	Clark University 2016 University Academic Rankings
Clark University is an American private university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university in the United States. Clark now also educates undergraduates. The U.S. News & World Report ranked Clark 75th nationally in both 2015 and 2014, 83rd in 2013, and 95th in 2012. The acceptance rate of the undergraduate class in 2014 was 54%. It is best known for being the birthplace of rocket propulsion. Clark is one of 40 schools profiled in the book Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope. Those who attend Clark University are colloquially called "Clarkies". History \| Founding and early history On January 17, 1887, successful American businessman Jonas Gilman Clark announced his intention to found and endow a university in the city of Worcester, filing a petition in the Massachusetts Legislature requesting a charter for Clark University. An Act of Incorporation was duly enacted by the legislature and signed by the governor on March 31 of that same year. Clark, who was a friend of Leland Stanford, was probably inspired by the plans for Stanford University and founded the University with an endowment of one million dollars, and later added another million dollars because he feared the university might someday face a lack of funds. Opening on October 2, 1889, Clark was the first all-graduate university in the United States, with departments in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and psychology. G. Stanley Hall was appointed the first president of Clark University in 1888. He had been a professor of psychology and pedagogy at Johns Hopkins University, which had been founded just a few years prior and was quickly becoming a model of the modern research university. Hall spent seven months in Europe visiting other universities and recruiting faculty. He became the founder of the American Psychological Association and earned the first Ph.D. in psychology in the United States at Harvard. Clark has played a prominent role in the development of psychology as a distinguished discipline in the United States ever since. Franz Boas, founder of American cultural anthropology and adviser for the first Ph.D. in anthropology, taught at Clark from 1888 until 1892 when he resigned in a dispute with President Hall over academic freedom and joined the faculty of Columbia University. Albert A. Michelson, the first American to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics, best known for his involvement in the Michelson-Morley experiment, which measured the speed of light, was a professor from 1889 to 1892 before becoming head of the physics department at the University of Chicago. Jonas G. Clark died in 1900, leaving gifts to the University and campus library, but reserving half of his estate for the foundation of an undergraduate college. This had been strongly opposed by President Hall in years past but Clark College opened in 1902, managed independently of Clark University. Clark College and Clark University had different presidents until Hall's retirement in 1920. Clark University began admitting women after Clark's death, and the first female Ph.D. in psychology was awarded in 1908. Early Ph.D. students in psychology were ethnically diverse, with several early graduates being Japanese. In 1920, Francis Sumner became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in psychology. Clark University, along with Stanford and Johns Hopkins, was one of the fourteen founding members of the Association of American Universities, an organization of universities with the most prestigious profiles in research and graduate education, and was one of only three New England universities, along with Harvard and Yale, to be a founding member. Clark withdrew its membership in 1999, citing a conflict with its mission. Clark Lectures Group p ... [more on wikipedia]

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Clark University Details

Clark University Details
detail	value
state	Massachusetts
conference	New England Women's & Men's At...
public	Private
scores	1833/1222/27
level	Good
rank	[201
overall ROI rank	[224
size	small
undergrads	2301
grads	1122
price	50280
drop	20
stem	14
research	7
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Clark University?

1. number 201 for Academics.

2. number 224 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Clark University?

1. Union University

2. Trinity College

3. Denison University

4. Trinity University

5. Lewis & Clark College

6. Muhlenberg College

7. University of Puget Sound

National Academic Rankings

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Clark University National Academic Rankings

Clark University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	201	139	174	249	240	50	147	216	224
New England Region	86	68	81	99	97	21	55	80	91
State of Massachusetts	17	15	15	31	18	5	11	19	17
Top Ten Top250	201	139	174	249	240	50	147	216	224

