2014-Winter-DU-Magazine

NEW RANKINGS
U.S. News:
Duquesne a Top Tier
School, Plus a Best
Value for Students
“Students have access
to topflight researchers
and facilities—even as
undergraduates—and the
personal mentoring that
comes with the smaller
classroom sizes typical
on our campus.”
One of the nation’s universities
with the best value, considering cost and academic quality,
Duquesne continues to be ranked by U.S. News & World Report in
its top tier of national universities.
In the 2014 U.S. News Best College ranking, Duquesne
remained among the top schools—and the top Catholic
institutions—in the nation.
Ranked No. 45 as a Great School at a Great Price, Duquesne is
one of six Catholic institutions in the top 50 considered as great
values for students, based upon academic quality and the cost
for a student receiving an average level of need-based aid. Of the
Catholic schools included as a great value, Duquesne’s tuition
cost was one of the lowest.
“We are proud to create a quality academic learning
environment at a rate affordable to so many students,” says
President Charles J. Dougherty. “Students have access to topflight
researchers and facilities—even as undergraduates—and the
personal mentoring that comes with the smaller classroom sizes
typical on our campus. All of these factors can be important to
success in the classroom—and ultimately, in the job market.”
Small classroom sizes and a high freshman retention rate were
noted in Duquesne’s national ranking at No. 121 with Clarkson,
Colorado State, DePaul and Temple universities, Catholic
University of America and the University of Utah.
Of these schools, Duquesne had the highest 2012 graduation
rate (74 percent). Additionally, 43 percent of its classes had
less than 20 students and 87 percent of the freshman students
continued their studies on campus.
The University stood out as one of the top schools on the High
School Counselor Rankings, which were selected by guidance
counselors on U.S. News’ Best High Schools list, at No. 127.
By peer assessment, the undergraduate business school was
ranked as having one of the country’s best business programs
among the credentialed Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business institutions.
Duquesne also is considered an A-Plus School for B Students,
where U.S. News says “non-superstars have a decent shot at being
accepted and thriving.” This category, the rankings note, may be
the sign of schools seeking “a broad, engaged student body.”
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