Winthrop in U.S. News & World Report
Posted August 17th, 2010 by Old TownROCK HILL --
Winthrop University retained its ranking as one of the South's top 10 public universities that confer master's degrees in the 2011 U.S. News & World Report's edition of "America's Best Colleges."
This is the 19th time Winthrop has received a mention in the newsmagazine.
This year, Winthrop captured the eighth-place ranking among its regional peer institutions that grant bachelor and master's degrees.
U.S. News changed its ranking methodology this year for the Best Colleges 2011 edition. Schools are designated National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities, such as Winthrop, and Regional Colleges.
U.S. News ranks schools based on their academic reputation by their peers, graduation and retention rates, class size, student/faculty ratio, percentage of full-time faculty, student selectivity and alumni giving. Winthrop attracted more freshmen who were in the top 25 percent of their high school class than the previous year.
Highlights of the college rankings will be published in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report, available on newsstands Aug. 31. The 2011 Best Colleges guidebook will be on newsstands Aug. 24.
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