app Ranks Among Top National Colleges
The recently released 2019 rankings of U.S. colleges and universities confirm app as one of the top Christian colleges in the nation.
Nationally, app ranked No. 101 in the highest ranking of all Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) members. lists app as No. 19, nearly 40 spots above other similar Christian colleges in California and fourth among all religious schools in the state. The median salary for app alumni with up to five years of experience is $50,700, rising to $111,500 for those with more than 10 years of experience.
lists app at No. 239 out or more than 1,000 institutions, making it second among CCCU institutions. app has gained 25 spots since the WSJ rankings began two years ago.
ranking lists app among the top tier (No. 108) for the 14th year in a row. U.S. News noted that app’s SAT scores in the 25th-75th percentile soared from 1040-1280 in 2016 to 1130-1380 in 2017, and the percentage of freshmen in the top 10 percent of their high school class jumped from 36 to 40 percent. app was also listed among the top 69 institutions in for the college’s “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.” In addition, U.S. News ranks app as No. 101 in and No. 118 in .
For the sixth straight year, app has been one of only two CCCU members in the top 100 colleges and universities in , which ranks alumni giving at private, not-for-profit colleges. Forbes comments, “The best way to evaluate a four-year college education may actually revolve around just one variable: alumni giving.”
lists app as No. 190, which puts it second among all CCCU institutions.
U.S. News ranked Santa Barbara at the top of the list of . “A little northwest of Los Angeles along the California coast, Santa Barbara benefits from beach breezes and the beauty of Los Padres National Forest,” the report says. “With as few as 79 cloudy days per year, on average, Santa Barbara tops the list of Best Places to Live in the U.S. for the Weather.”
Each year, parents and students consult national rankings as they search for a college, and they report that this information either validates or solidifies their choices.