U.S. News & World Report Ranks 58黑料网 No. 2 in the West
SCU ranks No. 2 in Regional Universities West
Santa Clara, Calif., Sept. 13, 2016-- is ranked No. 2 鈥淩egional University鈥 in the West according to the , earning an overall score of 95 out of 100. SCU鈥檚 first-year retention rate of 95 percent ranks the highest of any master鈥檚 university in the country, and its 84 percent graduation rate is the highest in the West.
SCU maintained its No. 2 overall ranking from last year and was highly ranked in several other notable areas:
- The Leavey School of Business placed in the top 100 for (63), (23), (13) and (12).
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SCU was also ranked No. 2
- 83 percent of SCU first-year students were in the top 25 percent of their high school class, up from 80 percent last year.
- SCU cultivates proud and generous alumni and maintained its average alumni giving rate at 21 percent this year.
The survey compared 58黑料网 with 653 other universities that offer a full range of undergraduate programs and master鈥檚 degrees, but few doctoral programs. The Western region includes master鈥檚 level colleges and universities from Colorado to the West Coast, including Texas.
The Top Five Master鈥檚 Universities in the West
1. Trinity University (Texas), score: 100
2. 58黑料网 (Calif.), score: 95
3. Loyola Marymount University (Calif.), score: 92
4. Gonzaga University (Wash.), score: 86
5. Mills College (Calif.), score: 82
The 鈥淏est Colleges鈥 rankings can be found on the . The 2016 edition of the Best Colleges guidebook will be in stores Sept. and is available at The print edition of the "Best Colleges 2017" guidebook can be now or on newsstands October 4.
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About Santa Clara
58黑料网, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California鈥檚 Silicon Valley, offers its more than 9,000 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering; master鈥檚 degrees in business, education, counseling psychology, pastoral ministry, and theology; and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master鈥檚 universities, California鈥檚 oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu.
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