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AMERICAN BAPTIST RELATED SCHOOLS RANKED

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

AMERICAN BAPTIST-RELATED SCHOOLS RANKED 
IN U.S. NEWS ANNUAL SURVEY
 Once again many of the colleges and universities 
related to American Baptist Churches USA through Educational 
Ministries have been ranked by U.S. News and World Report in 
its latest annual edition of "America's Best Colleges." 
 In the U.S. News report Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, 
Mich. (second tier), Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. 
(fourth tier), and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo. 
(fourth tier) were rated among the best national liberal 
arts colleges in the country.  
 Among best regional universities U.S. News again cited 
the University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. (5) and 
Linfield College, McMinnville, Oreg. (8) in the West.
 Other American Baptist-related schools were ranked in 
the regional liberal arts institutions category: Alderson-
Broaddus College, Philippi, W.Va. (second tier, South); 
Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. (second tier, South); 
Florida Memorial College, Miami, Fla. (fourth tier, South); 
Judson College, Elgin, Ill. (third tier, Midwest); Keuka 
College, Keuka Park, N.Y. (first tier, North); Ottawa 
University, Ottawa, Kans. (second tier, Midwest); Shaw 
University, Raleigh, N.C. (third tier, South); University of 
Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D. (third tier, Midwest); 
Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va. (fourth tier, 
South).
 Eastern College, St. Davids, Pa. (second tier, North), 
was ranked among regional universities.   
 In assessing 1,400 four-year schools in the U.S. the 
magazine considered factors such as selectivity, faculty 
resources, financial resources and graduation rate.

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