- By Mark Temelko
- Around Town
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Wells College Ranked 95th Among American Colleges and Universities by Forbes, and in the Top Tier Among National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World ReportThe college has earned high rankings among national colleges and universities, in different annual reports released by Forbes and U.S. News Media Group, publishers of U.S. News & World Report.
Wells was ranked 95th among all American Colleges and Universities by Forbes in its annual report, “America’s Best Colleges.” Wells was also ranked in the top tier (144th) among national liberal arts colleges in the 2011 edition of “Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report.
Wells College has earned a strong reputation for its commitment to an educational experience grounded in mentoring, interdisciplinary thinking, and actively engaging the world beyond the College's lakeside campus. Wells offers innovative, student-centered academic and co-curricular programming, including the newly launched center for business and entrepreneurship. The center will provide a unique interdisciplinary approach to the study of business, an approach grounded in the liberal arts but with different possible concentrations such as arts administration, non-profit management, green business, and entrepreneurship.
The listing by Forbes ranks the top 610 colleges and universities in the country, which is less than 10% of all the accredited postsecondary institutions in the United States. As the editors at Forbes note, simply making the top 610 “is an indication that a school meets a high standard.” Forbes ranks the schools “based on the quality of the education they provide, the experiences of the students and how much they achieve.”
The 2011 edition of “Best Colleges” published by U.S. News & World Report examines more than 1,400 accredited four-year schools and takes into account factors such as peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, alumni giving, graduation rate performance, and high school counselor ratings of colleges.
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