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Many publications release college
rankings in August. Here's a guide to where Wheaton College stands.
The 2009 U.S. News & World Report ranks Wheaton 56 out of 265 National Liberal Arts Colleges. What does that mean? Read an explanation of the rankings and Wheaton’s consistent position here.
Wheaton is also ranked the 7th most popular liberal arts college by the 2009 U.S. News & World Report.
Wheaton was named #1 for Best Campus Food and #1 for Town-Gown Relations. Hear what our students have to say in Princeton Review Best Colleges,
2009 edition. Wheaton was also named to The Princeton Review's 100 Best Value Colleges for 2009 list.
The 2009 Fiske Guide to Colleges named Wheaton College to its list of 49 Best Buy colleges and universities, based on quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance.
The Washington Monthly college rankings says Wheaton is 3rd in the nation among liberal arts colleges. These rankings are based on institutions that are "doing well by doing good."
Kiplinger's rates Wheaton 15th for Best Values in Private Colleges 2009. Wheaton ranked
3rd for (lowest) total cost and 9th for (lowest) cost after need based aid. Kiplinger's rankings measure academic quality and affordability, with quality accounting for two-thirds of the total.
The book Colleges that Change Lives included Wheaton on this select list of 40 schools. Author Loren Pope said, "Wheaton is often called the Harvard of the evangelicals, but that moniker does not do it justice because it is head, shoulders, and heart above Harvard in its concern with good moral compasses and strong value systems, as well as in the percentage of future Ph.D.s it has turned out."
Peterson's says of Wheaton, "The academic curriculum combines with the extensive cocurriculum of artistic, athletic, religious, service, and social activities to achieve a lively interaction of Christian faith, learning, and living."
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