{"id":14622,"date":"2019-07-25T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/25\/kiplingers-names-clark-university-a-best-value-among-us-colleges\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:22:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:22:31","slug":"kiplingers-names-clark-university-a-best-value-among-us-colleges","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/25\/kiplingers-names-clark-university-a-best-value-among-us-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiplinger\u2019s names Clark University a best value among US colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

Ranking recognizes affordability, academic quality <\/p>\n

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Clark University has once again been named a best value school by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance<\/a>. This annual list looks at academic quality and affordability for private universities, public schools, and liberal arts colleges. Clark appears at no. 28<\/a> on the magazine’s 2019 list of the country’s best values in private universities, and no. 82 overall. The full list is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kiplinger’s <\/em>editors start with data from nearly 1,200 public and private four-year schools, provided by Peterson’s, an educational content and publishing company. The list is narrowed to the top schools based on measures of academic quality — including SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and graduation rates — and ranked using cost and financial aid measures. Academic quality carries more weight than costs.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Clark’s rankings and recognition<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Our rankings—which weigh affordability alongside academic quality—are designed to help families see how their full array of college options stack up,” said Kaitlin Pitsker, associate editor, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance <\/em>magazine. “This year’s list features recurring winners, as well as rising stars and new additions, all of which are worth a look.”<\/p>\n

The full rankings, plus an additional 100 schools that narrowly missed the list but also deliver great value, are now available online at kiplinger.com\/links\/colleges<\/a> and will appear in print in the September 2019 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance<\/em>, on newsstands August 13.<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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