Fresno State ranks high on college list

Source: The Business Journal

 Fresno State came in at 21 among the nation's top colleges, according to new rankings by Time Magazine. The list is based on a set of new proposed standards by the White House on how well school's serve their students in measurements like graduation rates, tuition and the percentage of students who receive Pell grants. At No. 21 on the list, Fresno State was just ahead of California State University, Stanislaus and just behind Lane College of Jackson, Tenn. Fresno State ranked 16 in terms of tuition with an average cost of $5,632 per school year. The university also ranked 119 for the percentage of students receiving Pell grants at 61 percent. Graduation rates were somewhat lower at 48 percent of students graduating within six years for a rank of 611 in that category. Fresno State was among 11 California universities in the top 25 colleges throughout the country most likely to excel under the proposed federal metrics that seek to reward schools with the best financial incentives to students. Those include the UC Riverside (No. 1), UC San Diego (No. 2), UC Davis (No. 6), CSU Long Beach (No. 10), Dominican University (No. 11), UC Santa Cruz (No. 14), UC Santa Barbara (No. 16), CSU Stanislaus (No. 22) and UC Los Angeles (No. 25). Time Magazine compiled the list with data from 2,500 colleges and universities from the Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

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