Meredith College is ranked third on the 2013 edition of U.S. News & World Report list of the South’s Best Regional Colleges.

 

Meredith was also named to the “Great Schools, Great Prices” list, ranked 9th among regional colleges in the South. U.S. News describes this ranking as “taking into account a school’s academic quality, and the 2011-12 cost of attendance for students who receive the average level of need-based financial aid.”

 

The U.S. News ranking system places colleges and universities in one of four categories: national universities, national liberal arts colleges, regional universities and regional colleges.

 

U.S. News divides colleges and universities by the following regions: North, South, West and Midwest. Schools are ranked using several indicators including peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources (class size, faculty/student ratio, percentage of full-time faculty), student selectivity (average SAT scores, acceptance rate) and alumni giving percentage.

 

For more information, visit www.usnews.com/colleges.

 

The U.S. News & World Report ranking is the latest accolade recently earned by Meredith College.

Meredith was named one of the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review, a nationally known education services company. It is one of 136 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its "Best in the Southeast" section of its website feature, "2013 Best Colleges: Region by Region." The Princeton Review’s “regional best” colleges constitute only 25% of the four-year colleges in the U.S.

 

Visit www.princetonreview.com and search for Meredith College in order to view Meredith’s full profile.

 

Meredith has also been named a 2012-13 College of Distinction, and will be featured on CollegesofDistinction.com and in the Colleges of Distinction e-Guidebook. Colleges and universities are nominated for participation in Colleges of Distinction by high school college counselors.

 

Schools included on the list show commitment to  four distinctions – Student Engagement, Great Teaching, Vibrant Communities and Successful Outcomes. The next edition of the Colleges of Distinction Guidebook will be published in early fall 2012.

 

 

In this Issue:

Meredith College Earns #3 Ranking from U.S. News

Campus Event Provides A Taste of Research

FYE Event Ties Summer Reading to Service

More than 300 Service Hours Completed During Splash Into Service

Angel Pride in the Faculty and Staff Giving Initiative

Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Upcoming Events
News Briefs

 

Have you presented research or attended a professional meeting recently? Has your department earned an award? Share news of these accomplishments and more with the Meredith community. Faculty and staff are invited to email items to Melyssa Allen, “Campus Connections” editor, at allenme@meredith.edu.