After finding themselves closely being pushed out of the top 1oo U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings for the last few years, Washington College received news today that they were back in the 1st tier of national liberal arts schools. The 2016 rankings also included the College in its list of “A+ Schools for B+ Students,” schools where what it calls “nonsuperstars” have a good chance of thriving and “where spirit and hard work could make all the difference to the admissions office.”
U.S. News & World Report ranked a total of 235 national liberal arts colleges, defining the top 174 as “Top Tier” schools. It also ranked 268 national universities.
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