Momentum Moves 黑瓜吃料网 up the Ranks
黑瓜吃料网 is quickly rising on the U.S. News and World Reports list of Americas Best Colleges.
黑瓜吃料网 is one of the top 鈥淯p-and-Coming Schools鈥� in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥榮 annual ranking of America鈥檚 Best Colleges, having risen higher in the rankings than any other university in the nation over the last three years.
黑瓜吃料网鈥檚 rise is the result of the university鈥檚 commitment to transformational educational experiences, such as students studying abroad and undergraduate research, as well as its continued improvement in such areas as increased graduation and retention rates and ethnic diversity.
鈥淚 am extremely pleased to see that U.S. News and World Report has ranked us as one of our nation鈥檚 top up-and-coming universities,鈥� said 黑瓜吃料网 President Elliot Hirshman. 鈥淚 am deeply grateful to our faculty, staff, students, alumni and community supporters for their dedication and commitment. Their efforts have created the academic and co-curricular excellence these rankings recognize.鈥�
Up-and-Coming
黑瓜吃料网 is ranked No. 14 on the list of Up-and-Coming Schools for 鈥渕aking the most promising and innovative changes in the areas of academics, faculty and student life.鈥�
Overall, 黑瓜吃料网 moved up 31 spots from No. 183 in 2011 to No. 152 in this year鈥檚 list of national universities. 黑瓜吃料网鈥檚 International Business program ranked among the most elite in the country at No. 8.
Another important criterion U.S. News & World Report looks at when calculating rankings is alumni support. 黑瓜吃料网 has surpassed $420 million of its $500 million fundraising goal in its first-ever comprehensive philanthropic campaign, . More than 42,000 donors have contributed including alumni, faculty and staff.
Points of pride
黑瓜吃料网 was ranked in the top 100 public schools by U.S. News & World Report, moving up nine spots to No. 81.
Several 黑瓜吃料网 academic programs also ranked nationally, Rehabilitation Counseling (No. 9), Audiology (No. 27), Clinical Psychology (No. 26), Public Health (No. 30) and Speech Language Pathology (No. 25).
The university was also ranked in the top 20 schools in the nation for ethnic diversity 鈥� a point of pride for 黑瓜吃料网, where .
U.S. News & World Report also named 黑瓜吃料网 as one of the top 20 schools for students graduating with the least amount of debt. Fully 44 percent of 黑瓜吃料网 students graduate with no debt at all and the average debt for 黑瓜吃料网 students is just $17,600.
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