uw登陆U.S. 新闻 and World Report “Best Colleges” List

University Ranks No. 6 in the Nation in Social Mobility Among Private Schools

圣安东尼奥 – 2023年9月18日 – 美国niversity of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is proud to announce that it has, 再一次, been ranked in the 2024 Best Colleges list published by U.S. 新闻 and World Report. UIW rose in the ranks in two major categories and ranked among the top 300 universities in the nation overall.

This year, UIW ranked No. 6 in the nation in promoting Social Mobility among private schools. That placed UIW among the top 40 national universities coming in at No. 39 on the overall Social Mobility list and the highest ranking local institution on the national list. Last year UIW was No. 名单上有46个. The Social Mobility category measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants and, 今年, included a new measurement on how first-generation students have performed at the university level.

美国niversity of the Incarnate Word also rose in the category of Undergraduate Nursing, 从No开始. 从去年的第206名到第206名. 183 in 2024. 美国ndergraduate Nursing program is part of the UIW Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing and Health Professions. The goal of the school is to provide an excellent student-centered education that will promote leadership development among students in each of the health disciplines.

除了, the University was ranked among the top 300 on the overall 2024 Best National Universities list. It’s important to note that this is just the fifth year that UIW is ranked on the national list, as opposed to the regional list with many other local institutions.

“To be ranked on such a prestigious national list as U.S. 新闻 and World Report is a credit to the work and dedication of our UIW faculty and staff,” says UIW President Dr. 托马斯·米. 埃文斯. “As an institution with a stated goal of providing the type of transformational education that allows our students to secure a career that lifts their lives, their families and their communities, we find it particularly noteworthy to have been ranked and regarded so highly in the Social Mobility category. It is a sure sign that we are on the right path.”

美国.S. 新闻 and World Report Best Colleges list is now in its 38th year. This year the publication assessed an all-time high 1,500 U.S. bachelor’s degree-granting institutions on 17 measures of academic quality. According to the publication, in an effort to place more emphasis on social mobility and outcomes, new factors were added to 今年’s rankings, including first-generation graduation rates, first-generation graduation rate performance and proportion of college graduates earning more than a high school graduate.

** Updated Summer 2024: Among Catholic universities ranked in the U.S. 新闻 & World Report Social Mobility listing, UIW stands as the No. 1 Catholic institution supporting Social Mobility nationally.