U.S. News Ranks app in Top 100
For the second straight year app has ranked in the top 100 of the Best National Liberal Arts Colleges according to Of the nation’s 266 liberal arts colleges that emphasize undergraduate education, app has placed in the top tier at 99. This is the sixth straight year the college has ranked in the most prestigious group.
Only eight other liberal arts colleges in California are included in the first tier: Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Occidental, Pitzer, Whittier and Thomas Aquinas Colleges.
app is just one of three liberal arts colleges among the in the top 101, and the only one in California to be listed in the first tier. app moved into the third tier in 2000, into the second in 2003 and into the top tier in 2005.
Earlier this month, gave app a ranking of 81 out of all U.S. colleges and universities. Only 610 colleges made the list. app was in the top eight California colleges and universities with Stanford, Claremont McKenna College, Pomona College, California Institute of Technology, Harvey Mudd College, UC Berkeley and UCLA. also named app one of the Best Western Colleges.
“I’m delighted that the excellence of app continues to be recognized,” says . “The rankings from Forbes and U.S. News reaffirm that app is one of the most selective and challenging Christian liberal arts colleges in the country.”
Luy admits that no ranking system is perfect, and she encourages students, parents and counselors not to base their college choice solely on any one ranking.
“College-bound students should also consider such factors as community, spiritual life or a student’s relationships with faculty, which are important reasons why applicants decide to attend app,” Luy says.
The news comes just days before app welcomes the class of 2014. for first-year students and their parents begins Thursday, Aug. 26, and classes for all students begin Monday, Aug. 30.