Student Success and Satisfaction is the second of the four categories in “Top Christian Colleges in Student Success and Satisfaction” that are calculated as a part of the overall Faith on View Christian College Rankings. Prestige was the first. This category calculates student retention, graduation, and giving rates to assess both how successful students are in pursuing their degrees and their long term satisfaction with their college experiences. As apposed to the prestige rankings in this category one begins to see the successes of lesser known, even little known, schools that are really succeeding in these categories.
There are ten institutions that have ranked in the top 20 of both categories published so far:
Pepperdine University, Wheaton College, Calvin College, Thomas Aquinas College, Westmont College, Providence College, Hope College, Gordon College, Taylor University, and Whitworth University
| Top 20 Christian Colleges by Student Success and Satisfaction | ||||
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| Rank | Score | College | Location | Undergrad Enrollment (Total) |
| 1. | 100 | Thomas Aquinas College | Santa Paula, CA | 358 |
| 2. | 93 | Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL | 2433 (3069) |
| 3. | 90 | Gutenberg College | Eugene, OR | 25 |
| 4. | 82 | Christendom College | Front Royal, VA | 388 (388+) |
| 5. | 80 | Calvin College | Grand Rapids, MI | 3873 (3976) |
| 5. | 80 | Hope College | Holland, MI | 3249 |
| 5. | 80 | Providence College | Providence, RI | 4174 (4769) |
| 5. | 80 | Taylor University | Upland, IN | 2286 (2422) |
| 9. | 79 | Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | 1337 (1341) |
| 10. | 76 | Goshen College | Goshen, IN | 893 (945) |
| 11. | 74 | Belmont University | Nashville, TN | 5004 (6395) |
| 12. | 73 | Dordt College | Sioux Center, IA | 1396 (1407) |
| 12. | 73 | Virginia University of Lynchburg | Lynchburg, VA | 538 (597) |
| 14. | 72 | Messiah College | Mechanicsburg, PA | 2805 (2976) |
| 15. | 71 | Gordon College | Wenham, MA | 1573 (1898) |
| 15. | 71 | Houghton College | Houghton, NY | 1268 (1287) |
| 15. | 71 | Whitworth University | Spokane, WA | 2248 (2506) |
| 18. | 70 | Bethel University | Saint Paul, MN | 3484 (4364) |
| 18. | 70 | Eastern Mennonite University | Harrisonburg, VA | 1062 (1521) |
| 18. | 70 | Mount St. Mary’s University | Emmitsburg, MD | 1700 (2305) |
| 18. | 70 | Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA | 3474 (7539) |
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