SILOAM SPRINGS — For the fifth consecutive year, John Brown University is the top-ranked regional university in Arkansas according to U.S. News & World Report, released Monday.
Harding University, University of Central Arkansas and Arkansas State University are ranked among national universities in this year’s rankings of colleges by U.S. News & World Report. A story related to the rankings on Sept. 18 implied those schools were categorized as regional universities.
“We are honored to again be recognized by U.S. News,” said Ed Ericson, vice president for academic affairs at John Brown University. “The faculty and staff at JBU are dedicated to providing students with a rigorous Christian education that prepares them to excel in their chosen field.”
U.S. News & World Report is widely recognized as a leader in higher education rankings and a key resource for a student’s college search. To determine its rankings, U.S. News evaluates graduation and student retention rates, class size, student-to-faculty ratio, SAT and ACT scores, alumni giving rate and peer assessment.
“The past six months have been a clear illustration of the level of dedication of our faculty and staff as they both pivoted to remote education in the spring, and then prepared for in-person education this fall with covid-19 precautions,” said Chip Pollard, JBU president. “It is encouraging that U.S. News recognizes JBU’s excellence, but we also see it every day in the faculty and staff’s service to students.”
U.S. News also recognized JBU as “A School for B Students,” a top school in “Undergraduate Engineering” and a top performer in “Social Mobility,” a category that measures graduation rates for students who have received Pell Grants. For more information on U.S. News’ ranking methodology, visit https:// www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/rankings-methodologies .