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match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
92.31	Union University	Tennessee	Gulf South Conference	Private	Good	225	213
86.62	Trinity College	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Good	215	225
86.60	Denison University	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Good	204	170
86.49	Trinity University	Texas	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Good	212	170
86.31	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
86.29	Muhlenberg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Good	223	217
86.01	University of Puget Sound	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Good	227	223
85.97	Point Loma Nazarene University	California	Pacific West Conference	Private	AboveAverage	357	440
85.94	The College of Wooster	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Good	277	317
85.46	California Lutheran University	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	AboveAverage	481	488
85.46	Furman University	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Private	Good	232	192
85.45	Yeshiva University	New York	Skyline Conference	Private	Good	141	208
85.32	Lipscomb University	Tennessee	Atlantic Sun Conference	Private	AboveAverage	303	255
85.04	Bethel University	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	AboveAverage	423	428
84.73	Sewanee-The University of the South	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Good	244	250
84.70	Seattle Pacific University	Washington	Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	383	384
84.58	University of Richmond	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	128	150
81.11	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
80.97	Miami University-Oxford	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Good	118	67
79.95	Stonehill College	Massachusetts	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	467	469
79.93	Rockhurst University	Missouri	Great Lakes Valley Conference	Private	AboveAverage	404	250
79.82	Dickinson College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	187	201
79.80	John Brown University	Arkansas	Sooner Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	489	421
79.78	Concordia College at Moorhead	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	AboveAverage	430	444
79.75	DePauw University	Indiana	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	304	173
79.64	Wheaton College	Illinois	College Conference of Illinois...	Private	Excellent	149	114
79.61	Willamette University	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	AboveAverage	300	402
79.60	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
79.52	Franciscan University of Steubenville	Ohio	Allegheny Mountain Collegiate ...	Private	AboveAverage	410	310
79.48	Saint Michael's College	Vermont	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	329	452
79.43	Taylor University	Indiana	Mid - States Football Associat...	Private	AboveAverage	391	261
79.37	Berry College	Georgia	Southern Athletic Association	Private	AboveAverage	390	412
79.34	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
79.30	Barnard College	New York	Ivy League	Private	Excellent	104	176
79.24	Occidental College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Excellent	158	162
79.22	Rhodes College	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	191	147
79.08	Rollins College	Florida	Sunshine State Conference	Private	AboveAverage	262	338
79.04	Saint Anselm College	New Hampshire	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	443	423
78.98	Wittenberg University	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	441	295
78.83	Messiah College	Pennsylvania	Middle Atlantic States Athleti...	Private	AboveAverage	387	436
78.82	Illinois Wesleyan University	Illinois	College Conference of Illinois...	Private	AboveAverage	298	225
78.67	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
78.62	Wagner College	New York	Northeast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	385	412
78.51	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
78.46	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
78.38	Gordon College	Massachusetts	Commonwealth Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	394	475
78.23	Siena College	New York	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	462	479
78.15	Kenyon College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	147	91
78.03	Simmons College	Massachusetts	Great Northeast Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	376	452
78.03	Berea College	Kentucky	Independent Southeast Region	Private	AboveAverage	497	494

Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

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Clark University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Clark University

Clark University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Clark University
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
98.67	Elon University	North Carolina	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Good	200	178
97.09	University of San Diego	California	Pioneer Football League / West...	Private	Good	203	195
96.88	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	New Mexico	No Conference Affiliation	Public	Good	180	93
96.10	Bentley University	Massachusetts	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	Good	232	199
95.64	Union University	Tennessee	Gulf South Conference	Private	Good	225	213
94.40	Denison University	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Good	204	170
94.40	Skidmore College	New York	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Good	210	220
93.27	New Saint Andrews College	Idaho	No Conference Affiliation	Private	AboveAverage	241	238
92.86	University of Denver	Colorado	The Summit League	Private	AboveAverage	204	186
92.10	Rhodes College	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	191	147
91.57	Gonzaga University	Washington	West Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	235	214
90.92	James Madison University	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	196	170
89.77	Marquette University	Wisconsin	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	197	121
89.16	University of Missouri-Kansas City	Missouri	Western Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	197	155
88.02	University of Cincinnati	Ohio	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	202	106
86.02	American Athletic Conference (Low)	-	American Athletic Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	162
84.81	Mountain West Conference (Average)	-	Mountain West Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	193
84.65	University of New Hampshire	New Hampshire	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Average	221	225
84.40	Big Sky Conference (Average)	-	Big Sky Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	170
84.25	Mid - American Conference (Average)	-	Mid American Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	185
84.02	Mississippi State University	Mississippi	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	197	130
80.18	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Hawaii	Mountain West Conference / Big...	Public	Average	204	245

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