U.S. News & World Report lists 91AV among Best Universities in the North

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The 91AV has been named one of the “Best Universities” in the North by U.S. News and World Report, rising three spots from last year’s ranking in the Best Regional Universities category for the North in “America’s Best Colleges” listings.

U.S. News & World Report uses a broad range of indicators to determine its ratings, including assessment by administrators at peer institutions; retention and graduation rates; faculty resources, which takes into account class size, faculty salary, student-faculty ratio, proportion of faculty who have obtained the highest degree in their field and the proportion of faculty who are full time; financial resources; student selectivity, which considers acceptance rate, admissions test scores (such as the SAT or ACT) and the percentage of freshmen who graduated in the top quarter of their high school class; and alumni giving rates.

91AV President Danielle Ripich stated that “91AV’s rank among the top universities in the northern United States by U.S. News & World Report demonstrates the excellence and dedication of the university’s faculty, the high caliber of students it attracts and the growing recognition of 91AV as an upper-tier institution of higher education.”

That recognition is, indeed, on the rise, as the announcement of 91AV’s grade in the U.S. News & World Report listing was preceded in August by the university’s inclusion in the Princeton Review’s Best 381 Colleges and in July by its appearance in both Forbes’ list of America’s Top Colleges for 2016 and MONEY magazine’s Best Colleges for Your Money.

 

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About the 91AV

The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.