A
new
round
of
college
rankings
shows
Baldwin
Wallace
University
moving
up
and
standing
out
as
an
innovative,
best
value
college
that
drives
social
mobility
with
superior
teaching.
In BW's 26th year among "America's Best Colleges," a report produced by U.S. News, BW rose to #10 on the "Best in the Midwest" list and was highly ranked in a number of other Midwest categories.
U.S. News pegged BW as #4 among "Innovative Schools," #5 for "Best Value," #6 for "Best Undergraduate Teaching" and #7 as "Best for Veterans."
U.S.
News
also
recognized
BW
on
a
new
"Social
Mobility"
list
that
measures
a
school's
success
in
graduating
lower
income
students
who
receive
federal
Pell
Grant
support.
Washington Monthly recently isolated a similar set of "social mobility metrics" to create its "America's Best Bang for the Buck Colleges" list. The magazine explained that schools on the list, including BW, were ranked according to "how well they help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices."
The value of a BW education also landed the University among Forbes and Money Magazine's "Top Colleges," and on Kiplinger's "Best College Values" list, which only features schools that offer "a high-quality education at an affordable price."
Forbes says the schools it recognizes "deliver the top academics, best experiences, career success and lowest debt," while Money "weighs more than 19,000 data points, including tuition fees, family borrowing, and career earnings" to build a database of "high-value colleges."
Kiplinger's notes, "Our rankings now compare the average first-year financial aid award to that of all undergraduates, rewarding schools that avoid giving generous aid packages to incoming students only to reduce them in subsequent years."
Again
this
year,
Princeton
Review
named
BW
among
the
"academically
outstanding"
schools
that
are
"Best
Midwestern
Colleges."
At the heart of outstanding academics are BW's teaching faculty mentors. In compiling its "Best Undergraduate Teaching" list, U.S. News affirmed excellence in the classroom through peer surveys.
"Research
shows
the
greater
access
students
have
to
quality
instructors,
the
more
engaged
they
will
be
in
class
and
the
more
they
will
learn
and
likely
graduate,"
the
magazine
explains.
Peer surveys also determined U.S. News' new "Innovative Schools" list, which features universities "that are making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities."
A variety of individual programs at BW also received national recognition throughout the year.
Earlier this month, the Sierra Club included BW on its 2019 "Cool Schools" list, which is based on BW's Silver "STARS" sustainability rating, a reporting and ranking system administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
