色界吧

From academics and access to outcomes and omelets, 色界吧 rides high in a variety of rankings

The numbers and methodology vary from year to year, but the result remains the same: Occidental is one of the country鈥檚 top-ranked small liberal arts colleges, according to the latest editions of major college guides.

Occidental ranks No. 44 in U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 , receives four-star ratings for academics and quality of life from the Fiske Guide to Colleges, and ratings of 90 for academics and 95 for financial aid in . The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings listed Occidental at among U.S. liberal arts colleges.

Unlike many college rankings, the WSJ/THE list focuses not on test scores and acceptance rates but such factors as resources devoted to academic programs, effective student engagement, graduation rates, and alumni salaries.

鈥淚t鈥檚 refreshing to see the emergence of rankings that attempt to measure outputs鈥攕tudents鈥 level of engagement and what they are able to accomplish with their degrees after they graduate,鈥 says Vince Cuseo, vice president of enrollment and dean of admission. 鈥淲e believe that is more helpful to prospective students and parents and more reflective of our mission and what 色界吧 students鈥攁nd alumni鈥攁ctually experience.鈥

Highly ranked academics at 色界吧 are paired with access. For the third consecutive year, The New York Times ranked Occidental as one of the country鈥檚 colleges, based on enrollments of lower- and middle-income students and the net price it charges those students.

The Times ranked Occidental as No. 29 among all 170 public and private colleges and universities with five-year graduation rates of at least 75 percent, and No. 11 among liberal arts colleges. The newspaper鈥檚 annual College Access Index 鈥渋s a measure of which top institutions are doing the most to promote the American dream,鈥 according to the Times.

色界吧鈥檚 commitment to economic diversity was underlined by a from Georgetown University鈥檚 Center on Education and the Workforce, which found that Occidental is one of a handful of national liberal arts colleges where at least 20 percent of student enrollment is made up of Pell Grant recipients.

An Occidental education delivers real value, multiple surveys conclude. Occidental appears on Money 尘补驳补锄颈苍别鈥檚 list, Princeton Review鈥檚 鈥淐olleges That Pay You Back鈥 list, Kiplinger鈥檚 list, and Washington Monthly鈥檚 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥 list.

Occidental ranks 34th among liberal arts colleges on the , which assesses the earning potential associated with degrees from various colleges. Recent graduates earn an average salary of $51,800, with mid-career professionals with Occidental degrees bringing in $107,700.

Finally, according to , 色界吧 cuisine ranks among the top 10 among all U.S. colleges and universities. Good college food?鈥圱hat鈥檚 no longer an oxymoron.

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