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PC(USA)-related colleges among best in U.S.
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September 9, 2003

PC(USA)-related colleges among best in U.S.

U.S. News puts six Presbyterian schools on its top-50 list

By Gary Luhr

LOUISVILLE - Six Presbyterian Church (USA) institutions are among the top 50
liberal-arts colleges in the United States, according to the latest annual
rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

The top colleges related to the PC(USA) are Davidson College, Davidson, NC;
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Centre
College, Danville, KY; Rhodes College, Memphis, TN; and Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, GA.

All but Agnes Scott were also on last year's top-50 list.

Six other PC(USA)-related schools are included in the magazine's "second
tier" of liberal-arts institutions: The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH;
Austin College, Sherman, TX; Hanover College, Hanover, IN; Lake Forest
College, Lake Forest, IL; Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA; and
Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC.

An additional 24 colleges and universities with Presbyterian connections are
ranked among first- and second-tier schools in other categories.

Included in regional rankings of universities offering Master's degrees:
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA; Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte,
NC; Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA; Trinity University, San Antonio, TX;
Whitworth College, Spokane, WA; Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT;
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC; and the University of Dubuque, Dubuque,
IA.

On the regional lists of the best comprehensive colleges offering Bachelor's
degrees are: Grove City College, Grove City, PA; Wilson College,
Chambersburg, PA; Maryville College, Maryville, TN; the University of the
Ozarks, Clarksville, AR; Johnson C. Smith College, Charlotte, NC; Millikin
College Decatur, IL; the College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO; Buena
Vista College, Storm Lake, IA; Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL; Carroll
College, Waukesha, WI; Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT; Belhaven
College, Jackson, MS; Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV; Peace College,
Raleigh, NC; and Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, AL.

The list of best universities offering doctoral degrees includes the
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.

The magazine included 18 PC(USA)-related schools in its list of "best values"
in their categories: Agnes Scott, Austin, Buena Vista, Centre, Grove City,
Hanover, Johnson C. Smith, Lafayette, Lake Forest, Macalester, Maryville,
University of the Ozarks, Queens, Rocky Mountain, Trinity, Westminster,
Whitworth and Wilson.

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