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Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 3938387, member: 6158"] This: Top 5% in alumni giving and excellence in academics. [HEADING=2]Top 50 for Graduation and Retention; Top 5% for Best Undergraduate Teaching; Engineering, Undergraduate Business among Nation’s Best[/HEADING] SPOKANE, Wash. — The 2020 U.S. News and World Report annual rankings released today rank Gonzaga University in the “National University” category for the first time. This category is comprised of 399 National Universities (211 public, 180 private and eight for-profit) across the country ranging from Ivy League schools to major research institutions. Under the new classification, [URL='https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/gonzaga-university-3778']Gonzaga is ranked[/URL] in the top 20% — 79th (tied) in the nation — and is in the top 5% for best undergraduate teaching, at 17th (tie). The publication defines National Universities as schools that offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master’s and doctoral programs, and emphasize faculty research. [IMG alt="Gonzaga University classroom photo 2019. (Gonzaga University photo)"]https://www.gonzaga.edu/-/media/Website/Images/Stories/News-Center/Body-Content/body-usnews-classroom-2019-0822-BRIDGE-Group-Photo-30.ashx?la=en&hash=D342E9488C4FD1EC91680E1383C222EC542A52BB[/IMG][I]Gonzaga ranks in the top 5% among National Universities for its undergraduate teaching.[/I] (GU photo) Among its new peer group, Gonzaga is recognized in several U.S. News specialty rankings, including the top 12% for best colleges for veterans (No. 48, tie). Gonzaga’s School of Engineering and Applied Science is ranked in the top 10% as the 21st best engineering program nationwide (among the 210 non-doctorate engineering schools), while Gonzaga’s undergraduate business program is ranked in the top 23% as the 112th best (tie) among the 504 programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. With an average first-year retention rate of 94% and a graduation rate of 86%, U.S. News ranks Gonzaga’s graduation and retention in the top 12% of national universities at 48th. Gonzaga’s overall ranking is based on methodology involving multiple indicators, including: outcomes (35%; includes graduation and retention rates, and social mobility); faculty resources (20%); expert opinion (20%); financial resources (10%); student excellence (10%); [B]and alumni giving (5%). [/B]The graduation rate indicates the average proportion of a graduating class earning a degree in six years or less. First-year retention indicates the average proportion of first-year students who entered the school in the fall and returned the following fall. [/QUOTE]

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