California State University-Chico -Public
Chico, California
17,875 (16,710 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
50-50 Profile: California State University-Chico
California
50-50 Profile: University of San Francisco
University of San Francisco-Private
DeLand, Florida
3,961 (2,516 undergraduates)
Does College Size Matter?
50-50 Highlights: Colleges in Los Angeles
I’m pretty sure the number of students who would want to attend college close to beaches and mountains and with sunny weather outnumbers those that don’t which is why many look for colleges in Los Angeles. With the area’s entertainment industry, international business connections, and tech development, Los Angeles has more than just its climate and geography to appeal to students. Maybe that’s why there are 49 colleges in the greater Los Angeles area (Combined Statistical Area) with 14 of them accepting at least 50% of students while having at least a 50% graduation rate qualifying them as 50-50 schools.
How Come No One is Talking About Pathetic College Graduation Rates?
If college graduation rates were high school graduation rates, every politician, pundit, and policy wonk would be in the mainstream media talking about the crisis of college dropouts and devising ways to tie faculty evaluation to student graduation. Not that such an approach is necessarily the answer. After all, given the situation with high school graduation rates, I’m not sure that we would actually come up with any solutions but, boy, we sure would be talking about it.
50-50 Highlights: University of California-Santa Cruz, Lycoming College, and Salisbury University
50-50 Colleges accept at least 50% of their applicants and have at least a 50% graduation rate. The 50-50 Highlights lists some of the distinctive features of selected institutions.
At the University of California-Santa Cruz all undergraduate students are affiliated with one the ten residential colleges. The University supports undergraduate research through a searchable Research Opportunities Database.
50-50 Highlights: Mills College, Lawrence University, and University of New Hampshire
Mills College is a women’s Liberal Arts College in California. Students in the Jill Barrett Research Program receive scholarships for participating in a 10-week long summer research project under faculty from the biology department. The Institute for Civic Leadership is a two-semester program that combines the study of civic leadership and social policy along with an internship. Students can gain hands-on experience in oral history methods through the Oakland Living History Program.
50-50 Profile: Mills College
