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(574) 284-4848
Email:
mmcdonal@saintmarys.edu
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Notre Dame, IN
46556-5001
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Release embargoed
until 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 19, 2005
Contact: Melanie McDonald, director of public relations, 574-284-4579
Still #1:
Saint Mary's College earns top "U.S. News" ranking again
NOTRE DAME, Ind.˜"U.S. News & World Report" ranks Saint
Mary's College first among the nation's 107 Midwest Comprehensive Colleges.
The College has earned the number one spot in its category 11 of the last
12 years. Saint Mary's received an overall score of 100, the highest number
possible in the rankings. The College's consistent ranking at the top
of its category is a result of student selectivity, strong performance
in areas such as student graduation and retention rates, and commitment
to instruction.
"Saint Mary's educates women uncommonly well, and it's good to have
our enduring quality reflected in these annual rankings," says Dr.
Carol Ann Mooney, Saint Mary's College president. "What the rankings
don't show is that, after four years at Saint Mary's, our students become
women who excel in business, the arts, medicine and academe. Our success
as an institution can best be measured by our graduates, better-known
to others as their skilled physician, favorite author, or congresswoman."
The magazine's annual
"America's Best Colleges" guidebook appears on U.S. News Online
(www.usnews.com)
today. The magazine hits newsstands Monday, Aug. 22.
Saint Mary's College
is a four-year institution offering five bachelor's degrees and more than
30 major areas of study. Saint Mary's students hail from 45 states and
territories and nine countries. Sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross,
the College was founded in 1844 and now enrolls approximately 1550 students.
Saint Mary's is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, along with Holy Cross
College and the University of Notre Dame.
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U.S. News Ranking
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REPORTER'S NOTE: President Carol Ann Mooney is available for comment Friday,
Aug.19.
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