Saint Mary’s College has moved up in rankings by U.S.News & World Report in its top 100 “Best National Liberal Arts Colleges.” Saint Mary’s is listed at 90 this year, up from 93 in 2011. It is the fifth consecutive year the College has been included on the prestigious list.
The rankings fall in line with a goal College President Carol Ann Mooney ’72 set shortly after assuming her presidency in 2004: to move Saint Mary’s into the national liberal arts rankings.
“I am very pleased that Saint Mary’s College continues to be ranked in the top 100," President Mooney says. "Students graduate from Saint Mary’s with an education that challenges their minds, awakens their imaginations, and instills in them the desire to leave the world a better place.”
The U.S.News college rankings system groups schools based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Among the factors weighed in determining the U.S.News rankings, the key measures of quality are: graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, and alumni giving. Peer assessment and high school counselor assessment also are variables. Click here for a media release about Saint Mary's U.S.News ranking.
The U.S.News rankings come a month after the Princeton Review rated Saint Mary’s College among the best colleges in the Midwest for the ninth year in a row. Click here for the media release.