Civic Literacy Report

NO COLLEGE EARNED BETTER THAN A “D+”
Rank	College	Mean Senior Score (2006) (% correct)
1.	Harvard University	69.56%
2.	Grove City College (PA)	67.26
3.	Washington & Lee University (VA)	66.98
4.	Yale University	65.85
5.	Brown University	65.64
6.	University of Virginia	65.28
7.	Wheaton College (IL)	64.98
8.	University of Pennsylvania	63.49
9.	Duke University	63.41
10.	Bowdoin College (ME)	62.86
11.	Princeton University	61.90
12.	University of Notre Dame	61.25
13.	Rhodes College (TN)	61.18
14.	Smith College (MA)	60.07
15.	University of Rochester (NY)*	59.32
16.	University of Wisconsin	57.87
17.	University of Georgia*	57.76
18.	University of North Carolina	57.68
19.	Cornell University	56.95
20.	Carnegie Mellon University*	56.90
21.	Calvin College (MI)	56.45
22.	University of California-Berkeley	56.27
23.	University of Washington	55.88
24.	Concordia University (NE)*	55.28
25.	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*	53.50
26.	University of Florida	53.40
27.	Iowa State University*	52.69
28.	University of Montana*	52.16
29.	Gonzaga University (WA)	51.86
30.	University of Michigan	51.00
31.	Illinois State University*	50.93
32.	Mississippi State University*	50.86
33.	Rutgers University*	49.99
34.	George Mason University (VA)	49.96
35.	Murray State University (KY)*	49.75
36.	University of Mississippi	49.32
37.	IdahoState University*	48.15
38.	University of Massachusetts-Amherst*	46.66
39.	Mount Vernon Nazarene University (OH)*	44.60
40.	Pfeiffer University (NC)*	44.30
41.	St. Cloud State University (MN)*	44.26
42.	Texas State University-San Marcos*	43.99
43.	Georgia College and State University*	43.68
44.	University of Southern Maine*	43.58
45.	Marian College (WI)*	43.10
46.	Texas A&M International University*	41.14
47.	Eastern Connecticut State University*	40.99
48.	St. John’s University (NY)*	39.82
49.	Oakwood College (AL)*	34.69
50.	St. Thomas University (FL)*	32.50
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