°µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Magazine °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Scores Well with National Rankings
Recent college and university annual rankings continue to affirm °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp as one of the top Christian liberal arts colleges in the nation.
Payscale’s 2021 Best Universities and Colleges by Salary Potential shows that mid-career °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp alumni, including those with a graduate degree, earn a median income of $127,700 after more than 10 years in the workforce. This places °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp in the top 7 percent nationally among all four-year bachelor degree institutions with the highest ranking among all members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).
°µÍø±¬ÁÏapp remains in the top tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2022 U.S. News and World Report rankings tied at No. 114. °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp improved its percentage of classes under 20 and under 50 students. °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp’s Student Excellence Score, which includes SAT/ ACT standardized tests and high school class standing, jumped 13 points from last year.
°µÍø±¬ÁÏapp is in the top 24 percent of the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings of about 800 colleges and universities. °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp has gained 67 spots in the WSJ rankings since they began in 2017. Within the West Region, °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp ranked 41st out of 120 institutions. °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp is No. 70 in the Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States 2022 ranking.
College Factual’s 2022 Best Quality Rankings listed °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp at No. 2 in Best Exercise Science and Kinesiology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California, No. 3 in Best Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western U.S. Region Ranking, and No. 7 in Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California.
°µÍø±¬ÁÏapp is No. 2 in Niche’s 2022 Best Colleges with No Application Fee in California.
On the NAIA’s National Awards Day, 16 of °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp’s 17 athletic programs were named NAIA Scholar Teams for the 2020-21 school year, tallying a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for the entire roster.