U.S. News & World Report has again named Ƶ a top national liberal arts university.
The rankings, announced Wednesday, September 9, listed Ƶ among the top 174 liberal arts colleges in the nation. There are approximately 600 liberal arts colleges in the country. Nebraska Wesleyan moved up five places to 143rd — the highest ranked liberal arts college in Nebraska.
U.S. News & World Report compares nearly 1,400 colleges and universities in the country. The colleges and universities are divided into categories that reflect the school’s size and philosophy. U.S. News & World Report uses a variety of input data for consideration including student-faculty ratio, graduate rate, retention rate, peer assessment, financial resources, among others.
U.S. News & World Report also included Nebraska Wesleyan on its list of “A+ Schools For B Students.”
Nebraska Wesleyan has been recently recognized as a top college by Colleges of Distinction, Washington Monthly and Forbes.
“We are delighted to again be recognized as a top national liberal arts university,” said Ƶ President Fred Ohles. “We also pride ourselves on the experiences and outcomes that our students gain from a Nebraska Wesleyan education. Those experiences are even more imperative in helping us live out our vision as an outstanding national liberal arts university.”
For example:
- Ƶ has consistently been named among the nation’s top Fulbright Scholarship producers among all bachelor’s degree institutions in the country.
- In the last 10 years, 35 Ƶ students have won a Fulbright Scholarship, the country’s flagship international program.
- Ƶ students continue to win other national prestigious scholarships including a Rhodes Scholarship, two Goldwater Scholarships, and four Truman Scholarships, among others in the last 10 years.
- Nebraska Wesleyan is a national leader in Academic All-Americans with 153 awards, ranking Ƶ eighth in the nation (in all divisions).
- Ƶ also ranks fifth among all schools in number of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.
- The university’s medical school placement rate is 86 percent.
- The university’s new curriculum, Archway Curriculum, has all Ƶ students completing internships, service learning projects, research or international study. The curriculum has been nationally recognized by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
- 60 percent of Nebraska Wesleyan’s Class of 2015 had internships that resulted in full-time jobs.
- 43 percent of the Ƶ Class of 2015 headed straight to graduate programs in medicine, law, business, engineering, etc.