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August 13, 2009 - King’s College has been placed on an exclusive list of American academic institutions compiled by The Center for College Affordability and Productivity for “Forbes” magazine based on multiple factors related to affordability and student and faculty achievement. The list of 600 institutions, which mixes public and private, baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degree granting and liberal arts and research driven entities represents only 15 percent of the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States. King’s was the only Luzerne County college or university included in the list and was the highest ranking or two institutions (also University of Scranton) in northeastern Pennsylvania. King’s was included on the list based on its performance in seven areas. The areas, listed in order of most weighted to least, were student evaluations of faculty members, low four-year debt load for typical student borrowers, four-year graduation rates, listings of alumni in “Who’s Who in America,” salaries of alumni, students receiving nationally competitive awards and faculty receiving awards for scholarship and creative pursuits. “Any ranking of colleges and universities is always somewhat subjective and ought never to be seen as a sole criterion of quality of the institution” said Father Thomas O’Hara, C.S.C., president of King’s. “But I’m proud, and, frankly, not surprised by the fact that King’s ranks so high relative to national competition in economic and student outcome categories that are very important concerns of high school students and their parents.” The Center for College Affordability and Productivity, based in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to research on the issues of rising costs and efficiency in higher education, with special emphasis on the United States. The Forbes distinction is in addition to King’s selection as a “Best Northeastern College” by the “Princeton Review,” a student-survey based measure of quality colleges and universities. Also, for the ninth consecutive year, King’s was ranked in the top tier in the Best Universities – Masters in the Northern United States by “U.S. News & World Report.” King’s rank of 38th among 179 institutions in that category makes it the highest ranked college or university in the Wyoming Valley.King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross. |