursinus CollegePennsylvaniaCentennial ConferencePrivateAboveAverage327378
78.34
Grinnell CollegeIowaMidwest ConferencePrivateExcellent114123
78.24
Davidson CollegeNorth CarolinaPioneer Football League / Atla...PrivateExcellent155129
78.10
Wagner CollegeNew YorkNortheast ConferencePrivateAboveAverage385412
78.03
Mills CollegeCaliforniaNo Conference AffiliationPrivateAboveAverage429486
77.92
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityIllinoisCollege Conference of Illinois...PrivateAboveAverage298225
77.91
University of Minnesota-MorrisMinnesotaUpper Midwest Athletic ConferencePublicAboveAverage321161
77.79
Wittenberg UniversityOhioNorth Coast Athletic ConferencePrivateAboveAverage441295
77.57
The College of WoosterOhioNorth Coast Athletic ConferencePrivateGood277317
77.21
Trinity UniversityTexasSouthern Collegiate Athletic C...PrivateGood212170
77.15
Denison UniversityOhioNorth Coast Athletic ConferencePrivateGood204170
77.11
Clark UniversityMassachusettsNew England Women's & Men's At...PrivateGood201224
76.89
Muhlenberg CollegePennsylvaniaCentennial ConferencePrivateGood223217
76.74
University of Puget SoundWashingtonNorthwest ConferencePrivateGood227223
76.53
Union UniversityTennesseeGulf South ConferencePrivateGood225213
76.42
Furman UniversitySouth CarolinaSouthern ConferencePrivateGood232192
76.42
Yeshiva UniversityNew YorkSkyline ConferencePrivateGood141208
74.85
University of San DiegoCaliforniaPioneer Football League / West...PrivateGood203195
74.62
The College of New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey Athletic ConferencePublicGood164193
73.96
Baylor UniversityTexasBig Twelve ConferencePrivateGood134128
73.88
Miami University-OxfordOhioMid American ConferencePublicGood11867
73.81
University of ConnecticutConnecticutBig East ConferencePublicGood87139
73.80
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPennsylvaniaAtlantic Coast ConferencePublicGood5075
73.76
University of California-Santa BarbaraCaliforniaBig West ConferencePublicGood63122
73.72
University of IowaIowaBig Ten ConferencePublicGood6879
73.66
University of GeorgiaGeorgiaSoutheastern ConferencePublicGood8265
73.53
Ohio State UniversityOhioBig Ten ConferencePublicGood4043
70.96
Ripon CollegeWisconsinMidwest ConferencePrivateAboveAverage431450
70.96
Allegheny CollegePennsylvaniaNorth Coast Athletic ConferencePrivateAboveAverage322411


Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

(mathematically similar academics)

Beloit College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Beloit College

Beloit College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Beloit College
match image university state conference public level rank overall ROI
98.77
Centre CollegeKentuckySouthern Athletic AssociationPrivateGood244198
91.50
Great Lakes Valley Conference (Average)-Great Lakes Valley Conference-Conf-AboveAverage-227
90.85
Christopher Newport UniversityVirginiaUSA South Athletic Conference ...PublicAboveAverage268320
90.15
Creighton UniversityNebraskaBig East ConferencePrivateAboveAverage273190
86.34
Southern Polytechnic State UniversityGeorgiaNo Conference AffiliationPublicAboveAverage267128
83.81
University of Rhode IslandRhode IslandColonial Athletic Association ...PublicAverage270328
82.81
Kansas State UniversityKansasBig Twelve ConferencePublicAverage249168
81.53
Grand Valley State UniversityMichiganGreat Lakes Intercollegiate At...PublicAverage247239
80.17
University of MaineMaineAtlantic 10 Conference / Ameri...PublicAverage248245