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The ranking of No. 3 in the West is based on a host of indicators, including academic excellence, peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty and financial resources, student selectivity, and alumni giving. The Gonzgaga Experience also yields lifetime friendships. Photo by Jennifer Raudebaugh.
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Gonzaga remains the No. 3 best university in the West in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings for the “Universities-Master’s” classification. Gonzaga also remains No. 3 for both best value and alumni giving among the top 57 schools in its category. Gonzaga’s undergraduate engineering is ranked No. 26 in the nation.
Twenty-three percent of living undergraduate alumni gave back to Gonzaga in 2006-07 and 2007-2008, an indirect measure of student satisfaction. Among its peers, only the University of Dallas (29 percent) and Mills College (California; 24 percent) had higher alumni giving rates.
The ratings mark the 15th consecutive year (22nd in the past 25 years) that Gonzaga has been ranked among the West’s best universities. GU retains the No. 2 best average graduation rate among all schools, and held the second-best average freshman retention rate in the West; 92 percent of freshmen who entered from 2004-2007 returned the next fall.
The ranking of No. 3 in the West is based on a host of indicators, including academic excellence, peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty and financial resources, student selectivity, and alumni giving. Gonzaga earned the No. 3 best value based on the 2008-09 average annual cost of $24,323 (after receiving need-based grants). Fifty-six percent of GU students received need-based grants in 2008.
The “Universities-Master’s” classification includes 572 universities within four geographical regions that provide a full range of undergraduate and master’s programs.
The rankings are published in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report.
Click the following link to see how Gonzaga's fellow Jesuit schools fared in the rankings.
September @Gonzaga Newsletter
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