Western Washington University Ranks First in Northwest
Bellingham, WA - Western Washington University has again been ranked first among top public master’s-granting universities in the Pacific Northwest and second in the West, according to rankings of universities and colleges published by US News and World Report. Only two public schools are ranked in the top 20 among master’s-granting universities in the West, a region stretching from Texas to the Pacific Ocean.
Western was ranked in the top five percent in a study measuring the percentage of baccalaureate-degree recipients who go on to earn a research doctorate. The study, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, looked at information from 1996 to 2005 collected from 560 institutions granting master’s degrees.
“We are committed to an environment for teaching and learning that has repeatedly earned Western this kind of recognition, which is a tribute to the excellence of our faculty, staff and students,” said Western President Karen W. Morse.
Since the first U.S. News rankings in 1987, Western has been highly rated in 19 of 21 years. Rankings are based on a variety of criteria including academic reputation, student selectivity and retention, faculty resources, peer assessment and financial resources.
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