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Money MagazineÌý³ó²¹²õÌý (out of five), placing it in the top 15% nationally based on an analysis of all 2,400 four-year public and private nonprofit colleges. The ranking is based on a wide range of criteria including cost of attendance, graduation rates, strong financial aid support, low debt and alumni success.

“This ranking attests to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s ongoing commitment to offering an affordable and quality education that leads to strong student outcomes and alumni success,â€� said Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Linda LeMura. “I’m proud of the work that we do every day to make Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a welcoming institution that offers students a world-class education, while remaining true to our Jesuit values of service, social justice, discernment and care for the whole person.â€�

Money’s analysis looked at all 2,400 four-year public and private nonprofit colleges in the country. To make the initial cut, a college had to: have at least 500 undergraduate or 150 first year students; have sufficient, reliable data to be analyzed; not be in financial distress and; have a graduation rate at or above the median for its institutional category (public, private or historically black college or university), or have a high “value-added� graduation rate (in other words: score in the top 25% of graduation rates after accounting for the student body).

A total of 745 schools met these requirements, then were given their star rating based on 25 factors in three categories:

Quality of education (30%) – factors include graduation rates, instructor access and Pell Grant recipient outcomes.
Affordability (40%) – factors include net price of a degree and student debt.
Outcomes (30%) – factors include earnings 10 years after college entry and college scorecard employment outcomes.

Data collection and analysis for the ratings were led byÌý²Ñ´Ç²Ô±ð²â’s rankings partner, Witlytic.Â