WSU Ranks in U.S News & World Report

Story by: WSU Office of University Communication


Winona State University is ranked 13th among top public institutions in the Midwest Region Master's Category by U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2009.”

This is the second consecutive year WSU has been ranked in this category. Of the 15 schools on the list, only one other institution is located in Minnesota (University of Minnesota-Duluth).

In addition, WSU continues to ascend in the rankings of top tier public and private universities in the Midwest in the category of "Best Universities--Master's.” WSU is ranked 51st in the 2009 listing, up from number 52 last year and 62 in 2007.

Within the category 71 colleges and universities are listed as top tier institutions in the Midwest region. Of those, only eight schools are located in Minnesota, and only three are public institutions (WSU, University of Minnesota-Duluth and Bemidji State University).

U.S.News & World Report ranks 1,400 colleges nationwide, including 572 schools in the master's universities category. Ranking categories are based on institutional mission, such as research university or liberal arts college, and their region.

Data is collected from each school related to academic excellence. The indicators used to capture academic quality fall into seven categories: assessment by administrators at peer institutions, retention of students, faculty resources, student academic preparedness, financial resources, graduation rate performance and alumni giving rate. Each indicator is assigned a weight, expressed as a percentage, based on the judgments of U.S.News & World Report about which measures of quality matter most.

The colleges are then ranked based on their average weighted score.

The annual ranking of schools is available for review online at: www.usnews.com.

 

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Last Modified: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:55 by Kelly Hahn