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

Campbell University

2016 University Academic Rankings
Campbell University is a coeducational, private university in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of male and female students. It is a university of the liberal arts and sciences, offering both theory and vocational education and hosting several professional schools.

History

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Campbell University was founded as a community school on January 5, 1887, called Buies Creek Academy. It was founded by North Carolina minister James Archibald Campbell, under the conviction that no student should be denied admission because of lack of funds. In 1926, the school attained junior college status and changed its name from Buies Creek Academy to Campbell Junior College. In 1961, Campbell became a senior college. The name was changed to Campbell University on June 6, 1979, with the addition of the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.

The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law was founded in 1976, and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business was begun in 1983. The Pharmacy School and School of Education were established in 1985. The Campbell University Divinity School was established in 1995. The School of Law moved from Buies Creek to its new Raleigh campus in 2009. The School of Osteopathic Medicine, North Carolina's first new medical school in more than 35 years, opened in August 2013. Since then, Campbell has opened the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing and announced plans to open the School of Engineering in August 2016.

Campus

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Located in the Sandhills of southeastern North Carolina, the University is nestled in the small unincorporated village of Buies Creek near the Cape Fear River. The Buies Creek census-designated place population was only 2,215 in the 2000 census and the surrounding area remains rural. However, Buies Creek is approximately 33 miles (53 km) south of Raleigh, the state capital, North Carolina's second-largest city, and approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Fayetteville, North Carolina's sixth-largest city.

The center of campus is Academic Circle, which fronts Leslie Campbell Avenue to the south. Academic Circle is a grass thoroughfare, laced with sidewalks and magnolia trees that is surrounded on the south by dormitories Kitchin Hall (1955) and Baldwin Hall (1958) and along the north by the Frederick L. Taylor Hall of Religion (1973) (), D. Rich Memorial Building (1923), Kivett Hall (1903) (formerly Law School), Wiggins Hall (1993) (formerly Law School), Butler Chapel (2009) and Britt Hall (1947) (campus bookstore).

North of Academic Circle the buildings flank the newly developed Fellowship Commons, a series of brick sidewalks and gathering places that connect the campus from the west on T.T. Lanier Street to the east on Main Street. In this part of campus are Marshbanks Dining Hall (1934), Leslie H. Campbell Hall of Science (1961), J.P. Riddle Pharmacy Center (1991), Maddox Hall (2007) (Pharmacy School), Pearson Hall (1915), Carrie Rich Memorial Library (1925), Carter Gymnasium (1952) and James A. Campbell Administration Building (1961).

Beyond Fellowship Commons lies the north campus which contains several residence halls along with the Taylor Bott Rogers Fine Arts Center (1984) and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business (1999). East of Main Street are more of Campbell's athletic facilities including, Taylor Fi ... [more on wikipedia]

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Campbell University Details

Campbell University Details
detail value
stateNorth Carolina
conferencePioneer Football League / Big ...
publicPrivate
scores1553/1035/23
levelAverage
rank[-1
overall ROI rank[-1
sizesmall
undergrads4296
grads1805
price46090
drop44
stem14
research0
scores validTrue
Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Campbell University?

1. number -1 for Academics.

2. number -1 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Campbell University?

1. Monmouth University

2. Hampton University

3. Drake University

4. Gardner-Webb University

5. Butler University

6. Valparaiso University

7. Syracuse University


National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Campbell University National Academic Rankings

Campbell University National Academic Rankings
category rank scores difficulty smartest brainpower faculty research salary ROI overall ROI
Div1 Private484643434431313946
State of North Carolina1517171615991112


Peer Universities / Similar Universities

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

Campbell University Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Campbell University

Campbell University Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Campbell University
match image university state conference public level rank overall ROI
92.85
Monmouth UniversityNew JerseyBig South Conference / Metro A...PrivateAverage478477
85.44
Hampton UniversityVirginiaMid Eastern Athletic ConferencePrivateAverage-1-1
85.22
Drake UniversityIowaPioneer Football League / Miss...PrivateAboveAverage263136
84.21
Gardner-Webb UniversityNorth CarolinaBig South ConferencePrivateAverage-1-1
79.64
Butler UniversityIndianaPioneer Football League / Big ...PrivateAboveAverage349204
71.71
Valparaiso UniversityIndianaPioneer Football League / Hori...PrivateAverage407281
68.55
Syracuse UniversityNew YorkAtlantic Coast ConferencePrivateAboveAverage172216
66.66
Dartmouth CollegeNew HampshireIvy LeaguePrivateElite1921


Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

(mathematically similar academics)

Campbell University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Campbell University

Campbell University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Campbell University
match image university state conference public level rank overall ROI
98.19
Marist CollegeNew YorkPioneer Football League / Metr...PrivateAverage-1-1
95.50
Gardner-Webb UniversityNorth CarolinaBig South ConferencePrivateAverage-1-1
94.84
Hampton UniversityVirginiaMid Eastern Athletic ConferencePrivateAverage-1-1
91.09
Presbyterian CollegeSouth CarolinaBig South ConferencePrivateAboveAverage-1-1
90.66
Valparaiso UniversityIndianaPioneer Football League / Hori...PrivateAverage407281