SPU Ranks #3 in Best Values; #14 in U.S. ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ & World Reportβs βBest Regional Universitiesβ
ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ, WA β ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ ranked No. 3 in the categoryΒ ββ in the West in U.S. ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ & World Report magazineβs 2011 college rankings. U.S. ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ describes the schools in this category as βabove average academically and cost considerably less than many other schools when the financial aid that they dispense, in the form of need-based grants and scholarships, is taken into account.β The Best Values rankings were based on ;Β ratio of quality to price,Β percentage of all undergraduates receiving need-based scholarships or grants, and average discount.
In another U.S. ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ category, ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ Pacific ranked in the top 15 colleges and universities in the magazine's Western region, which includes institutions from Texas to Hawaii. SPU ranked No. 14 in the categoryΒ , institutions that provide a full range of undergraduate and master's programs and limited doctoral programs. (SPU offers five doctoral programs: two in psychology and three in education.)
Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010