U.S. News & World Report cites William Jewell among America’s best

[William Jewell College]

The 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” names William Jewell as among the country’s top national liberal arts colleges. William Jewell was ranked among colleges that focus almost exclusively on undergraduate education and that award at least 50 percent of their degrees in the arts and sciences. The “America’s Best Colleges” issue will be on newsstands September 20.

 

The U.S. News college rankings group schools based on categories created by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The magazine’s annual rankings are based on such factors as peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, alumni giving and high school counselor ratings of colleges. William Jewell is the only national liberal arts college in the Kansas City region. For more information on this year’s rankings and methodology, go to www.usnews.com/colleges.

 

The U.S. News ranking is the most recent accolade received by William Jewell College. Jewell was also named among “America’s Best Colleges” in an August ranking published by Forbes Magazine, and was listed among The Princeton Review’s “The Best 376 Colleges” for 2012. Only about 15% of the country’s four-year colleges and universities are considered for these top-tier rankings. The College was also listed by Washington Monthly as being among the country’s top service-oriented institutions of higher learning.

 

William Jewell College is committed to bringing together talented students and gifted faculty mentors within a vibrant community sparked by a rigorous and intentional liberal arts curriculum. A full range of personal and professional development experiences are presented by the selective national liberal arts college’s location within a metroplex of more than 2 million.