Out of State Private Colleges

This a small sample of the many great private colleges across the country. These featured institutions have been popular choices of BGHS graduates.

Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges.Graduation Rate 76%, Acceptance Rate 68%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Carthage College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It enrolls 2,600 full-time and 200 part-time students. Carthage awards bachelor's degrees with majors in more than 40 subject areas and master's degrees in three areas Graduation Rate 63%, Acceptance Rate 68%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was created in 1967 through the federation of two longstanding contiguous institutions: Western Reserve University founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reserve and Case Institute of Technology.Graduation Rate 82%, Acceptance Rate 29%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Hope College is a private, Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan. It opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled. The first freshman college class matriculated in 1862 and Hope received its state charter in 1866 Graduation Rate 79%, Acceptance Rate 76%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Saint Louis University is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and the second-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Graduation Rate 74%, Acceptance Rate 58%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Tulane University is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was founded as a public medical college in 1834 and became a comprehensive university in 1847. The institution was made private under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1884 Graduation Rate 83%, Acceptance Rate 17%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. Graduation Rate 75%, Acceptance Rate 72%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. It was founded in 1842 by Edward Sorin. Graduation Rate 95%, Acceptance Rate 18%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Marquette University is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Martin Henni, the first Bishop of the diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Graduation Rate 80%, Acceptance Rate 82%U.S. News & World Report Overview
The Milwaukee School of Engineering is a private university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The campus includes 22 acres in the East Town neighborhood of downtown Milwaukee. The school's enrollment of 2,820 includes 224 graduate students Graduation Rate 63%, Acceptance Rate 63%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Valparaiso University is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana. It is a Lutheran university with about 4,500 students from over 50 countries on a campus of 350 acres. Valpo has five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, and a law school Graduation Rate 66%, Acceptance Rate 89%U.S. News & World Report Overview
Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment; Vanderbilt hoped that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the Civil War Graduation Rate 92%, Acceptance Rate 10%U.S. News & World Report Overview