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U.S. News & World Report ranks North Central College among America's Best Colleges

U.S. News & World Report magazine ranks Naperville's North Central College among America’s Best Colleges for 2014.

 

North Central College is ranked No. 13 of 110 schools in the Midwest in the Regional Universities category—schools that offer a full range of undergraduate and master’s degrees. North Central College also was ranked No. 13 among Midwest Regional Universities for 2013.

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This is the 20th consecutive year U.S. News & World Report has ranked North Central College among America’s Best Colleges.

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For 2014, U.S. News also rated North Central College among Midwest Regional Universities that are “A-Plus Schools for B Students.” In its description of the designation, the magazine says “U.S. News has screened schools to identify those where nonsuperstars have a decent shot at being accepted and thriving—where spirit and hard work could make all the difference to admissions offices.”

 

U.S. News bases its rankings on a system that evaluates up to 15 indicators of academic excellence, including graduation and retention rates, assessment by peers from other institutions and high school counselors, student selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources and alumni giving.

 

The U.S. News & World Report ranking is the latest in a series of accolades for North Central College. The Princeton Review recently named North Central a Best Midwestern College in its annual survey of the nation’s best colleges. The Colleges of Distinction guide called North Central College “one of the best comprehensive liberal arts colleges in the nation” in its 2013-2014 listing. North Central College was named a “High Return On Investment College” by Affordable Colleges Online, ranking No. 11 among 39 institutions in the state. And Forbes magazine named North Central College among the top 25 percent of the nation’s colleges and universities, ranking it among America’s Top Colleges for 2013-2014.

Founded in 1861, North Central College is an independent, comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences that offers more than 55 undergraduate majors and graduate programming in seven areas. Located in the Historic District of Naperville, Illinois—rated by Money magazine as among the nation’s “Best Places to Live”—North Central College is just 30 minutes from Chicago’s Loop. With more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, North Central College is committed to academic excellence, a climate that emphasizes leadership, ethics, values and service, a curriculum that balances job-related knowledge with a liberal arts foundation and a caring environment with small classes. Visit northcentralcollege.edu to learn more.





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