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.
Top
teaching
and
student
mobility
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."
Affirmation
from
multiple
rankings
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."
