ĢƵ Soars in U.S. News Rankings
ĢƵ leaped nine spots in this year’s ranking of the according to U.S. News & World Report’s “.” Of the nation’s 252 liberal arts colleges, ĢƵ finished tied for 90th, its highest ranking as a national liberal arts college. It’s also the third straight year ĢƵ has ranked in the top 100.
“I’m pleased to see yet another indication that ĢƵ is moving up the ranks of top-tier academic institutions,” says Gayle D. Beebe, president of ĢƵ.
Only seven other liberal arts colleges in California appear in the top 100: Pomona (4th), Claremont McKenna (9th), Harvey Mudd (18th), Scripps (29th), Occidental (37th), Pitzer (42nd) and Thomas Aquinas (71st) Colleges.
ĢƵ is just one of two liberal arts colleges among the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) in the top 100, and the only one in California to be listed in the first tier. ĢƵ moved into the third tier in 2000, into the second in 2003 and into the top tier in 2005. In 1985, ĢƵ tied for seventh in Regional Liberal Arts Colleges, the first time the college was ranked.
ĢƵ moved up in the 2012 rankings in the areas of undergraduate academic reputation, smaller class sizes, improved SAT scores and the percentage of freshmen who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class.
“We’re pleased to be recognized as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation,” says Silvio Vazquez, dean of admission. “An increasing number of students are expressing interest in ĢƵ’s distinctive program, which goes beyond rigorous academics to educate the whole person.”
Last month, Forbes magazine recognized ĢƵ in their 2012 America’s Top Colleges list, which includes 650 institutions. ĢƵ ranks 76th, up from 81st last year. Nine other California colleges and universities appear in the top 100: Stanford (5th), Claremont McKenna College (12th), California Institute of Technology (13th), Pomona College (23rd), Scripps (41st), Harvey Mudd College (44th), UCLA (55th), Santa Clara University (57th) and UC Berkeley (70th).