{"id":18038,"date":"2024-09-24T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=18038"},"modified":"2024-09-24T08:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T12:10:22","slug":"elizabethtown-college-ranks-among-nations-best-in-2024-25-u-s-news-world-report-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/elizabethtown-college-ranks-among-nations-best-in-2024-25-u-s-news-world-report-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Ranks Among Nation\u2019s Best in 2024-25 U.S. News &amp; World Report Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College has been ranked among the nation\u2019s best in several noteworthy categories in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/elizabethtown-college-3262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024-25 U.S. News &amp; World Report Best Colleges lists<\/a> including being named 44th (tie) out of 171 institutions in the Regional Universities (North) list and sixth (tied) in Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Etown also received a high mark on the Best Value Schools list by ranking 13th (second in Pennsylvania), while also being recognized for the institution\u2019s strong commitment to undergraduate teaching by placing sixth on the Best Undergraduate Teaching Programs among Regional Universities (North) list.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cIt is an honor to once again be recognized among the nation\u2019s best higher-eduction institutions by the U.S. News &amp; World Report,\u201d Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider said. \u201cThis year\u2019s rankings serve as an indicator of the limitless opportunities we provide all of our students to advance their professional and personal inspirations through exceptional academic programs and guaranteed high-impact experiences.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Etown\u2019s innovative Engineering program continued its rapid ascent up the rankings, jumping 16 spots from last year\u2019s list to place #53 (tie) in the nation and fourth in Pennsylvania among undergraduate programs (no doctorate). Designed to prepare students for a technical career in the workforce or for graduate school, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/schools\/school-of-engineering-and-computer-science\/engineering\/index.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Etown\u2019s Engineering program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> challenges students to become innovators of the future through personal attention from award-winning faculty mentors and hands-on experience in design and fabrication laboratories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now in its 40th year, the U.S. News &amp; World Report rankings evaluate nearly 1,500 national colleges and universities on up to 17 measures of academic quality and place an emphasis on graduation rates, graduate indebtedness, and post-graduate earnings. In all Elizabethtown College was recognized for the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Regional Universities (North): #44 (Tie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Value Schools (Regional Universities \u2013 North): #13<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs \u2013 No Doctorate: #53 (Tie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Mobility Among Regional Universities (North): #141 (Tie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best Undergraduate Teaching Programs (Regional Universities \u2013 North): #6 (Tie)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recently, Etown launched high-demand professional programs such as Physician Assistant (PA) Studies, Computer Science concentrations in Artificial Intelligence &amp; Data Science and Cybersecurity Physician Assistant (PA), and Exercise Science concentrations in Pre-Physical Therapy and Strength and Conditioning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. News publishes the Best Colleges rankings each year to provide prospective students and their families with helpful data and information on factors such as graduation rates, social mobility, and graduate indebtedness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/best-colleges\/elizabethtown-college-3262\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">View Elizabethtown College\u2019s U.S. News &amp; World Report rankings profile page.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabethtown College<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or attend an Open House this fall on Saturday, Oct. 26, or Saturday, Nov. 9. Register today at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/admissions\/visit\/openhouse.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">etown.edu.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College has been ranked among the nation\u2019s best in several noteworthy categories in the 2024-25 U.S. News &amp; World Report Best Colleges lists including being named 44th (tie) out of 171 institutions in the Regional Universities (North) list and sixth (tied) in Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Etown also received a high mark on the Best Value Schools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":18047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18038"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18055,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18038\/revisions\/18055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}