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Trinity University Named One of "America's Best Colleges"

September 1, 2000 -Trinity University was ranked #1 among western universities for the ninth consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report's guide, "America's Best Colleges." Trinity also topped the magazine's "Great Schools at Great Prices" list as the best value in the West. The University's engineering science program was ranked 12th among the best programs at schools whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's. "The rankings are an honor and acknowledges that Trinity represents the very best in higher education," said Trinity President John Brazil. "The U.S. News rankings of American colleges, in general, reflect the relative strengths and quality of institutions. However, many of us in higher education consider the rankings an incomplete picture of the true value of a college education." U.S. News bases its rankings on academic reputation, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, and alumni giving. The value rankings relate the cost of attending a college or university to its quality. Trinity had an overall score of 100 in the quality ranking. The University received the highest marks for academic reputation and had the second highest graduation rate. Trinity also ranked highest on the percentage of freshmen that came from the top 25% of their high school class, and the strongest ranking in SAT/ACT scores. U.S. News groups schools into categories built upon a classification system maintained by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The magazine collapses eight of the Carnegie categories into four: universities: national and regional; liberal arts colleges: national and regional. Trinity annually enrolls approximately 2,500 students, more than 30% of its students come from outside of the state of Texas and from several foreign countries.

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Last updated on August 13, 2000 by the Office of Public Relations