MSU ranked No. 1 among top values by Consumers Digest Magazine
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MSU ranked No. 1 among top values by Consumers Digest Magazine

  • 20 June 2007
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Midwestern State University ranked No. 1 among top values by Consumers Digest Magazine           
The May/June issue of Consumers Digest Magazine has ranked Midwestern StateUniversity No. 1 under Best Values in Public Colleges and Universities.

            The magazine lists the top 100 best values based on attributes that validate or define the institutions' academic prowess factored against annual cost of tuition and room-and-board.

Final selections were chosen from approximately 3,800 U.S. schools.

            The rankings were based on the academic excellence of first-time freshmen at a school (standardized test scores, high-school rank, grade-point average) with the institution's educational quality (4- and 6-year graduation rate, student-to-faculty ratio, percentage of faculty holding a PhD). The value-index score was factored with the cost of attending each school. The rankings were based on information from 2005-06, the latest school year for which data were available.

            "Expert opinions and solid recommendations are two of our strengths," said Consumers Digest Publisher Randy Weber. "We applied those strengths to this examination of our country's higher-learning institutions. It's designed to help parents and students find schools that will meet families' performance and financial requirements."

            He also said that Consumers Digest's analysis helps today's families make an informed decision that "puts their hard-earned money to the best value."

            Rounding out the top five public colleges and universities were State University of New York (2), City University of New York-Baruch College (3), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (4), and Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (5).