UNC Wilmington in Top 10 Again
8/18/2006 9:37:44 AM
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For the ninth consecutive year, the University of North Carolina Wilmington is one of the top 10 public master's universities in the South in the annual college rankings by U.S.News & World Report.
UNCW ranks seventh in the 2007 edition, as it has for six out of the past nine years.
Among the 127 public and private universities in the South that provide a full range of undergraduate and master's level programs, UNCW improved its overall ranking to 20th this year.
UNCW's ranking resulted from improvement in the many of the following categories:
- Peer assessment,
- Retention, which includes six-year graduation and freshman retention rates,
- Faculty resources, which includes proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students, proportion with 50 or more students, faculty salaries, proportion of faculty with highest degrees in their fields, student-faculty ratio and proportion of full-time faculty,
- Student selectivity, which includes student SAT/ACT scores and proportion of enrolled freshmen in top 25 percent of high school class and ratio of students admitted to applicants,
- Financial resources, average spending per student on instruction, research, student services and related educational expenditures,
- Alumni giving rate.
"I am pleased that we continue to be recognized by U.S.News & World Report as one of the top master's universities in the South," said Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo. "I believe our current position will only be strengthened by the commitment our faculty and staff have for our strategic plan, our ability to attract high quality students, plus the additional state funding we are receiving that addresses previous inequities."
UNC Wilmington continues to be the first-choice university for a growing number of high school students. UNCW's total enrollment for fall 2006 is expected to exceed 12,250 students.
A complete report of the rankings can be viewed online at http://www.usnews.com or in U.S.News & World Report and the newsstand book America's Best Colleges, both of which go on sale Monday, August 21.
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