Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Education

The Middle Ground

The best regional universities combine low costs, high academic standards and an intimate atmosphere

By Richard J. Newman
Posted 9/20/92
Page 3 of 3

(Pa.) 87.7 20 27 26 17 26 9. Manhattan College 86.4 20 47 12 20 27 10.Hood College (Md.) 86.3 11 69 6 7 37 11.Loyola College (Md.) 85.6 9 33 31 37 22 12.La Salle Univ. (Pa.) 85.4 11 22 9 85 14 13.Simmons College (Mass) 84.8 23 66 15 1 23 14.Rochester Inst. 83.5 1 34 60 4 76

of Tech. (N.Y.) 15.Providence College

(R.I.) 83.4 4 30 54 44 1

Over- Academic Student Faculty Finan. Student

all reputa- selec- re- re- satis- Rank name score tion tivity sources sources faction South 1. Wake Forest

University, (N.C.) 100.1 1 1 4 1 2 2. University of

of Richmond (Va.) 99.0 2 5 1 6 1 3. Berea College (Ky.) 95.7 5 4 12 2 30 4. Stetson Univer-

sity (Fla.) 93.9 6 19 5 9 15 5. Rollins College

(Fla.) 92.6 6 22 7 16 5 6. Samford Univer-

sity (Ala.) 89.7 11 12 23 20 13 7. University of Alabama

in Huntsville 89.0 11 24 8 5 75 7. Mercer University

(Ga.) 89.0 13 30 20 4 7 9. Florida International

University 87.1 19 7 3 55 34 10.Loyola University

New Orleans (La.) 86.3 6 41 9 11 66 11.University of Central

Florida 84.8 13 8 21 59 22 12.Mary Washington

College (Va.) 82.5 13 2 13 101 9 13.The Citadel (S.C.) 81.9 6 69 6 33 8 14.University of N.C.

Charlotte 81.5 6 21 10 80 52 15.Appalachian State

Univ. (N.C.) 81.1 19 13 16 77 27

Over- Academic Student Faculty Finan. Student

all reputa- selec- re- re- satis- Rank name score tion tivity sources sources faction Midwest 1. Illinois Weslyan

University 100.0 1 1 3 7 1 2. St. Mary's College

(Ind.) 94.7 8 24 1 5 2 3. Valparalso Univer-

sity (Ind.) 93.9 1 10 14 20 6 4. Michigan Technological

University 92.8 8 13 4 13 43 5. DePaul University

(Ill.) 92.0 1 7 9 38 22 6. Butler University

(Ind.) 90.4 13 18 17 6 23 7. Creighton Univer-

sity (Neb.) 90.3 1 51 2 2 14 8. St. Norbert College

(Wis.) 89.2 1 41 8 19 4 9. John Carroll

University (Ohio) 87.8 8 22 13 39 3 10. Millikin University

(Ill.) 84.3 17 37 24 8 20 11. Ohio Northern

University 83.7 31 20 25 14 23 12. University of

Dayton (Ohio) 83.2 8 54 20 15 7 13. Central College

(Iowa) 82.4 31 17 40 9 16 14. Calvin College

(Mich.) 82.3 17 27 16 43 30 15. University of

St. Thomas 82.2 8 36 42 16 9

(Minn.)

Over- Academic Student Faculty Finan. Student

all reputa- selec- re- re- satis- Rank name score tion tivity sources sources faction West 1. Trinity University

(Texas) 100.1 1 1 1 2 3 2. Santa Clara University

(Calif.) 94.8 3 12 2 13 1 3. Whittier College

(Calif.) 93.2 5 13 4 10 15 4. University of San

Diego 91.8 5 10 8 18 11 5. University of Puget

Sound (Wash.) 91.2 4 17 11 7 16 6. Loyola Marymount Univ.

(Calif.) 89.6 5 28 6 11 4 7. Pacific Lutheran Univ.

(Wash.) 87.6 10 19 13 17 7 8. St. Mary's College of

Calif. 85.8 28 4 24 9 5 9. Gonzaga University

(Wash.) 83.9 10 34 10 19 14 10. Seattle University 83.3 10 26 22 15 19 11. University of Redlands

(Calif.) 81.3 10 31 33 8 9 12. Linfield College

(Ore.) 78.7 19 24 32 20 12 13. California Poly-

Pomona 77.0 5 15 31 43 65 14. Humboldt State University

(Calif.) 76.9 28 14 12 27 96 15. University of the Pacific

(Calif.) 76.7 28 50 17 6 6

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