For the eighth consecutive year, Hamline University remains the top-ranked Minnesota university in its class in the 2009 rankings of American’s Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report magazine released today.
Hamline University ranked first in Minnesota and ninth among 137 universities in the Midwest region and among the top schools nationally in the magazine’s Best Universities-Master’s category of 562 schools, based on criteria compiled by U.S News. Hamline has been ranked in the top nine in the Midwest since it was added to the Best Universities-Master’s category in 2001.
In the U.S. News section entitled “Great Schools, Great Prices” in which schools are ranked in terms of dollar value for the quality of education, Hamline University was ranked in the top fifteen “best value” schools among the 137 universities in its class again this year. Hamline is the only Minnesota school in the Best Universities-Master’s category to make this list. The only others to be considered “best value” schools in Minnesota were Carleton College and Macalester College; they are ranked in the liberal arts colleges category, and the University of Minnesota; it is in the national universities category.
The magazine’s Best Universities-Master’s category includes comprehensive colleges and universities throughout the nation that award primarily undergraduate and master’s degrees with a small number of doctorate degrees. The rankings measure a school’s overall academic reputation, as well as selected criteria within its undergraduate college, to compute an academic quality rating.
A complete listing of this year’s rankings are available at the U.S. News & World Report Web site at: www.usnews.com.
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Hamline named among "Best in the Midwest" by the Princeton Review
Hamline University has been named one of the best colleges and universities in the Midwest by The Princeton Review. The New York City-based education services company selected the school as one of 159 institutions it recommends in its “Best in the Midwest” section on its PrincetonReview.com feature 2009 Best Colleges Region by Region. It also profiled Hamline in its book, “The Best Midwestern Colleges: 2009 Edition.”
The 159 colleges selected for this year’s “Best in the Midwest” designations are located in twelve states: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Two-hundred-twelve colleges in the Northeast, 120 in the West, and 139 in the Southeast are also designated as best in their locales.
In addition, The Princeton Review asked students to rate their own schools on several issues—from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food—and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life. Actual comments from surveyed students pepper each Princeton Review college profile on its website and in the book. For the profile on Hamline University, student comments include: “Hamline combines knowledgeable professors, a fun environment, great study abroad options, challenging classes, and helpful resources to create an undergraduate program that stresses public service and rational discussion” and “For students who want a small university in close proximity to a big city, Hamline is the perfect place.”
“The Best Midwestern Colleges -- 2009 Edition” is the fifth edition of the book and part of a line of nearly 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House. The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com) is a New York-based company known for its test preparation, college admission, and other education services. It is not affiliated with Princeton University, and it is not a magazine.
Forbes “Best Colleges” rankings criteria lists Hamline first of Minnesota universities
Hamline University is pleased to announce it has been ranked first among universities in Minnesota by criteria presented in the inaugural issue of Forbes.com’s “America’s Best Colleges.”
Working with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Forbes.com assessed colleges and universities using five components: student evaluations of courses and instructors, number of alumni—adjusted for enrollment—listed in the 2008 “Who’s Who in America” publication, the average amount of student debt at graduation held by those who borrowed, the percentage of students who graduated in four years, and the number of faculty and students—again, adjusted for enrollment—who won nationally competitive awards like Rhodes Scholarships or Nobel Prizes.
