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Baldwin
Wallace
University
is
on
the
rise
in
the
latest
U.S.
News
and
World
Report
"America's
Best
Colleges"
survey.
BW
earned
a
number
of
U.S.
News
distinctions,
jumping
up
five
spots
to
number
13
on
the
"Best
in
the
Midwest"
list,
which
places
the
University
among
the
leading
regional
universities
for
the
25th
straight
year.
In addition, U.S. News ranked BW number six on the "Best Value" list, commended BW's phenomenal faculty with "Best Undergraduate Teaching" recognition, and noted strong programs for military and veteran students with a top ten "Best Colleges for Veterans" ranking.
Just
23
schools
made
the
U.S.
News
Midwest
"Best
Undergraduate
Teaching"
list,
affirmed
through
peer
surveys.
Schools
singled
out
for
excellence
in
the
classroom
"received
the
most
votes
from
top
college
administrators
for
putting
a
particular
focus
on
undergraduate
teaching."
For the other rankings, U.S. News altered its methodology for 2019, changing the weights of a number of indicators and dropping one entirely. A new factor for 2019 was "a school's success at promoting social mobility by graduating students who received federal Pell Grants" (from lower-income households).
The "Best Value" calculation considers "a school's academic quality … and the net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal."
The
U.S.
News
results
affirm
other
recent
"best
college"
rankings
including
another
nationwide,
top
third
ranking
by
The
Wall
Street
Journal/Time
Higher
Education
(WSJ/THE).
The 2019 WSJ/THE U.S. College Rankings seek to reward schools that "offer excellence, foster intellectual development, provide engaging teaching and leave graduates on a firm financial footing."
Two other recent national "best lists" recognize BW, with Forbes ranking the University among "America's Top Colleges," and Money magazine placing BW on its list of "Best Colleges for Your Money."
Finally, Princeton Review placed BW among the "Best Midwestern Colleges" that are "academically outstanding and well worth consideration in your college search."
