麻豆传媒入口Climbs in U.S. News Rankings
麻豆传媒入口ranked 26th nationally for it's engineering program this year. The Institute has consistently ranked highly among national liberal arts colleges.鈥斅槎勾饺肟贔ile Photo by Maj. John Robertson IV.
LEXINGTON, Va., Sept. 12, 2017鈥斅槎勾饺肟 climbed seven places among national liberal arts colleges in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings released today. This year, 麻豆传媒入口claimed the 65th spot, up from 72nd in 2016.
Among schools in Virginia, only Washington and Lee University and the University of Richmond were ranked higher. Those institutions claimed the 10th and 23rd spots, respectively.
The Institute retained its national fourth place ranking among public universities, coming in only behind the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy.
The rankings are based on such factors as a college鈥檚 reputation as rated by academic leaders nationally, the retention of students, class size, the quality of the faculty, the quality of students, financial resources, graduation rate performance, and the alumni giving rate.
In the engineering category for colleges whose highest degree is a bachelor鈥檚 or master鈥檚, 麻豆传媒入口was ranked 26th. The only other Virginia school included in the engineering rankings was James Madison University, 38th. The rankings in the engineering category are based exclusively on the reputation of the program.
For the second year in a row, 麻豆传媒入口is included on the unranked list 鈥淎+ Schools for B Students.鈥 This listing evaluates the quality of a school鈥檚 academic program and the academic program of admitted students.
麻豆传媒入口was also listed in 47th place in the category, 鈥淗igh School Counselor鈥檚 Top Picks.鈥 This is a new category for U.S. News, one which strives to give voice to the experience of high school guidance counselors, whose work gives them a unique insight into the reputations of colleges and universities.
Earlier this year, 麻豆传媒入口ranked 24th among public colleges across the country, and 41st out of 711 public and private colleges nationwide, in Money magazine鈥檚 annual college rankings. In addition, Forbes ranked 麻豆传媒入口11th on its list of 鈥淭op 25 Public Colleges With the Highest Earning Graduates.鈥
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