[dropcap sid=”dropcap-1446585320″]L[/dropcap]ast summer couldn’t have been brighter for Baruch College. In July Money magazine ranked Baruch #1 among the “Best Public Colleges” and #2 for “Best Colleges for Your Money,” behind Princeton University, in its analysis of 711 schools across the country.
Money’s 2017–18 rankings put Baruch ahead of such schools as Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, and MIT. Money weighted three factors most heavily—quality of education, affordability, and outcomes—to determine colleges that “provide a boost in the job market and offer graduates the best odds of real-world success.” Low student debt also tipped the scales in Baruch’s favor.
The College also earned more first-place rankings in the fall. In September U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 annual survey not only ranked the College #5 among “Top Public Schools” and #20 overall for “Regional Universities in the North” but #1 “Most Selective School” among public schools and #1 for “Freshmen in Top 25% of High School Class.” USN&WR’s annual survey assesses more than 1,800 colleges and universities throughout the U.S.
“Our reputation grows every year, because the College has stayed true to its mission of investing in students who work hard and experience academic success but whose opportunities may be limited for financial reasons,” said Baruch College President Mitchel B. Wallerstein, PhD. “Our alumni go on to do great things because they were offered the chance to try.”